Love on DeliveryStephen Chow brings us another funny kung fu comedy, this time being 1994’s Love on Delivery.

Chow plays a coward and weakling delivery boy named Ho-Kam Ang.  During one of his deliveries he walks into a Judo club where a young girl and her instructor are arguing.  The girl, whose name is Lily (played by Christy Chung), is fending off the advances of an angry, arrogant and very strong Judo instructor named Black Bear.

To show how serious Lily is about not being with Black Bear, she rushes over to the only other guy in the room, Ang, and kisses him.  Ang falls desperately in love and Lily agrees to go on a few dates.  But things get a little weird and when Ang is confronted by Black Bear, his cowardly ways get the best of him.

Lilly then breaks up with Ang telling him she “can’t date a coward“.

After crying and feeling sorry for himself, Ang meets a dodgy man who decides to teach him what appears to be fake Kung Fu.  Naturally Ang begins to learn so that he can get Lily back.  But a karate man comes into town who catches Lily’s attention.

So after a nose bleed and crying some blood (yeah, he was upset) Ang ends up with a challenge fight with the karate man, so now he must focus on his training and defeat him or lose his chance with Lily forever.

Christy Chung

Chow has a go at Romantic Kung Fu Comedy

This movie plays out in very similar fashion to most of the awful American Romantic Comedies you see these days – only with the added ‘Kung Fu’ element thrown into the mix.

The visual style and references in this film make it pretty colorful and fun to watch, making a few funny references along the way.

Chow’s character is introduced using a parody of the Terminator 2 introduction, which ends up him being conned out of his clothes in a dark alley.  Even Lau (The Karate man), has a  very ‘Clark Kent’ appearance when he first arrives as a little incognito.

Even a shot of Ang’s Kung Fu instructor shows him in a photo with Bruce Lee, claiming to be his training partner. Chow makes the movie funny with his portrayal of Ang, as everyone else in the movie seems to be relatively normal (apart from his Kung Fu instructor).

It’s pretty lighted hearted and doesn’t really get serious at any point, it’s just good old fashioned fun!

Stephen Chow with ang's Master

The Action & Martial Arts

A lot like his more recent and hugely successful Kung Fu Hustle, the fighting is driven more by comedy and isn’t your typical serious fighting action.  Most of the movements are based on comedy with a few scenes showing some quick flashes of standard fighting.

That’s being said, the final scene showed some interesting martial arts themes.  Although it was primarily comedic, as a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner I couldn’t help but take notice of the way Ang wrapped himself around his opponent at the end of the film, effectively disabling him for some time.

Not many punches were thrown by Ang, but even the psychological tactics played by him were all very reminiscent of real and useful techniques in any confrontation.  I felt that even though it was more slapstick, it made a (however unintentional) statement on martial arts and fighting in general – that I appreciated.

Other than that, the action was relatively minimal as the movie was driven by comedy.

The Verdict?

A fun comedy but not really an ‘action movie’, but it does have some martial arts merit for sure!  I recommend it!

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Love On Delivery

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