Oscars Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Tomatometer poster image. Back to top. Detective Dee is released from prison in order to help solve a series of spontaneous combustions. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. . 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. Oscars There are no critic reviews yet for Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame. 30, LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY Musician Brian. Paul Winter. However, the plot entwines action. He's pretty much the Chinese Sherlock Holmes, but the film. Acclaimed Hong Kong director Tsui Hark is known for his by [HOST], Inc. 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. Paul Winter Carnival winds down. "Di Renjie" is a mystic and melodramatic adventure with a magnificent cinematography and wonderful choreography of fights. Third installment in the franchise is a technical and imaginative extravaganza of sleuthing, sorcery, and 'Game of Thrones'-like power play. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. Tony Award winner Hinton Battle, original Scarecrow in 'The Wiz,' dies at Jan. [Review] Detective Dee and the 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.