5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Busted Water Pipes (2026)
Busted Water Pipes (2026)
Overview
Busted Water Pipes is a 2026 Chinese action comedy directed by Difei Zhou. Honest cop Yu Dahai leads a team forced to fabricate crimes amid low rates to retain their jobs. A station water pipe burst brings real tomb raiders disguised as plumbers. Starring Eddie Peng as Yu Dahai, Ai Lun as Luo Siji, Zhou You as Luo Hao, and Yan Peilun as Niu Dalun.
Starring Cast
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Center
Diversity: Not Rated
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.5
Overview
Busted Water Pipes is a 2026 Chinese action comedy directed by Difei Zhou. Honest cop Yu Dahai leads a team forced to fabricate crimes amid low rates to retain their jobs. A station water pipe burst brings real tomb raiders disguised as plumbers. Starring Eddie Peng as Yu Dahai, Ai Lun as Luo Siji, Zhou You as Luo Hao, and Yan Peilun as Niu Dalun.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around honest police fabricating cases due to performance pressures, leading to chaotic encounters with actual tomb raiders. This setup delivers light satire on bureaucracy without advancing progressive or conservative ideologies.
The film features an all-Asian cast in a Chinese action-comedy setting, with no evidence of recasting traditionally white roles or explicit DEI-driven choices. Narrative focuses on slapstick cop antics without apparent critiques of traditional identities or central DEI themes. Available information does not support a clear assessment of DEI characteristics.
Secondary
The movie features an adoptive father-daughter relationship portrayed positively, with the child emulating her father's sense of justice, alongside a comedic dysfunctional criminal family of tomb raiders. These elements balance without strongly endorsing or critiquing traditional family norms.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes are present in the film. The story focuses on comedic police corruption and mishaps in a fictional Southeast Asian setting.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story focuses on a police team fabricating crimes after a water pipe bursts, leading to encounters with real criminals, without any exploration of trans identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Busted Water Pipes features original characters in an action-comedy plot about a police team encountering tomb raiders. No adaptations or legacy roles involve gender changes; all principal characters match their depicted genders.
Busted Water Pipes presents an original story of a Chinese police team in an action comedy format. No source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures establish baseline races for characters, so no race swaps occur.
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