The Boxer's Omen
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| The Boxer's Omen | |
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| Directed by | Kuei Chih-Hung |
| Screenplay by | On Szeto |
| Story by | Chih-Hung Kuei |
| Produced by | Mona Fong |
| Starring | Phillip Ko Shao-Yen Lin Kar-Man Wai |
| Cinematography | Hsin Yeh Li |
| Edited by | Ching-Shen Chen |
| Music by | Chin Yung Shing Chen-Hou Su |
Production company | Shaw Brothers |
| Distributed by | Celestial Pictures (2006) |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
The Boxer's Omen (魔, Mó, Magic) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung.
Plot[]
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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[]
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Home media[]
Image Entertainment released the film on Special Edition on 21 November 2006.[1]
Reception[]
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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[]
- ^ "The Boxer's Omen (1983) - Kuei Chi Hung". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Seaver, Jay. "Movie Review - Boxer's Omen, The - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Jay Seaver. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
External links[]
- The Boxer's Omen at AllMovie
- The Boxer's Omen at IMDb
- The Boxer's Omen at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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