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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.
The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery - 2010
6.6
80%
75
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
18 Sep 2010
Country:
CN, HK
Languages:
Chinese, Spanish
Budget:
$13,000,000
Revenue:
$51,723,285
Awards:
7 wins & 16 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It is a peculiar conflation of history -- there really was an Empress Wu -- and pure cinematic fantasy.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
29 Sep 2011
rotten:
By the end, with the running time pushing past the two-hour mark, it's reasonable to ask: Just who are these people?
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
26 Sep 2011
fresh:
Detective Dee is the action flick of the year, a two-hour epic that blows the Pirates of the Caribbean to the Bermuda Triangle.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
23 Sep 2011
rotten:
"Dee" doesn't shoot for the gravitas of Zhang Yimou's "Hero." It doesn't approach that film's magnificent sensory impact, either, or the artistic romanticism that made "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" such a success here.
– John DeFore,
Washington Post,
23 Sep 2011
fresh:
Three decades into his career, Tsui Hark stands as one of the movies' great entertainers, displaying a dancer's sense of rhythm and movement and manipulating physical space with an abandon worthy of Chuck Jones.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
22 Sep 2011
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