CookUp a Storm. 60%. Director. Raymond Yip. Cast. You Ge as Hong Qi. Jung Yong-hwa as Ahn Paul. Nicholas Tse as Gao Tian Ci. Michelle Wai as Lin Zi Shan. Michelle Bai as Mayo. Summary. A culinary competition becomes a battleground as a famous Cantonese street-food chef goes up against his Michelin-starred classically trained rival. Genre CN121.9 million (China) [1] US$18.1 million (worldwide) Cook Up a Storm ( Chinese: 决战食神 lit: Clash of the Culinary Gods) is a 2017 Hong Kong-Chinese culinary drama film directed by Raymond Yip and starring Nicholas Tse, Jung Yong-hwa, Ge You, Tiffany Tang, Michelle Bai and Anthony Wong. It was released in China on 10 February 2017. 5user reviews An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West. CookingUp a Storm by Ashley Ladd My rating: 1 of 5 stars This was just bad. There are bad books where you wonder how anyone could have liked them (Outlander!) but usually those are about taste. Then there are books where you wonder how anyone could have published them. It's not that this Well the movie itself is a decent watch, the plot, acting and storyline don't have much to offer, its strength is the beautiful dishes and effects going into the cooking scenes and they are good. This review of Cook Up a Storm (2017) was written by Mayank A on 15 November 2018. seni budaya merupakan hasil dari manusia. A passionate quest for respect and family, with a touch of food porn. “Cook Up a Storm” is a culinary comedy drama film directed by Raymond Yip Young Bruce Lee, 2011. With an experience that spans over 30 years, Yip has directed, produced and written numerous films and explored diverse genres, with horror and comedy being the predominant ones. However, “Cook Up a Storm” remains shallow in various ways. West VS East cooking A Cantonese style cook Sky Ko Nicholas Tse competes against a French-trained Michelin star chef Paul Ahn Jung Yong-hwa. Both have different cooking styles but they soon discover that they have more in common through their passion for food and their tragic life stories. A Shallow pie The initial encounter between Sky and Paul sets their differences immediately. Their rivalry emphasizes the obvious connotation of Western vs Eastern style of cooking embodied by the main characters. As the film introduces us to their cooking world, mouth-watering slow-motion and close-up shots of food delight us while both chefs compete against each other and explain their dish. The latter explanations are a foodie’s cherry on top; one can understand what they are actually preparing and enjoy it from up-close. The CGI added to the food, such as smoke coming from a freshly cooked steak, adds to the appetizing look of the food. Knife skills in action. Renowned actor, television chef and food critic, Nicholas Tse is an excellent choice as part of the cast, not only because of his connection with food, but also because he is a great actor and he can exhibit his accomplished cooking skills in various scenes. Jung Yong-hwa’s casting selection is doubtful, as his character seems to be extremely frozen’, almost emotionless. The dubbing of his voice does not help either with his acting. As he is a well-known Korean idol, this could be a factor for his selection in attempting to attract international young spectators. However, his lack of character development in the film, fails to make us empathize with him. Furthermore, the film has several sidekicks, such as Sky’s childhood friends, who seem to be there to support Sky, but, in effect, they are useless. These friends do not add anything to the main story and their stories are not further developed; they remain shallow. Film poster Another flat story, believe it or not, is the main storyline. What starts as a comedic food porn paradise turns into a story that does not address the depicted issues. Sky’s old neighbourhood is about to be demolished, but somehow it depends on him winning the competition to save his neighbourhood. This problem is almost forgotten by the other characters and it is easily solved at the end without any climax. This fake’ problem does not incorporate anything new nor any tension. Nevertheless, the film distract and entertain us with magnificent food shots, making the time pass quickly. On the other hand, magnificent is not the word I would use to describe the CGI of the décor and the set itself, as it is visibly fabricated and exaggerated. For instance, the neighbourhood, which should be a long-established one, looks noticeably new and arranged to look antique. The dessert “Cook Up a Storm” combines two hot topics of the moment, but fails to deliver an in-depth story and remains shallow. However, it is entertaining and brings culinary shots to another level through the use of isolated slow-motions with a picture perfect background, lighting and carefully crafted close-ups. Info Rating 3 out of 5 noodles Original title 决战食神 literary Clash of the Culinary Gods Director Raymond Yip Main Cast Nicholas Tse, Jung Yong-hwa, Ge You, Tiffany Tang Year 2017 Genre Comedy, drama, culinary Running time 1h 37min Language Cantonese Country Hong Kong, China Initial release date February 10, 2017 China Trailer Header image Intense rivalry. Press release. Completed SerpentineJ6 people found this review helpful Story 10 Acting/Cast 10 Music 10 Rewatch Value 10 This is my completely biased review, but I love this movie. I watched it on a plane to China, and