Witch from Nepal [VHS]

There's some spectacular airborne fantasy action in the style of director Ching Sui-tung's A Chinese Ghost Story, and effective shape-changing special effects, in this otherwise ludicrous supernatural romp about the evil that dwells in the deepest, darkest heart of Southeast Asia. Chow Yun-fat is an advertising man vacationing in Nepal who is drawn into a conflict between a princess (a native shaman with prodigious magical gifts) and a vicious local warlord. Chow has supernormal abilities thrust upon him by an amulet known as "The Testicles of Power." There is some mildly steamy sex, but the fight's the thing, especially when the forces of primitive evil follow the ad man back home to Hong Kong. Showing off a cornucopia of supernatural ickiness against a backdrop of high-tech architecture and throbbing neon produces some engaging eye candy, especially in a final showdown that rages in (and in between) two high-rise office buildings. The antagonists keep slamming each other into exposed electrical wires, to the accompaniment of many sparks. --David Chute