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The Boxer's Omen

Original title: Mo
  • 19831983
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 39m
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7.1/10
1.5K
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The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Horror
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.5K
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    • Chih-Hung Kuei
    • Chih-Hung Kuei(story)
    • On Szeto(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Ko
    • Shao-Yen Lin
    • Kar-Man Wai
    • Chih-Hung Kuei
    • Chih-Hung Kuei(story)
    • On Szeto(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Ko
    • Shao-Yen Lin
    • Kar-Man Wai
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    • 24User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
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    Phillip Ko
    Phillip Ko
      Shao-Yen Lin
      Kar-Man Wai
      • Chan's girl
      • (as Chia-Wen Wei)
      Lung-Wei Wang
      Lung-Wei Wang
      • (Guest star)
      Somjai Boomsong
      Chok-Chow Cheung
      Chok-Chow Cheung
      • Uncle Qi
      Tien-Chu Chin
      Tien-Chu Chin
      • Bellman
      You-Hsing Lai
      Wai Lam
      Wai Lam
        Hak-Shun Leung
        Chih Tai Lin
        Chun Liu
        Han-Yuan Ma
        Edmund P. Meneses
        Major Oponpa
        Victor B. Pumicpic
        Gwa-Pau Sai
        Gwa-Pau Sai
        Rolando San-Juan
          • Chih-Hung Kuei
          • Chih-Hung Kuei(story)
          • On Szeto(screenplay)
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        • Goofs
          When the black magician flies through the room in his first scene, the wires he hangs from become visible when he turns right before landing.
        • Connections
          Follows Bewitched (1981)

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        8/10
        Buddha knows if you're lying
        Yeah! This movie is totally awesome! The special effects are really great. Well, some of the puppets were a little cheesy, but I can truly appreciate the fact that it was done without entirely editing everything you see on a blue or green screen the way Hollywood seems to do with all its computer graphics stuff these days. That gets all too similar after a while. The old stuff that requires lots of food dye and corn starch rocks my world.

        Any movie with exposed nipples is sure to be a hit. I thought this movie had a great spooky atmosphere at times. It really took me back to the old days. I see maybe some of the same elements from movies like Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain, Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 1 and 2, Evil Dead, The Exorcist, and a little bit of Kickboxer thrown in for good measure. (That's the one with the brother, Van Damne?, who gets revenge against the Thai boxer that hospitalized his buddy.)

        Sure, some of the effects look cheesy, but the footage of real people counters that and makes a very unique balance between the all too real world of the Buddhist monks and villagers and the fantastical realm of the dark voodoo spells that require fuzzy puppets. If it were up to me I would give this picture an Academy Award just for having the most burning bat puppets on screen at the same time. Honestly the bat puppets are rather cute and that's an adjective I'd prefer never to mention but perhaps it could give you some more ideas about wanting to see this movie if you haven't. Definitely a classic. In my opinion, Boxer's Curse aka Mo, is way better than Ju-On and the Grudge type of ghost stories that are all too common these days and unimaginative.

        The elephant was an especially nice surprise. Hooray for elephants and their grand majesty!
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        • Release date
          • November 21, 2006 (United States)
          • Hong Kong
          • Mandarin
          • Cantonese
          • Tagalog
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          • Bangkok, Thailand
        • Production companies
          • Shaw Brothers
          • Shaw Brothers
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        • 1 hour 39 minutes
          • Color
          • Mono

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