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Hong Kong cinema pretty much makes a “kung fu” version of everything: Kung Fu Dunk (that’s kung fu + basketball, natch), Kung Fu Mahjong, and even Kung Fu Cannibals (a.k.a. We Are Going To Eat You).

It’s pretty obvious, then, that you can blend the dual disciplines of martial arts and cooking (well, amongst many others, Stephen Chow already has already done it with great results in the brilliant 1996 comedy God of Cookery), so lo and behold, here comes Kung Fu Chefs.

Normally, I probably wouldn’t get too amped up about such an (ahem) half-baked idea, but the star of this puppy is none other that Jackie Chan colleague/classmate Sammo Hung, a talent who may be twice Chan’s physical size, but is equally adept in martial arts skills.

The plot of Kung Fu Chefs is pretty standard stuff: good underdog cooks of a run-down but genuinely tasty restaurant face off against the nefarious chi-chi staff of a high-end joint. But the trailer still plays like gangbusters.

Check out the unsubtitled, Mandarin preview over here.