Running on Karma

A former Buddhist monk now living in Hong Kong as a bodybuilder and male stripper, Biggie retains a gift for seeing into people's lives and reading their karma. When he befriends a young policewoman, he puts that ability to use helping her track down a dangerous criminal. The partnership draws him back toward a violent figure from his own past, the man responsible for the death of a childhood friend, the same loss that led him to leave the monastery.

Johnnie To directed, working alongside Wai Ka-Fai, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing. It was To's thirteenth film as director in chronological order, following PTU and preceding 1:99 Shorts, and it sits between Wu Yen and 1:99 Shorts among Wai Ka-Fai's directing credits. Andy Lau stars as Biggie, with Cecilia Cheung as the officer Lee Fung-yee, and Eddie Cheung, Karen Tong, Chun Wong and Jimmy Wong among the credited cast of twenty-three. Produced by Milkyway Image with One Hundred Years of Film Company, it runs ninety-four minutes and mixes action and crime with drama and thriller elements.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 6.6 from around 3,600 votes, and on TMDB it scores 6.5 from about 100 votes. The two audience ratings sit close together, indicating a similar response from viewers on both platforms and a generally moderate reception for the film.