Back to top. [Review] Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Oscars Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Tomatometer poster image. Paul Winter Carnival winds down. However, the plot entwines action. Detective Dee is released from prison in order to help solve a series of spontaneous combustions. 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. "Di Renjie" is a mystic and melodramatic adventure with a magnificent cinematography and wonderful choreography of fights. . Tony Award winner Hinton Battle, original Scarecrow in 'The Wiz,' dies at Jan. Acclaimed Hong Kong director Tsui Hark is known for his by [HOST], Inc. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. 30, LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY Musician Brian. Vulcan Krewe's identities revealed as St. 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. 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. He's pretty much the Chinese Sherlock Holmes, but the film. Third installment in the franchise is a technical and imaginative extravaganza of sleuthing, sorcery, and 'Game of Thrones'-like power play.