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Running on Karma (2003) • Limited Edition Blu-ray [Eureka! Masters of Cinema] — surprising action thriller with a spiritual message

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people’s past lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

Whatever one’s opinion of this strange fusion of genres from Hong Kong, no one will easily forget their first viewing of Running on Karma / 大隻佬 (also known as An Intelligent Muscle Man). Making its Blu-ray debut outside Asia on the ‘Masters of Cinema’ imprint from Eureka Entertainment, it’ll no doubt attract a fresh audience, so it’s important not to sully that initial experience by giving too much away here. It’s a mind-bending mash-up of police procedural, superhero fantasy, folk horror, and spiritual journey. Gleefully subverting several conventions of mainstream movies, it wends its unpredictable way to an uncompromising finale that’s sure to surprise as much as it shocks.