Review: The movie is simply told in flashback, giving us little or no information of what's really going to happen in the story. Mixing "Indiana Jones" style action, brutal kung fu fight scenes, a couple of nude scenes, and a completely crazy story, Seventh Curse pretty much has everything to please Hong Kong movies fans. The movie definitely falls in the B movie category for being so demented and outrageous, but yet, it really succeeds to surprise us with all these memorable moments. Even if the story may seem ridiculous and plot less, director Ngai Kai Lam, who will go on to direct the classic movie "Story of Ricky" years later, achieves to make a very good and entertaining movie mixing a lot of different ideas. Something that a lot of directors have tried but poorly succeeded.

Not only is the story going to be wild in the movie, the characters are as well. Chin Siu-hou and Maggie Cheung are probably the most memorable characters. The first one, for his decent acting and good martial art skill and the other one for being annoying as much as she can. Even if Chow Yun-Fat is in the movie, he is only a secondary character but is still very funny to watch. When the main characters were in big trouble, he was always there to get rid of the problem. I won't tell you too much about his methods, but all I can say is that they were very radical, but also very effective. As for Sibelle Hu, she doesn't need to do too much for being appreciated by the male audience. Just be there and stand completely naked is all that is needed.

If you like kung fu, you will be pleased to know that there are plenty of very good and brutal fight scenes in the movie. The actors and stunt men really looked like they were beating the shit of each other and it looked absolutely painful. Of course, as in any good Hong Kong movie, you got a couple of spectacular stunts. You definitely cannot miss the classic scene (52min exactly) where the guy really gets hit by the jeep at full speed. As for the gore, yes there's plenty of it too, even the kids get squished! Okay, the special effects and monster suits all looks cheesy and really don't help the movie for being taken seriously, but I think it's what makes this movie so fun to watch. The movie is indeed very entertaining and you will find plenty of memorable scenes that will make you laugh, but if you don't like cheesy movies, then you will probably end up regretting that you spent the time to watch this film.

This movie really reminded me the reasons why I like Hong Kong movies so much: for not being afraid of trying new things and mixing genres with completely absurd ideas. This movie has to be taken non-seriously to really be appreciated. If you come in expecting anything more, you might find it stupid and boring.