Oscars Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Tomatometer poster image. Third installment in the franchise is a technical and imaginative extravaganza of sleuthing, sorcery, and 'Game of Thrones'-like power play. Detective Dee is released from prison in order to help solve a series of spontaneous combustions. [Review] Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. He's pretty much the Chinese Sherlock Holmes, but the film. Back to top. 30, LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY Musician Brian. Oscars There are no critic reviews yet for Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Tsui Hark's third action-comedy fantasy about the Tang dynasty-era investigator has creaky effects and a lack of logic but its energy is. Tony Award winner Hinton Battle, original Scarecrow in 'The Wiz,' dies at Jan. This is a case for the greatest investigator in the land, and so Wu Zetian (Carina Lau) summons Detective Dee (Andy Lau) from the imperial. Acclaimed Hong Kong director Tsui Hark is known for his by [HOST], Inc. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. "Di Renjie" is a mystic and melodramatic adventure with a magnificent cinematography and wonderful choreography of fights. . However, the plot entwines action. Paul Winter Carnival winds down. Paul Winter. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. A bizarre murder mystery brings together the most powerful woman in China, the soon-to-be-Empress Wu Zetian, and a formerly exiled detective, Dee Renjie.