Qi yuan (1985)

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Siskoid
Chow Yun-Fat is having a perfectly nice vacation in Nepal with his girlfriend when he gets a mysterious sketch, falls of an elephant, breaks his leg, will never walk again, and then a hot witch throws him out the window, his cast explodes and it awakens later (reincarnated?) wuxia powers in him. And THEN, things get weird. That's Witch from Nepal, a supernatural action flick that could play as a double-bill with the same year's The Seventh Curse, except Chow Yun-Fat is ACTUALLY the hero. I'm not gonna sit here and pretend I always knew what was happening (or really, WHY things were happening), especially in the cheesy super-powered romcom in the middle of the film, but I often give bonus points for weirdness. The cognitive dissonance of bringing wuxia magic (and historically-clad villains) into the modern day is quite pleasant. The climax is particularly fun in that context and makes me recommend it on its strength alone. Otherwise, expect odd plot holes, some of which can be explained by "magic", others not so much. There's a real lack of consequence from one scene to another. And a lot of insert shorts of the villain's face or running towards the heroes, as if they only had their Cat Warrior for a day and made the best of it. 1 year 9 months ago
Masterofoneinchpunch
aka The Witch From Nepal (which you also see from the picture on this movies page.) 10 years 6 months ago