The movie begins with a young woman journeying homewards after visiting her parents grave. Removing her hijab, we see an instant likeness to Medusa! The tresses of her hair are actually serpents, live snakes hanging from her scalp. Accidentally she falls into a ravine - and awakens face-to-face with a snake-woman! This ancient creature has the body of an anaconda, but the face of a hag!
The snake-woman introduces herself as the girls ancestor. She is a Sorceress, a Mistress of the Dark Arts, with a horde of demonic minions at her disposal! Dwarfs, stone-men, living trees, and batmen all answer her call! Not to mention that she possesses the ability to summons venomous vipers at will! She intends to make her descendant a great Queen of Evil like herself, and so the young woman is seduced into her grasp.
Meanwhile, an impoverished yet mighty martial artists arrives in town, looking for a work. He hears that a rich man has issued an hefty reward for anyone who can rescue his kidnapped daughter. Ominously, the kidnapper turns out to be a snake-haired woman. It seems that the Queen of Evil has been gathering nubile virgins from across the land in preparation for the next full-moon!
This fantastical, outlandish setting is what gives Bruka: Queen of Evil a leg-up. It is fun seeing a Kung Fu Hero battling the minions of evil. It's that special kind of idiosyncratic fantasy that you only really see in SoutEast Asian B-flicks from the 70's and 80's.
That said, the movie definitely suffers from its low-budget, B-movie roots. The interesting parts are backloaded towards the ending third of the plot. Also the narrative feels scattered and disjointed, events occurring for no real discernible rime or reason. Everything about it is shoddily made, but if you want to see a Kung Fu Hero battling an army of snake-worshipping dwarfs, then "Bruka: Queen of Evil" delivers on the fun!
