Running on Karma

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Running on Karma is a 2003 Hong Kong movie, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai.

This is the second movie starring Andy Lau in which he wears a prosthetic suit. In his previous work, Love on a Diet, he wore a fat suit. In this movie, he wears a muscle suit.

This movie is a mish-mash of genres and ends up being a well thought out Buddhist parable about the nature of karma. Although uneven and sometimes over the top, at heart it is about acceptance and the nobility of forgiveness.

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Bodybuilder and ex Buddhist Monk Big (Andy Lau) is working in a strip bar until his life is complicated by running into Lee Fung Yee (Cecilia Cheung). Fung Yee is a cop in the CID how initially busts him for his strip show, but Big becomes entangled in another case to catch a murderer while he tries to escape. The event which caused him to abandon his life as a monk has left him with the ability to see other people's karma and it is obvious to him the Lee Fung Yee needs his help.