Perfect cast and a good story

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Hello to all Iron Chef fans - hope you all can help me out with this. ^_^ I was wondering if anyone knew the website where you can supposedly petition for the release of the original Japanese cooking show 'Iron Chef' or 'Ryori no Tetsujin' ? I have been looking everywhere for the DVDs or VHS tapings on that show but to no avail. Anyone have any idea where I could get them ? It was undoubtedly one of my favorite TV shows while living in the States. But then I moved overseas and couldn't get FoodTv on the local cable subscription and am now desperate for any tapings either on VHS or DVDs on the original Japanese cooking shows. Please, if anyone out there have any idea of where to get them, I would really appreciate your inputs/comments =) Iron Chef (Japan) rules! It was undoubtedly the most entertaining cooking show ever aired!

There are 2 things in this world I like sports and food. Now I can watch both of them on TV. Unlike most reality shows, where little people with big egos act idiotic over stupid events for money, one watches professionalism preforming at a creative peak. The dinners, and how one creates them is exciting. The food is of a high caliber. What a disadvantage for the viewer not being able to taste or smell the food. Sometimes, I believe the judges favor the Iron Chef, but I could be wrong. For if one can not eat the food, one can not judge. The show is a lot harder than what the camera envisions. 45 minutes too cook a mystery main course, is a true test of one's wit. Best and only show I have seen imported from Japan. Makes me want to go out and dine at a Japanese restaurant on Saki and Sushi.

I love Iron Chef. What an idea for a show!! I love the premise of bringing renowned chefs from all over Japan and the world to challenge Chairman Kaga's Iron Chefs, and to have them create dishes on the spot using the theme ingredient announced at the beginning. It's also fun to listen to the play-by-play announcing; you'd think this was a sports events.The fact that these chefs can prepare 4-6 dishes on the spot in one hour attests to their amazing skills and imagination, especially when an Iron Chef of one cooking style is confronted with a theme ingredient they normally don't use. I wish I was there to taste some of their amazing creations.What astounds me about the show is how seriously some challengers take this, like the Italian expatriate chefs and their battles against Iron Chef Italian Masahiko Kobe, and the Ohta Factions' (a society of Japanese chefs who are staunchly traditional in their cooking techniques) war against Iron Chef Japanese Masaharu Morimoto.I can't wait for IC3 next month. My local cable company just recently added the Food Network, so I didn't see the original Bobby Flay/Morimoto contest. After watching what Morimoto has done in previous episodes, I really can't see Flay winning. I've also thought about whether Emeril would someday appear on Iron Chef, but I think he's a bit too laidback for something as tense and fast-paced as this.

This show is a bit on the melodramatic side, but still is one of the best cooking shows I've ever seen. It is dubbed, and aired on the Food Network Channel on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm. It also airs on the Japanese Channel, but I don't know what time.There are four chefs (sometimes there are three, the other one just doesn't have a platform) called "Iron Chefs." There is the Iron Chef of Japan, Iron Chef of Italy, Iron Chef of China, and I forgot what country was the other Iron Chef who wasn't usually there. Anyway, a challenger chooses who he (I've never seen a female yet) wants to "battle" with, and then Chairman Kaga, the boss, selects an ingredient, ranging from sea animals to herbs, as the theme of what the chefs have to cook up in one hour. Usually, four to six dishes are made. After the hour is up, four judges (two being guest judges, who, usually, are celebrities) give their scores to determine the winner. The best part is hearing the judges' comments (there was once an actress who commented on the Iron Chef of Japan and just said, "I hate it!" I was LOL!)The one thing that is not so hot is the dubbed English on the Food Network. It's just the floor reporters' voice. He is running out there and yells the host's name "Fukui-san!" It gets irritating after a while. Avoid the dubbed voice of the floor reporter, and you'll enjoy a whole hour of cooking. By the way, you may be tempted to get something to eat afterwards.