everything, from the story to the characters to the visuals and music, arrested my attention- personally, I like watching food shows, so that was most of the reason I clicked on this drama, but the characters quickly became my favorite part of the movie. My only complaint is that it's too short! It's not that original an idea, and it's not that shocking of an execution, but between the visuals and the characters' interactions, I think you'd be hard-pressed to say this movie moves slowly or isn't interesting. It's definitely worth a watch, even if you're just looking to kill an hour and a half! Read More Was this review helpful to you? Completed Adeuxalice2 people found this review helpful Story Acting/Cast Music Rewatch Value This movie is fast food The premise of this movie is very simple. East vs. West - whose food can truly be considered best? One of the many East-West dichotomy movies to come out in recent years with the main goal of proving that Eastern culture is just as good or in some aspects superior to Western culture. So let's get the biggest problem with this movie out of the way first The writing is absolutely atrocious. So much so that I genuinely had to pause the movie more than once to take a second to take in just how badly written those scenes were. Did anyone try to read this script out loud before subjecting the poor cast to this? It reads as if the writers had about two days to put together one of the most generic, over-the-top and cheesy cooking rivalry movies I've ever seen. The main two actors are really doing their most to turn this into something, anything at all, but not even the admittedly charming rivalry/ friendship between the two main cooks can save this script from its sheer stupidity. The worst offenders by far are the flashback scenes that get sprinkled in here and there that are also accompanied by some of the most generic violin pieces that give me "googled royalty free sad music" energy. But with all that being said, despite the massive script problems and the lacklustre everything else, this movie is extremely entertaining. I wasn't bored once while watching it. The movie gets you to genuinely root for the protagonist, admittedly by using cheap and lazy bad guy stereotypes instead of genuine character development, but it does its job. The cinematography is also at some points genuinely beautiful. I'm pretty sure half the movie's budget was used up only on the orgasmic food porn scenes that make up about half the movie. They're gorgeous to look at. This and the charming performance of the main actors make rescue this movie from being simply shit and catapult it into "terrible but I can't stop watching" territory. So basically, this is the McDonald's Combo Meal of movies. Read More Was this review helpful to you? Completed shawol0 people found this review helpful Story Acting/Cast Music Rewatch Value Yeah, it's a common plotline but I still enjoyed it a lot. Everyone's acting was good and of course, FOOD AESTHETICS along with good-looking people. Nothing intense and a good watch for days and times when you need something less intense to relax. And...though the storyline was not unique, I was taken aback by Yonghwa's role in the movie. I wasn't expecting much from the movie nor from him but I really liked him in the movie. His parts were dubbed so that awkwardness was there but still...I applaud him for his effort. He did justice to the character he portrayed. And in contrast to what I was expecting, his character development took a different turn so that was refreshing to watch as well. Read More Was this review helpful to you? Story Acting/Cast Music Rewatch Value This review may contain spoilers Watch the trailer in YT but forget about it & don't know the title, finally found it when searching for movie that I want to like the brotherhood between Sky Ko & Paul Ahn. From the trailer itself I can sense they never really fight with the grudge between each other. But only healthy competition between this movie have some loopholes that not quite make sense, maybe because this just movie so they have shorter duration to explained all- The betrayal of Mayo. Not enough explanation through the movie. Where's the ambition comes from, so And although I really like the end where Sky Ko just walk out the stage. But the end just like leaving some more question than The stupid owner of stellar restaurant. Just complete jerk & out of this is one good movie about healthy competition & brotherhood. Really hope this can make into drama, so we can get more elaborate about some of the things... Read More Was this review helpful to you? Completed Mariam Star0 people found this review helpful Story 10 Acting/Cast Music Rewatch Value 10 This review may contain spoilers Just like FOOD WARS! This movie gives me that excitement of the anime series food wars, mainly cause one of the main actor looks almost identical to Sōma yukihira in food fact that Tianci’s father disapproved of his cooking skills also made it fun to watch cause the thrill of how he was gonna prove him wrong kept lingering from the beginning of the movie. I also enjoyed this movie because of the attention to details of culinary skills that the two main chefs embodied. The intense look in their eyes due to the passion they have for cooking and their self-assured character that needs no acknowledgment was just FAB, I LOVE, I LOVE I LOVE!!!....definitely a MUST More Was this review helpful to you? Story Acting/Cast Music Rewatch Value I feel like- I've to eat it, like right now!!! রান্না করা একটা শিল্প। তবে কেউ কেউ এটাকে সাধনার পর্যায়ে নিয়ে যান। আর সাধক হওয়ার অন্যতম শর্ত হলো দুনিয়াবি সকল মায়া ত্যাগ করা। এই গল্প দুই শেফের। যাদের একজনের মুখের স্বাদ হারিয়ে গেছে, অর্থাৎ সে নিজে কোন কিছুর স্বাদ পায় না। তবুও সে নিখুঁত রেসিপি ফলো করে সেরাদের সেরা রাধুঁনী। আর অন্যজন ছোটবেলা থেকে বুকে বয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে দগদগে এক ক্ষত। এই ক্ষত নিয়েই সে প্রতিনিয়ত নিজেকে ছাড়িয়ে যেতে ব্যস্ত।