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