I saw this movie earlier today at a very strange screening. It was strange for one thing because this wasn't the movie that was originally supposed to be shown(the original film was supposed to be the great cannibal-fu classic WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU which is one of my favorite kung-fu movies ever making me dislike this film right away), secondly the title is supposed to be MAGIC OF SPELL but this is what was on the version they showed, thirdly the final battle scene was missing allowing the audience to make up our own minds about who won this ridiculous battle of good vs. evil. Luckily I have found the conclusion online so I can finally sleep tonight knowing the outcome. The film itself is a complete barrage of stupid, bizarre things thrown at you right from the start. It also seems like a total kiddie film except for the sub-titled cursing and one particular scene where a lady with a bird hand pecks another ladies eye out in a gory fashion. The list of oddball stuff in this is pretty extensive; you get an annoying kid who is a living ginseng root, another guy who's a rhubarb or something, females playing male roles and vice-versa, giant peaches used as weapons, a guy who turns into a giant rock with a chomping face on it, some skeletons that look like cheap-ass versions of the ones in ARMY OF DARKNESS, fighters who are part monkey, part dog and part bird respectively, a blue-skinned demon, some dumb children's music and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting. The whole thing is based on a Japanese fairy-tale and if you're in a crazy Asian Mother Goose meets martial arts type mood maybe you would dig this more than me. Also this might be the only movie in the world where peaches are bad-ass.
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