Sammo Hung likes to do two things: cook food and kick ass. Fortunately for audiences, here's a movie that finally lets him do both. Whether he's using the Dragon Head Knife to butcher an entire pig in a single chop, slicing ginger, cooking fish or beating up a drunk (Bruce Leung), Sammo is right in his wheelhouse, dishing out kitchen tips and iron fists in equal measure. Made in China for about $1.95, Kung Fu Chefs is the kind of cracked exploitation classic that the Hong Kong film industry used to turn out in its sleep back in the early 90's.

Sammo plays Master Yee, the Tom Colicchio of his village, who accidentally gives an entire wedding party food poisoning. It turns out that he's been framed by Master Joe (Fan Siu-wong, of Ip Man fame) who used Sammo's assistant to slip some poison into the beef stew. This is actually a good thing because, a) the assistant is played by Timmy Hung, Sammo's real life son, and parents may find it educational to watch the smackdown Sammo lays on his offspring, and b) disgrace gives Sammo an excuse to wander the earth and wash up at Sum's restaurant where two sisters (one played by Japan's Morning Musume star, Ai Kago) and their hired hand, played by pop star Vaness Wu, are trying to make Sum's the best restaurant in China.

Sure the plot feels like it was written by a drunk monkey forced to watch Enter the Dragon and Iron Chef on an infinite loop, but what elevates this movie into the realm of art is the Kuh-razy Kitchen Kung Fu. The action choreography comes courtesy of the Yuen Clan, the lunatic brothers of Yuen Wo-ping (The Matrix, Kill Bill), who are some of the most inspired action maestros in Hong Kong, and it's their work that lifts this messy meal to grand, giddy heights of berserk inspiration. This is cooking as it should be: bare knuckled and mouth watering. Come hungry.