Hong Kong Synopsis
魔
“Mysterious! Intriguing! Horrifying! Don't miss it!”
After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Boxer's Omen. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
Action + Horror in Hong Kong
28 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Boxer's Omen itself).
The 1982–1984 Hong Kong Window
The Boxer's Omen holds position #22 of 42 Hong Kong films in the 1982–1984 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Boxer's Omen premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Hong Kong films in 1983.
The 189th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
49 audience reviews — more than 68% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 68th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Boxer's Omen, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- crocodile · 4
- bat · 4
- taoist priest · 4
- thai boxing · 2
- summoning spell · 1
- buddhism · 22
- black magic · 17
- monk · 10
- revenge · 210
- hong kong · 73
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #373 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #245 of 516 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Tagalog |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | October 23, 1983 |
| IMDb | tt0085951 |