The Boxer's Omen

The Boxer's Omen (魔) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung.

The Boxer's Omen
Directed byKuei Chih-Hung
Produced byMona Fong
Screenplay byOn Szeto
Story byChih-Hung Kuei
StarringPhillip Ko
Shao-Yen Lin
Kar-Man Wai
Music byChin Yung Shing
Chen-Hou Su
CinematographyHsin Yeh Li
Edited byChing-Shen Chen
Production
company
Shaw Brothers
Distributed byCelestial Pictures (2006)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

Plot

A Hong Kong boxer gets himself involved in Buddhism and black magic while in Thailand to avenge his brother, crippled by a Thai boxer fighting dirty. He sees apparitions of a Buddhist monk, who eventually reveals himself as his twin brother in a past life, but is now trapped in a state between life and death by the dark magic of a wizard. When his physical body decomposes, the boxer will die too. With no other choice, he is forced to become a monk and defeat the black magician to break the spell.

Release

Home media

Image Entertainment released the film on Special Edition on November 21, 2006.[1]

Reception

Jay Seaver from eFilmCritic.com awarded the film 4/5 stars, writing, "The Boxer's Omen seems like two extremely different movies made into one, much as one character is... No, that metaphor is not quite right, and I am not going to spoil one of the more jaw-dropping moments of complete insanity that this movie offers up, even though that would likely still leave several dozen for the viewer to discover. It is a downright strange movie wrapped in something conventional and almost unrelated, a fine midnight movie if there ever was one."[2]

References
  1. "The Boxer's Omen (1983) - Kuei Chi Hung". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. Seaver, Jay. "Movie Review - Boxer's Omen, The - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Jay Seaver. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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