Bruce Li heads to New Guinea (specifically "Snake Worship Island") on an anthropological expedition to avoid having lunch with his annoying cousin. He's there to find the snake tribe who are supposed to be cool jungle dwellers, but soon discovers that they are run by the less cool devil sect these days. The devil sect are into snakes, black magic and punching intruders in the face. Li ends up falling in love with the local snake princess, and is cursed by her in return (she means well though). Back in Hong Kong Bruce discovers that he turns into a snake if he's touched by other women, and heads back to New Guinea to sort his shit out. New Guinea sort of looks like a Hong Kong rock quarry in this to be honest, and the soundtrack is lifted straight from Once upon a time in the West. It's a truly ridiculous film with dudes in monkeysuits, curses and banana theft. Bolo Yeung and the googly-eyed chap from Hex after Hex makes an appearance and I'm fairly certain I've seen the devil sorcerer before too. All the good bits of a black magic flick with the addition of decent fights. Exquisitely silly and generally amazing!
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