I have been a long time fan of hong kong movies as they have a certain vibe that no other film industry has been able to replicate. The films usually move at an incredibly fast pace with you only being able to comprehend all that is happening if you give it your utmost attention (and hopefully having proper subs). The Boxer's Omen follows this practice of break-neck speed, but is filled with so many mind melting effects and plot twists that you could be the most jaded of filmgoers and still walk out of this a better man/woman just for having been exposed to such artistic magnificence. Your brain will race to conclusions only to find true subversion of your expectations. Without a doubt one of the most creative and unique movies I have ever seen... and I have seen A LOT, making it my life's mission to seek out the craziest movies in existence. Really the only thing that compares to this film is The Seventh Curse with Chow Yun Fat (one of my absolute favorites... Honorable mention to Mystics in Bali) yet The Boxers Omen far surpasses the black magic/spiritual horror of that and quite frankly every other film in the genre at large. Almost every single scene is working off twisted mad scientist ideas like it was directed by Dr. Mangele on ayahuasca. Like other reviewers have said it does seem the filmmaker was influenced by Lucio Fulci and Alejandro Jodorowsky's work (in terms of sheer visual imagination/materializing the most ludicrous thoughts one could conceive + the heavy reliance on traditional zen Buddhism that is contorted by the directors more malicious sensibilities). This simply must be seen to be believed. 13/10. Admittedly it is not for everybody but for me it breaks the scale.
