The Boxer's Omen


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

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

released the film on Special Edition on November 21, 2006.

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."