Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

About Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

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.

Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is a 2010 mystery film. It runs 123 minutes and was released in September 2010.

Its themes are kung fu, wuxia, tang dynasty, and 7th century.

Andy Lau stars as Detective Dee, Li Bingbing as Shangguan Jing'er, Deng Chao as Pei Donglai, and Tony Leung Ka-fai as Shatuo Zhong. The screenplay is by Chen Kuofu and Zhang Jialu. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Hi-YAH Amazon Channel.

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, and Curse of the Golden Flower make useful companions to Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, all filed under detective. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 450 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.