The Invisible Fight

For wuxia fans unconvinced by the shift from Buddhism to the Bible, Sarnet inserts a reading of Matthew 14:26 to remind us that walking on water is a skill shared by both Jet Li and Jesus.

Writer-director Rainer Sarnet’s deliriously weird The Invisible Fight would be irksome if it weren’t crafted so lovingly and with a charming earnestness.

It’s a wacky and frequently nonsensical mish-mosh of elements that don’t quite add up, and yet, the absurdist shock of seeing such incongruous ingredients forced together is typically enough to spark laughter.

It’s difficult to describe what exactly this film is about for the same reason it’s hard to pin the tail on the piñata donkey while blindfolded: there’s a lack of vision to make sense of the whole thing.

Blissfully silly but way too long multi-genre mash-up

The kung fu surrealist comedy has the kind of video-store cult-classic vibes that would make for a great weekend watch with a group of rowdy friends.

The Invisible Fight has an amusing concept with a clunky and exaggerated execution. The aspect that entices you rides shotgun to something far less exciting but likely much more grounded in reality.

Meshing genre elements with go-for-broke audacity, this campy comic fantasy can’t sustain its energy.

It's an odd movie on its face, but it's odder—in a far less successful way—in how disparate its superficial elements and underlying ideas are.

An overlong, unfunny, exhausting and witless misfire.