In this Hong Kong classic (NYAFF 2004), maestro Johnnie To and his screenwriting partner-in-crime Wai Ka Fai dress up Andy Lau as an oversized bodybuilding monk who can foretell people’s fates, and the muscleman helps a no-nonsense cop (Cecilia Cheung) to crack a case in more ways than one. While it has a tongue-in-cheek veneer, the film plays it surprisingly straight and gradually becomes a profound Buddhist-tinged meditation on existence and morality. Combining police procedural intrigue and gritty action with supernatural elements, To and Wai throw everything from male striptease to superhero machinations into the mix for a madcap fever dream of good vs. evil.