Cat Vs. Rat (1982)

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御貓三戲錦毛鼠 (1982)

Cat Vs. Rat

Reviewed by: MrBooth
Date: 05/07/2005
Summary: 6.5/10

A Kung Fu comedy with a (wilfully) simplistic story about two pupils of the same master who can't stop competing despite being apparently evenly skilled. Adam Cheng is definitely the nicer/straighter of the two - in fact Fu Sheng's character is a bit of a bastard, and I wanted to slap him more than a few times - a reaction he often provokes in me, admittedly. As you'd expect from Lau Kar Leung, the fight scenes are fantastically choreographed and performed, even if they are played for laughs most of the time. Kara Hui and Gordon Liu get very little chance to show their stuff, unfortunately. The ending of the film seemed - weird, and wrong. Was this an alternate ending shot for the mainland, perhaps?

Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: Sydneyguy
Date: 04/02/2005
Summary: RAther enjoyable

I am not sure why this movie was quite enjoyable as Alexander Fu borders on annoying. I think the initial fight scenes with different weapons and "using your brain" when fighting is one of the reasons why this is a different movie from the average fight fest movies. Though the last fight scenes were over the top, i till recommend a once viewing at least

7/10

Reviewed by: pjshimmer
Date: 01/28/2003

rather enjoyable story about the sons of two "feudal" families, the Zhans and the Bais, try to outsmart eachother. The characters are familiar to the fans of the Justice Bao chapters.

[7/10]

Reviewed by: battlemonkey
Date: 12/21/1999

Two wacky rivals while away the days trying to outdo oneanother. Very Chinese, and as such, people who just watch movies and don't know a whole lot about Chinese traditions or cultures may find it absurd. It looks a lot like Peking Opera in some spots, but generally, I enjoyed it.