এই গল্প এক পিতা-পুত্রের। পিতার স্বপ্ন সে রন্ধন শিপ্লের সাধক হবে। সাধক হবার জন্য সে বাকিসব জলাঞ্জলি দেয়, নিজের একমাত্র পুত্রকেও ছেড়ে যেতে দ্বিতীয়বার ভাবে না সে। ২০ বছর পর, সারা বিশ্বে সে এক নামে পরিচিত- The God of Cookery। তার সাধনা সফল হয়। অন্যদিকে পুত্রের জীবনের একমাত্র লক্ষ্য হচ্ছে পিতাকে ভুল প্রমাণিত করা। প্রমাণ করা যে সন্ন্যাসী না হয়েও সাধক হওয়া যায়। ভালোবাসার মানুষদের ছেড়ে গিয়ে নয়, তাদের সাথে নিয়েও God of Cookery হওয়া সম্ভব।এই গল্প বন্ধুত্বের এবং বিশ্বাস-ঘাতকতার। এই গল্প স্বার্থপরতার এবং স্বার্থহীনতার। এবং এই গল্প অবশ্যই অবশ্যই রান্নার!একটা ব্যক্তিগত মতামত দেই! ২০১৫ সালের দিকে লেখক নাজিম উদ্দিন ভাইয়ের রবীন্দ্রনাথ এখানে কখনো খেতে আসেনি’ পড়ে পেটের ভেতর মোচড় দিয়ে উঠেছিলো। এত সুন্দর করে রান্নার বর্ণনা দেয়া যে পড়ার সময় নাকে ঘ্রাণ পেতে শুরু করতাম, পেটে গুড়মুড় করত! এই মুভি দেখার সময়ও একই ফিল পেলাম! এত সুন্দর করে রান্নার সিনগুলো চিত্রায়ন করা! ইচ্ছে করবে স্ক্রিনের ভেতর ঢুকে একটু খেয়ে আসি!!! Read More Was this review helpful to you? Cook Up a Storm is a Chinese film directed by Raymond Yip and starring Nicholas Tse, Jung Yong-hwa, and Tiffany Tang. The movie is a light-hearted and fun-filled story about two culinary masters who engage in a heated cooking competition. The movie starts with the introduction of two chefs, the local street vendor, Sky Ko Nicholas Tse, and the internationally acclaimed culinary genius, Paul Ahn Jung Yong-hwa. Sky Ko is a passionate chef who cooks delicious street food while Paul Ahn is a renowned chef who works in a fancy restaurant. The two chefs are pitted against each other in a cooking competition, organized by Paul’s father. As the competition heats up, both chefs put their best foot forward and bring out their signature dishes. The movie’s highlight is the spectacular culinary showdown between the two chefs, which is captured beautifully on camera. The cinematography and visual effects in this segment are impressive and make for an immersive experience. The story of Cook Up a Storm also features a subplot involving the rivalry between the restaurant owned by Paul’s father and a local eatery run by Sky’s father. This subplot adds depth to the movie and highlights the contrast between fancy, high-end restaurants and humble street food stalls. The performances of the lead actors in Cook Up a Storm are noteworthy. Nicholas Tse is convincing as the street vendor who is passionate about his food, and Jung Yong-hwa’s portrayal of a confident and talented chef is impressive. Tiffany Tang’s character, as Paul’s assistant, adds a romantic element to the story, but her role is not significant enough to impact the plot. The movie’s soundtrack is catchy and complements the on-screen action well. The upbeat music helps to create an energetic and enjoyable atmosphere throughout the film. One of the movie’s strengths is its ability to showcase Chinese cuisine in an entertaining and accessible way. The food is presented in a visually appealing manner, and the cooking techniques are explained in a way that is easy to understand for non-Chinese audiences. However, one of the film’s weaknesses is its lack of originality in terms of the plot. The story is predictable, and the themes of competition and rivalry have been explored in numerous other films. Furthermore, some of the characters are not well-developed, and their motivations are not always clear. In conclusion, Cook Up a Storm is a well-made movie that will appeal to food enthusiasts and fans of light-hearted comedies. The movie’s strengths lie in its beautiful cinematography, entertaining performances, and its ability to showcase Chinese cuisine in a visually appealing way. However, its predictable plot and underdeveloped characters prevent it from being a truly exceptional film. Nevertheless, it is a fun and enjoyable movie that is worth a watch for its culinary spectacle and light-hearted entertainment. TRAILER 151 Play all videos Cook Up a Storm videos Cook Up A Storm Trailer 1 TRAILER 151 Cook Up a Storm Photos Movie Info A culinary competition becomes a battleground as a famous Cantonese street-food chef goes up against his Michelin-starred, classically trained rival. Genre Drama Original Language Chinese Director Wai Man Yip Writer Manfred Wong, Jingling Li, Liu Yi Runtime 1h 38m Production Co Emperor Motion Pictures International Cast & Crew Critic Reviews for Cook Up a Storm Audience Reviews for Cook Up a Storm There are no featured reviews for Cook Up a Storm because the movie has not released yet . See Movies in Theaters Critique positive la plus appréciéeCook Up a NavetCook Up a Storm raconte l'histoire d'un chef d'un petit restaurant chinois de quartier traditionnel se confrontant à un chef étoilé Michelin revenant de l'étranger pour ouvrir son propre restaurant...Lire la critiqueParMusashiOneil y a plus d’un an

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