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.
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| 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 | |
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Wen Zhong Yu | ... | Master Wu (as Yu Wen Zhong) |
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Lian Sheng Hou | ... | Master Wen (as Hou Lian Sheng) |
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Sheng Wei He | ... | (as He Sheng Wei) |
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Meng Zhang | ... | Jade (as Zhang Meng) |
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Exotic dancer Dai Jet Lo (brawny man) has a gift to see through "cause and consequence". He meets a female cop and uses his gift to help her capture an extremely dangerous murderer. The female cop learns that Dai Jet Lo was once a monk who, due to the murder of a friend, left the monastery to find the killer. The female cop also has a inevitable "karma" that dooms her to die an unnatural death. The duo decide to oppose "cause and consequence" and change what cannot be changed. Written by Anon
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27 September 2003 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
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China Star Entertainment, One Hundred Years of Film Company, Milky Way Image Company See more »
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Music by Keith Leung
Lyrics by Xi Lin
Performed by Anthony Yiu-Ming Wong
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RUNNING ON KARMA is an odd little movie. The film features a gimmick where star Andy Lau wears a "muscle suit" throughout, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. It seems to be a gimmick, and really serves no purpose other than to have Cecilia Cheung's character call him "Big One" or "Big Guy" because his character, from what I can gather, has no name. The film gets extremely muddled and weak when it wanders into karma and destiny land. It might have been better had the film stuck to a more traditional method of storytelling. As it is, it's good to see Cecilia Cheung out of period costume or hanging out with Wong Jing. The film's first half, with its police cases and action, are its best. The second half reminds one of German filmmaker Tom Tywker, only less coherent and unfocused.
6 out of 10
(go to www.nixflix.com for a more detailed review of this film)