Cook Up a Storm
2017 1h 38m movie Film Hong Kong

Cook Up a Storm

決戰食神

Cook Up a Storm is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

決戰食神

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.

Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
145
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #39 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (95th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #21 of 311 (top 7%).

Hong Kong × China Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)China

Other Hong Kong×China titles

Other Titles From JCE Movies

Drama + Comedy in Hong Kong

71 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cook Up a Storm itself).

The 2016–2018 Hong Kong Window

Among 45 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Cook Up a Storm places #4 — near the top of its class.

  1. Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
    #1

    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

    ★ 8.2 · 2018
  2. Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
    #2

    Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  3. Still Human
    #3

    Still Human

    ★ 7.9 · 2018
  4. Cook Up a Storm
    #4

    Cook Up a Storm

    ★ 7.5 · 2017
  5. Trivisa
    #5

    Trivisa

    ★ 7.2 · 2016
  6. Bounty Hunters
    #6

    Bounty Hunters

    ★ 7.2 · 2016
  7. Patriots Day
    #7

    Patriots Day

    ★ 7.0 · 2016
  8. Robbery
    #8

    Robbery

    ★ 7.0 · 2016

The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cook Up a Storm premiered alongside 14 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 2017.

The 780th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

145
Reviews
86th
Review-volume percentile
85th
Popularity percentile

145 audience reviews — more than 86% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, China
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Cantonese, Czech, Mandarin
Production CompaniesJCE Movies
Runtime1h 38m
Release DateFebruary 10, 2017
IMDbtt6315750