Dai zek lo (2003)

Dai zek lo: Directed by Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai. With Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Wong Chun. 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.

“I did not expect the depth that this film mines when buying tickets yesterday for u0026quot;Running on Karmau0026quot; starring Andy Lau. In fact, when it began, I cringed wondering how campy it could possibly be. This first impression quickly transformed as some special effects were artfully used to convey that I was in for fast and thought-provoking ride.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe violence in the film stops just short of being gratuitious. In fact, it is quite purposeful and well done. As a whole, the film has a little of everything that attracts me: the supernatural, special effects, humor, love story and surprise, surprise, an actual heartfelt message that provides the viewer with u0026#39;the big pictureu0026#39; on life. I wanted to give the flick an 8.5/10 but opted for the 8 since this system does not take half points.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, seeing this film is Hong Kong has the added effect of illustrating one of the filmu0026#39;s points: there are many layers to our day-to-day u0026#39;reality.u0026#39; This may not have such a strong effect for the viewer who lives elsewhere.”