2. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flames
Release year: 2010 | Director: Hark Tsui | Currently streaming: Free on YouTube
What is Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flames about? Wu Zetian is to become the first Empress of China, which the rest of the nobility does not approve of. During the construction of a giant Buddha statue, a worker spontaneously combusts. When other investigators fail to solve the mystery, the exiled Detective Dee is called in to investigate.
What kind of film is this? The Detective Dee series, which now encompasses 3 films, mixes many of the known Wuxia elements with supernatural features. The titular hero can best be compared to Sherlock Holmes.
He must solve seemingly impossible cases in the various films. Elaborate fight scenes with high jumps and creative ideas are also not lacking in this series.
