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Running on Karma [2003] (Region 1) (NTSC)


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Not at all what you'd expect
Review date: 2006-10-22 Rating: 8 out of 10

Running On Karma is almost Ka-Fei Wai and Johnnie To's take on a superhero movie as former monk turned muscleman and male stripper Andy Lau (almost unrecognisable in a remarkably convincing muscle suit that makes the Hulk look a wimp) finds his ability to see the Karma that leads to people's deaths drawing him into protecting Cecilia Cheung's rookie detective (herself doomed to die for her sins as a Japanese soldier in a former life) and solving some outrageous crimes. Or at least for the first two thirds, before it takes a surprisingly sharp U-turn into philosophical and tragic territory as the two try to reverse their bad karma in different but equally drastic ways. Much of the credit here has to go to Ka-Fei Wei, who also wrote as well as co-directed, but it's certainly a much more impressive collaboration than the disappointing Fulltime Killer. Lau is extremely good, the premise works much better than it should and most importantly, you get to care about the characters. Mostly wonderful.


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Actor(s):
Andy Lau
Cecilia Cheung
Wong Chun
Siu-Fai Cheung
Karen Tong

Creators:
Andy Lau (Primary Contributor)
Cecilia Cheung (Primary Contributor)
Johnny To (Producer)
Ka-Fai Wai (Writer)
Catherine Chan (Producer)
Kin-Yee Au (Writer)
Nai-Hoi Yau (Writer)
Tin-Shing Yip (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
EAN: 0507118127013
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC,
Release date: 2006-12-12
Universal product code (UPC): 507118127013
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Running time: 93 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2003
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Hindi (Original Language)

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