Badges of Fury

Badges of Fury
Badges of Fury
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	不二神探
Simplified Chinese	不二神探
Hanyu Pinyin	Bú Èr Shén Tàn
Jyutping	Bat1 Ji6 San6 Taam3
Directed by	Wong Tsz-ming
Screenplay by	Carbon Cheung
Produced by	Po-Chu Chui
Starring	Jet Li; Wen Zhang; Cecilia Liu; Michelle Chen; Ada Liu
Cinematography	Kenny Tse
Edited by	Angie Lam
Music by	Raymond Wong
Production; companies	Beijing Enlight Pictures; Hong Kong Pictures International; My Way Film Company; Intrend Entertainment & Production; HK Screen Art
Distributed by	Hong Kong:; Newport Entertainment; Worldwide:; Easternlight Films
Release date	21 June 2013;
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	China; Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Box office	US$46,495,296

Badges of Fury (Chinese: 不二神探; pinyin: Bù èr shéntàn; Jyutping: Bat1 Ji6 San6 Taam3, also known as The One Detective)^[4] is a 2013 Chinese-Hong Kong^[1] action comedy film directed by Wong Tsz-ming in his directorial debut. The film stars Jet Li and Wen Zhang in their third collaboration after Ocean Heaven and The Sorcerer and the White Snake. The film was theatrically released on 21 June 2013.^[5]

Plot

In just 3 days, three cases of Smiling Murder shock Hong Kong. As he looks into the homicide, the young detective Wang Bu Er (Wen Zhang), the police station's reckless buffoon, makes a shocking statement that this is a serial murder.

He and his buddy Huang Fei Hong (Jet Li) embarks on an investigation full of excitement and unexpected events. Huang may appear to be no less muddle-headed than Wang, but in reality, he is the real master of kung fu, and would, without fail, at the most crucial moments, help Wang get out of sticky situations.

Wang initially believes that budding actress Liu Jin Shui (Cecilia Liu) is the prime suspect, but later, she is found to be innocent. Next, he shifts his focus on her sister Dai Yiyi (Ada Liu), among others. Eventually, Wang decides to pose as Liu's boyfriend to lure out the murderer. The closer he gets to the truth, the greater the danger he is in.

Cast

Jet Li as Huang Fei Hong (黃非紅,a homonym/spoof spelling of 黄飞鸿Wong Fei-hung), a veteran inspector
Wen Zhang as Wang Bu Er (王不二, literally "not stupid Wang"). a young detective
Cecilia Liu as Liu Jin Shui (劉金水), a female star
Michelle Chen as Angela, Huang and Wang's superior
Ada Liu as Dai Yiyi (戴依依), Liu's older half-sister
Leung Siu-lung as Liu Xing (劉星), Liu Jin Shui's uncle
Stephen Fung as Liu Jin Shui's cousin
Lin Shuang as Sun Ling (孫玲)
Michael Tse as Yao Yi Wei (姚一偉), a ballroom dancer who is one of the victims of the Smiling Murder who died during dancing (cameo)
Kevin Cheng as Li Tian Ci (李天賜), movie star who is one of the victims of the Smiling Murder who died during filming (Cameo)
Tian Liang as Zhang Liang (鄭亮) a diver who is one of victims of the Smiling Murder who died during diving (cameo)
Collin Chou as Chen Hu (陳虎), a wanted criminal (cameo)
Wu Jing as Insurance manager (cameo)
Bryan Leung as Uncle Lucky (祥叔) (cameo)
Tong Dawei as Wang Feng (王峰), a Real Estate Manager who is one of the victims of the Smiling Murder (cameo)
Grace Huang
Oscar Chan
Stephy Tang as female driver (cameo)
Huang Xiaoming as Interpol officer in black (cameo)
Raymond Lam as Gao Min (高敏), one of the victims of the Smiling Murder who died during his second proposal to Liu Jin Shui (Cameo)
Alex Fong as Fortune teller (Cameo)
Zhang Zilin as Huang Fei Hong's wife (cameo)
Lam Suet as taxi driver (cameo)
Tin Kai-Man as Party guest (cameo)
Josie Ho (cameo)
Joe Cheung as chef (cameo)
Ma Yili as Commissioner (Cameo)
Wang Zhifei as Mr. Mai
Feng Danying as Ms. Zhou

Production

Badges of Fury began filming in July 2012 in Hong Kong. An accident occurred while filming a car chase scene at Sha Tin Water Treatment Works where a prop car lost control and flipped over nearly killing the cinematographer and causing nine injuries including 8 men and 1 woman and many people being stuck in the car.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Film Review: 'Badges of Fury'". Variety. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Easternlight claims Jet Li's Badges". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ "BU ER SHEN TAN (BADGES OF FURY)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ "Cast List of Jet Li's New Film "The One Detective" Revealed Online". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ "First Poster For Cop Thriller BADGES OF FURY Has Jet Li Packing Heat". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ "李連杰主演拍警匪追逐《不二神探》飛車翻側九傷". 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

External links

Badges of Fury at IMDb
Badges of Fury at Rotten Tomatoes

[variety-1] "Film Review: 'Badges of Fury'". Variety. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[2] "Easternlight claims Jet Li's Badges". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[3] "BU ER SHEN TAN (BADGES OF FURY)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[4] "Cast List of Jet Li's New Film "The One Detective" Revealed Online". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[5] "First Poster For Cop Thriller BADGES OF FURY Has Jet Li Packing Heat". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[6] "李連杰主演拍警匪追逐《不二神探》飛車翻側九傷". 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

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