Badges of Fury (2013)

It was so forgettable it made me question my memory

I watched this movie three times. Why? Because I completely forgot about it.

I watched it the first time. Okay movie. Completely erased it from my mind until it was on tv again and it looked interesting so I put it on. I didn't remember I actually watched it but it seemed familiar like a plot of a movie I watched and then I realized it was the same movie.
Some time passed and it was on tv again, I forgot about it again, realized I watched it halfway through the movie.

And I think I have a good memory. Not when it comes to this movie.
I can't say I hate it because that would mean I feel something towards this movie which I don't.

Story
Murders happen, they try to solve it. There is a lot of comedy in this movie, some jokes were good, some not.
Action was fine, but when the fights start to get good something interrupts them and that was a little bit irritating.

Actors
I will be honest, I watched this because I like Jet Li but there are definitely better movies to watch him.
I think all of the cast did a great job with what they had to work with.

I guess the rewatch value I put is wrong because I watched this movie so many times. I finally remembered it but at what cost?

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Not the best movie featuring Jet Li that I've watched so far, but definitely not the worse. That said, contrary to the info on the series page... Jet Li served more as support role rather than main role since the main focus of the plot revolves mainly on Wen Zhang and Michelle Chen instead.

There was a mysterious homicide where the victims all died smiling, and the task of investigating the case fell on Angela and Wang Buier, as well as veteran detective Huang Feihong. But there was a big problem, Buier wasn't quite the smartest detective around, yet he kept running around the place and causing problems acting like a big shot cop. Angela planned to have Hwang somewhat puting Buier on a tight leash which end up backfiring. And because of that the case ended up taking a lot off unnecessary turns because of Buier who kept complicating the police investigation.

If you're just looking for something to make you laugh without thinking too much about the plot, try checking out this movie. But if you're looking for a deep and serious plot, you might as well look for some other movie. Despite the title, this movie seemed more like a parody, rather than action or mystery. Even then, there's quite a number of action scenes to long forward to, especially one between Jet Li and Wujing, who played a minor role in this movie. There's also some throwbacks involving Jet Li's past works as well, aside from the fact that the name of the character he played in this was also a reference for Wong Feihong.

The plot was really quite nonsensical, but the comedy and action was decent. As long as you don't take any of the scenes in the movie too seriously, you might actually be able to enjoy the show. Though Wang Buiye's antics can get annoying after a while.

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