Badges
Of Fury (2013/Well Go USA Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: C Film: B+
Young
detective Wang (Zhang Wen) is paired with veteran detective Huang
(Jet Li) and assigned to solve a series of murders of wealthy young
men. More than often Wang believes he is a hot shot maverick and
over eager (and in over his head), Huang finds himself more than
often pulling his partner out of hot water and of trouble. After
discovering all the victims were former boy friends of a young
starlet Liu, they go undercover with Wang posing as her lover to find
out who the killer really is.
In
Tsz Ming Wong's Badges Of Fury (2013), a young starlet's
boyfriends are being found dead one by one, each one dying a grizzly
dead with a smile on their face. Baffled the police tossed on the
two underdogs of the force. As the rookie and old cop investigate
Liu, they find out all the former boyfriends have also been seduced
by Liu's well endowed sister and signed life insurances to them. As
they suspect one or both of the sisters to be the murderer they must
find the evidence, but before they solve the case, can they survive
these deadly vixens, let alone each other?
This
was a comic movie compared to all the other movies Jet Li did, it
reminded me of Stephen Chow movies. Jet Li played more of a support
role than the main character, but there was plenty of other martial
artists with stylized fights enhanced special comical effects. It
felt like it was a movie giving more of a chance for young future
martial arts actors a chance to debut. With all that, it worked very
well and is highly recommended.
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer comes from a 5K
RED EPIC HD shot and though the image is consistent, it still can
look like HD more than it should, while the
DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix is not always spectacular,
but is fine when the action kicks in and is well recorded and edited
all around. Extras include
making of the film, behind the scenes, and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
