The Magnificent Butcher

The Magnificent Butcher (1979) is a Hong Kong kung fu comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Yuen Woo-ping — the action choreographer later behind The Matrix — and starring Sammo Hung as Lam Sai-Wing, a student of the legendary Wong Fei-hung.

Lam is not looking for trouble. It finds him anyway. A son from the rival Five Dragons school abducts his brother's wife and frames Lam for assault. Their master Wong Fei-hung is out of town at the worst possible moment, leaving Lam to survive on raw skill and a wandering teacher who barely arrives in time. Yuen Woo-ping keeps the fights technically sharp — close-in grappling, furniture as weapons, speed that Sammo Hung's build consistently defied — while the comedic beats land without undercutting the action. Watch The Magnificent Butcher online on iFILM.