Last night my movie group watched Alfred Cheung's On The Run (1988), and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. It stars Yuen Biao as a somewhat hapless cop whose ex-wife is assassinated. He tracks down the assassin (Pat Ha, sporting an awesome retro hairdo), but they both wind up on the lam together, trying to get away from corrupt cops and all sorts of violence. On The Run has the look (and perhaps a bit of the feel) of a heroic bloodshed flick, but it's more of a film noir than anything else, with some bizarre scenes that may or may not have been attempts at comedy thrown in for good measure. It's also very violent, even by the standards of late-80s HK action flicks. Overall, I liked it very much, though there were times when I was more confused than anything else. Admittedly, the subtitles on the Tai Seng DVD release didn't help matters, but they were serviceable enough.
FnordChan
