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RUNNING ON KARMA (2003) Eureka Blu-Ray Review: A Myriad Of Bewildering Excellence

Eureka Entertainment’s Running On Karma arrives on Blu-Ray on January 28. Order it today at the MVD Shop. Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai’s Running On Karma hit me differently twenty years ago, so I wasn’t too keen on it. Nowadays my mind is more open to different types of films in the field I cover, and I’ve come to realize that it’s a film that holds a little something for several kinds of audiences. Andy Lau wears an albeit convincing muscle suit in his second role after donning a similar suit for a portly character in Love On A Diet, a 2001 rom-com from the same directing duo. The muscular build for the role Lau plays this time around takes a life on its own as an aspect to the inherently transformative nature of the story To and Wai proffer to viewers. The long and short? Lau stars along with […]

RUNNING ON KARMA Blu-Ray Gets The Masters Of Cinema Treatment Through Eureka In January

Lee B. Golden III

Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai’s 2003 hit film, Running On Karma, is coming to the U.S. on Blu-Ray re-release on January 28. Rolling out through Eureka Entertainment’s Masters Of Cinema line, the film will come in the form of a Limited Edition Blu-Ray package with 2000 copies (per territory), exclusively featuring an O-card slipcase. A lot has happened in the last two decades since this title, and I’m old enough to remember that Asian news outlets and adjacent websites like this one picked up on word of a sequel that was in the works that would have also starred Jacky Heung (100 Yards). Eventually Heung and To did collaborate on one other fantastic venture which managed to pull off a North American festival premiere. It really has been that long, though, that it feels like a Running On Karma sequel would hardly happening at all. I’m open to be proven […]

RUNNING ON KARMA 2 Is In The Works!

Lee B. Golden III

Well, with regard to anyone’s desire to see actor Andy Lau in a prosthetic muscle body suit, I leave that to the viewer. At any rate though, fans of the multi-award winning and nominated 2003 flick, Running On Karma, can finally look forward to a 3D sequel releasing next year with Lau set to return. Yahoo! Singapore forwarded the news citing murmurs from Hong Kong presses of Lau‘s return as the film currently remains in development. The first film, opposite actress Ceilia Chung, showcased Lau in the role of Biggie, a fallen Buddhist monk who forces himself to come to terms with his past and his ability Karmic abilities whilst protecting rookie cop from ruthless killer. While the details are still being finalized, directing and producing duo Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai are returning to the project which will also foresee Mainland actress Gao Yuanyuan replacing Chung with actor […]