The Phoenix

Original title: Wu zi tian shi

1978
PG
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

An alien visits Earth and casts an evil spell over a poor fisherman who finds her magic container that can generate anything. Since this container can generate anything, soon the fisherman f... Read allAn alien visits Earth and casts an evil spell over a poor fisherman who finds her magic container that can generate anything. Since this container can generate anything, soon the fisherman finds that several criminals are after him for it.An alien visits Earth and casts an evil spell over a poor fisherman who finds her magic container that can generate anything. Since this container can generate anything, soon the fisherman finds that several criminals are after him for it.

Directors
- Sadamasa Arikawa
- Mei-Chun Chang
Writer
- F. Kenneth Lin
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Sadamasa Arikawa
- Mei-Chun Chang
Writer
- F. Kenneth Lin
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Shot in 1978, but not acquired for distribution and released until 1983.

Connections
Featured in The Cinema Snob: War of the Wizards (2009)

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9/10

A wild Phoenix ride of a film... 9/10

Well this was a wild ride! There's a lot to love about this crazy film. The story is... strange, but fun. The characters are... also strange, but also fun. There's a lot of weird and unexplainable scenes; like a Phoenix arriving out of nowhere, a man called 'Deadly Chopsticks' using the utensils to kill other brilliantly-titled bandits, and a man charging up his special energy in the sun for 3 days like a battery.

It's really hard to make sense of what's going on in the film, but it doesn't really matter, it's just hilarious to go along for the ride and watch in awe while all this insane stuff plays out in front of you. I definitely recommend watching this!