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szdaily -> Movies -> 
Badges of Fury
    2013-06-28  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Starring: Wen Zhang, Jet Li, Cecilia Liu, Michelle Chen, Ada Liu, Wu Jing, Tong Dawei Director: Wong Tsz-ming

    FROM the first scene with an antsy young Hong Kong cop hopping around in a kilt disguised as part of a Scottish dance group, followed by a raucous free-for-all in which his man gets away, “Badges of Fury” stakes out its territory as broad laughs dressed up with some watchable if not remarkable fight sequences. What’s hot here is the cast and a shower of star cameos that should boost local box office in China.

    Though top billing goes to Hong Kong action idol Jet Li as an aging cop who’s tired of the routine and longs for retirement, the story centers around youngsters Wen Zhang as a hot-shot rookie and Michelle Chen as his relatively straight superior.

    In a lot of ways, the well-paced script by Carbon Cheung (“A Chinese Ghost Story”) seems aimed at spoofing a lost bumbling cop genre, updated to the bare minimum with modern car chases and policewomen in shorts. Making his directing bow, Wong Tsz-ming brings real affection to his silly detectives, who are on the trail of a serial killer who leaves all his victims smiling.

    The “Smile Murders” turn out to be linked by an unhappy young actress (Cecilia Liu): all the victims are her ex-boyfriends. But wait! They’ve all been stolen by her sexy, envious, unscrupulous sister (Ada Liu), who likes to stick pins in a voodoo doll representing her famous sister. In the end, it hardly matters who killed the guys, as long as the action keeps coming.

    The cast boasts a number of proven martial arts stars, including Wu Jing, Collin Chou and Bruce Leung, sharing the screen with a host of cameo appearances from hot young talent like Huang Xiaoming, Stephen Fung and Tong Dawei, while first-time director Wong is ably supported by revered action director Corey Yuen of “Switch.”

    Each murder victim avails a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo opportunity for actors like Michael Tse and Tong, while random suspects, supervisors and witnesses are portrayed by everyone from Stephy Tang to Huang, although nobody is onscreen for more than a couple of minutes.

    Fung fares slightly better as a jilted former admirer of the perennially engaged Liu, which brings us to the seasoned kung-fu veterans whose participation has been widely publicized in the film’s marketing.

    Jet Li fans may be disappointed to see him warming the bench so often in favor of the irritating but more energetic young Wen, but Li does come to the rescue of his cocky teammate in several well-staged scenes, spritely edited by Angie Lam. Another surprise is Michelle Chen, the disturbing romantic lead of “Ripples of Desire,” in a comic sidekick role that proves her versatility.

    The movie is now being screened in Shenzhen. (SD-Agencies)

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