The Butcher the Chef and the Swordsman 2010 Watch Free in HD

Masanobu Andô

19 May 1975, Kanagawa, Japan

8 August 1986, Shandong Province, China

Hao Ning

9 September 1979, Shanxi China

Wuershan

Luoshan Ma

Changhe An

New York Post

And the prize for the most incomprehensible movie of the millennium goes to the Chinese martial-arts comedy "The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman."

March 18, 2011

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Urban Cinefile

Likeable crazy, combined with visual stylistics and driven by a sense of humour, this madcap Chinese martial arts frolic has everything

March 12, 2011

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Digital Retribution

It is hard to say how much influence (Doug) Liman had over the finished product, but the already jittery directorial eye of Wuershan may have been better served by a collaborator who favours a less-is-more approach.

March 23, 2011

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New York Times

In his embrace of American sensibilities, Wuershan seems to have mastered a Hollywood specialty: empty calories served loud, flashy and fast.

March 18, 2011

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Brand X

If [it] sounds juvenile, well, okay, maybe it is. But who cares, when it's all so damn much fun?

March 17, 2011

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Village Voice

Only in the centerpiece sequence does first-time director Wuershan successfully maintain his balance of the grotesque and the fanciful, a tricky feat elsewhere upset by his obnoxious style.

March 15, 2011

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Film Journal International

This coarse, complicated period comedy is unlikely to catch on with mainstream U.S. audiences, while fans of contemporary Chinese movies will compare it-mostly unfavorably-to Stephen Chow's equally broad but more graceful action comedies.

March 18, 2011

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Los Angeles Times

Wuershan's heavy hand, never letting up for a moment to allow any air or life to enter the film, cuts off the film's energy even as it rattles relentlessly on.

March 17, 2011

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Toronto Star

If it's diminished by the director's feverish urge to over-achieve, this movie is clearly the kind of irreverent, multi-platform, cross-genre, otherworldly stuff Hollywood wants from China: fast, furious, big, bold and brassy.

March 17, 2011

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Slant Magazine

Wuershang is too busy mixing up a slurry of postmodern techniques, abortive fight scenes, and noisy set pieces to spend any time on fundamentals.

March 20, 2011

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Globe and Mail

About the only thing this cinematic whirligig skimps on is coherence, both narrative and aesthetic.

March 18, 2011

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