MAGIC OF SPELL: The Legend of a Kung Fu Wonder Child

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This ’80s Taiwanese fantasy action-adventure horror-comedy for the kiddies will rip your brain from your skull and stomp it to a pulp. Magic of Spell follows the adventures of Peach Boy, a super-powered child birthed from a peach and played by grown-ass woman Lam Siu-Lau (Kung Fu Wonder Child, Magic Warriors).

To thwart an evil decrepit wizard hell-bent on harvesting virgin blood to fill a hot tub of youth, Peach Boy teams up with his crew of shapeshifting party dress-clad tyke killers: Little Cock, Little Doggie, and Little Monkey. Together they rescue a benevolent plant-kid-thing who loves to model clothes, the Ginseng King, and whomp the baddest of the bad on a trek to the wizard's black magick castle. Butt-biting zombies, a goblin with a laser gun, a prissy ghost with perfect hair, and a strongman who transforms into a rock all eat fist. No monster is safe from Peach Boy and the relentless barrage of high-flying wirework, animated spells, and back-breaking stunts.

If you ever wished Reagan era down’n’dirty make-believe movies like The Neverending Story or Return to Oz had more dangerous acrobatics, hand to foot combat, trickster corpses, fairy tale rogues buried in body paint and facial prostheses, and a fat synth soundtrack with cues ripped from Phantasm and The Shining, look no further than Magic of Spell! It’s the second (and best) in a trilogy of high-flying Peach Boy adventures inspired by the legend of Momotaro. These wild spectacles feel like a lil’ kid inventing the rules to some nonsense game where anyone can become invisible and the score doesn't matter. Just one glimpse of a giant flying peach bonking lizard people on the head makes me love life and everything on this planet! I can't stop smiling while watching this movie! 

Forget The Cat. Blow your nose on Spooky Encounters. Chuck Chinese Ghost Story in the trash can along with Magic Cop and Mr. Vampire. Magic of Spell is the pinnacle of delirious kung fu fantasy.