The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

2010, Action/Comedy, 1h 35m

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Movie Info

A group of misfits gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from five of the greatest swords.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Sequences of Stylized Violence|Partial Nudity|Brief Crude Humor|Some Bloody Images)
  • Genre:
    Action, Comedy, Sports & fitness
  • Original Language:
    Chinese
  • Director:
    Wuershan
  • Writer:
    Wuershan, Zhang Jiajia, Ma Luoshan, Tang Que
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     original
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  • Distributor:
    China Lion Film Distribution

Cast & Crew

Masanobu Andô
Yuqi Zhang
You Benchang
Liu Xiaoye
Ashton Xu
Wuershan
Director
Wuershan
Screenwriter
Zhang Jiajia
Screenwriter
Ma Luoshan
Screenwriter
Tang Que
Screenwriter
Doug Liman
Executive Producer
Wang Wei
Executive Producer
Reyna Young
Executive Producer
Yao Jinlong
Executive Producer
Tang Xiru
Executive Producer
Shao Yiding
Executive Producer
Gong Geer
Original Music
Dead J. Miquia
Original Music
Huang Zhe
Film Editing
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Critic Reviews for The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

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Audience Reviews for The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

  • Nov 08, 2011
    Quite strange tale of revenge, honour and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this weird and brash action comedy. You can tell director Wuershan makes ads featuring lots of slow motion, fast edits, bellowing fabric and soaring arias. The film is full of gimmicks. This includes, black and white sections with red highlights à la <i>Sin City</i>, animations, video game sequences, Taiwanese 3D news renderings and cartoons. The few sequences that look interesting enough are those dealing with food.
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