L'Incroyable Maître du kung fu

Not a bad little kung fu comedy. Steven Tung Wei is an acquired taste as a star, but give him credit that, at a moment when everyone was trying to figure out how to imitate Jackie Chan, he chose to develop his own quirky comic film personality.

But the other star of this film, Sammo Hung, steals the show with a breezy yet solid performance as Wei's teacher, oozing confidence and irony. The film would probably be lost without him.

The direction and general appearance of the film are perfunctory. The story is put together fairly well, but there's no doubt the comic bits are hit or miss - some are very funny in a Three Stooges sort of way, others fall pancake flat. The fighting is good, but only gets above average when Sammo is involved.

No classic but certainly entertaining.

A terrible kung fu movie, in which Sammo plays the wise "Fat" master, teaching a student the secrets of his powerful kung fu, and occasionally employing a food related metaphor. Certainly not the worst kung fu movie ever, but it should be avoided if at all possible. No decent fight scenes, horrendous acting- the only truly amusing moment was a song sung by Sammo himself.

Others who reviewed this movie failed to realize that this isn't a hollywood movie where everything has to have $million budget, keanu reeves acting, and and stupid sexual inuendo's with corny sappy stories. This is a Kung Fu Flick, and you can either take it very seriously, or very not-. This movie, you would not. And if you did, you'd probably end up in writing a nasty stupid review like the others did. This is a movie where the writers/director didn't have to actually make fun of kung fu movies to be funny and have satire. A very delightful cast of characters, with traditional cartoonish acting, a good story, and well-mapped/inventive fights; what more can be asked for? I gave it an 8. ~Side Note: I love the bald eyebrow guy, he so cute n' cuddley, I just wanna pet his bald noggin ^,^ .

Sammo Hung did everything right with this movie. Where shall I begin to pile on the praise? I'll start with the little guys, the minor characters who briefly do their thing and never come back. Even these guys resonate and stay in my head adding another layer of fullness. There's actually a plot that gets developed so I had something to think about before the good fights start and the beer buzz kicks in. The fights are all well done and that's why I'm watching. Each fight perfectly fits the characters fighting and reveals character and advances the action on top of being just plain entertaining. All the fight choreography was creative and the execution excellent. Is there anything wrong with this movie? Yes. If you are not a fan of old school kung fu movies, if you cannot read subtitles or cannot turn off in your mind the bad dubbing, there's no sense watching this - you just won't "get it". This is not one of those movies that "transcends the genre" as the cliché goes. So just between me and the rest of the fans that "get it" this movie rates no less than a 7.8 .

Fat Kung Fu Master/ The Seven Deadly Leopards/ Don't waste your time here/

Hero Kung Fu Ching/ Rejects five style fist form for/ The style of Hung Food/

Dubbing is so bad/ Half way through you'll wish for/ An end to your pain/

Forget Kung Fu Ching/ Sit down with Drunken Master/ Watch some Iron Chef/