Having cut his teeth on such excellent thrillers such as Hex, Hex After Hex and Corpse Mania, director Kuei Chih-hung pulls out all stops in the vastly under-rated The Boxer's Omen which was ambitiously shot in three countries: Hong Kong, Thailand and Nepal. The horror of Thai black magic mixes with the theme of vengeance in this story of Chen Hsiung (Kao Fei) whose desire to avenge his brother's defeat at the hands of boxer Pa Po (Yang Shih) leads him to a brush with the supernatural. (IVL)