Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame (Blu-ray) PG-13
The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 13, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Carina Lau, Andy Lau, Deng Chao, Teddy Robin Kwan, Bingbing Li & Tony "Big Tony" Leung | |
Directed by | Hark Tsui | |
Screenwriting by | Chia-lu Chang & Zhang Jialu | |
Composition by | Peter Kam | |
Produced by | Hark Tsui & Nansun Shi | |
Director of Photography: | Chan Chi-Ying, Parkie Chan & Chan Chor Keung |
Entertainment Reviews:
What's tragic about "Detective Dee" is the fact that it rapes a chapter of Chinese history beyond any semblance of reality.
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Critic's Notebook
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Detective Dee is a sweet little cotton candy confection -- but certain parts might stick to your teeth.
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IONCINEMA.com
Rating: 3/5 --
It is a peculiar conflation of history -- there really was an Empress Wu -- and pure cinematic fantasy.
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Arizona Republic
Rating: 2.5/4 --
By the end, with the running time pushing past the two-hour mark, it's reasonable to ask: Just who are these people?
Seattle Times
It's the kind of ambitious, loopy spectacle that begs to be seen on the big screen if at all possible.
Movieline
It has opulent, stylized settings of elegance, grandeur and scope, flawless special effects, and awesome martial arts combat staged by the master, Sammo Hung.
Los Angeles Times
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.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
China's first master detective is looking for answers to some burning questions in this blend of historical drama and mystery from acclaimed director Tsui Hark. Di Renjie (Andy Lau), nicknamed Detective Dee, is a law officer of the Tang Dynasty who is legendary for his powers of deductive reasoning. Di Renjie finds himself on the wrong side of prison bars when he dares to publicly criticize Wu Zetian (Carina Lau), who has become China's first female emperor. While Wu Zetian doesn't care for Di Renjie's opinions, she can't dispute his skills as a detective, and after eight years in jail she has him released so he can get to the bottom of a mystery. Two members of Wu Zetian's court have died under bizarre circumstances -- after stepping outside, they suddenly exploded into flames. Are the gods angry with Wu Zetian and her underlings, or is a clever saboteur at work' DI RENJIE ZHI TONG TIAN DI GUO (aka DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME) was inspired by the exploits of the real-life Di Renjie, who is credited with pioneering modern detective techniques during the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D. to 907 A.D.).
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- Sales Rank: 58,698
- UPC: 883476061405
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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