I was actually really looking forward to this movie when the info about it came out last year I think it was.  But, in all honesty, it was disappointing.  Not straight up bad like the previous movie I reviewed, just not...that gripping. 

The plot is basically somewhere between Marvel comics and wuxia.  A superhero movie in the Qing Dynasty.  Now, reading that, you'd probably think this could be really awesome or really atrocious.  But sadly, it's neither.  It just...is.  Louis Koo and Sandra Ng are the titular superheros, and as the movie starts, you don't really know that, but gradually it becomes apparent that they've retired.  Eventually there's a flashback of what they did and how they met, then there's the part where they realize they're bored and want a child, but they can't because they're too boring.  So, naturally some drama ensues and eventually a martial arts tournament and a very ill-conceived baddie, and yeah, it's just not very interesting, ultimately.

It was occasionally funny at times, but not enough for me to want to see it again or even recommend it.  There was a lot that COULD have been done, but really, it was a wasted idea and a waste of the two stars' considerable comedic talent.  The other thing, is Louis Koo's way of speaking was EXTREMELY distracting.  I'm not sure what he was trying to do, if he was trying to mimic that one voice of Stephen Chow's where he sounds all tired and put-upon, I can't think of an example right now, but anyway, it was not working.  It was amusing at first, but then it just became really distracting, took me out of the movie.

It's funny, a similar silly movie, Future X-Cops, was actually a lot more enjoyable than this one.

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