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1 October 2003 (Hong Kong) morePlot:
A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Monk
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7 wins & 15 nominations moreUser Comments:
Genius, Brilliant, along with other complimentary adjectives moreCast
(Credited cast) | Andy Lau | ... | Big |
| Cecilia Cheung | ... | Inspector Lee Fung Yee |
| Siu-Fai Cheung | ... | Inspector Chung (as Cheung Siu Fai) |
| Wong Chun | ... | Yee's Superior Officer (as Chun Wong) |
| Karen Tong | ... | Woman |
| Wen Zhong Yu | ... | Master Wu (as Yu Wen Zhong) |
| Lian Sheng Hou | ... | Master Wen (as Hou Lian Sheng) |
| Sheng Wei He | (as He Sheng Wei) | |
| Meng Zhang | ... | Jade (as Zhang Meng) |
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An Intelligent Muscle ManBig Man (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Da ji lao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Running on Karma (International: English title)
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I will list three major reasons why this film should rock your world: 1. (The action.) It is a mixture of Chinese-martial and superhero choreography. The protagonist and the various "villains" he encounters are over-the-top, their abilities are by all means supernatural, there's nothing believable about them. All this exists in a contemporary Hong Kong setting. The film isn't even about kung-fu or wild action sequences. This is brilliant.
2. (Andy Lau showing off his skills with a piece of tissue.) The most original way of demonstrating martial art skills of all time.
3. (Unconventional genre mixing.) It has action, it has comedy, and it has philosophical depth. It features Andy Lau in a goddamn body-suit. There's a love story. It's a tragic love story. There's a tragic love story involving Andy-freaking-Lau in a goddamn body-suit. He does kung fu. There are cops. There's mystery. There's a detective story. This is very brilliant.
I find this film brilliant. There's no other adjective I find more fitting. Every word of that screenplay and every movement captured by the director (Johnnie To), is goddamn brilliant.
Along with One Nite In Mongkok, this was my favourite HK film of 2004.