Where to Watch Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) in the UK

What it's about

In 689 A.D., the Empress Wu Zetian is building a 66 m high statue of Buddha for her inauguration as the first empress of China under the objections and conspiracy of the other clans. When the engineer responsible for the construction mysteriously dies by spontaneous combustion, the superstitious workers are afraid since the man removed the good luck charms from the main pillar. There is an investigation of Pei Donglai and another investigator that also dies after withdrawing the amulets. Empress Wu assigns her loyal assistant Shangguan Jing'er to release the exiled Detective Dee from his imprisonment to investigate with Donglai and Jing'er the mystery of the deaths. They ride in a mystic and epic adventure to unravel the mystery.

Cast and crew

Director

Hark Tsui

Writer

Chia-Lu Chang, Kuo-Fu Chen, Qianyu Lin

Starring

Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chao Deng, Carina Lau

Details

Release date

Sep 30, 2010

Language

Chinese, Mandarin, Spanish

Country

China, Hong Kong

Box office

$459,836

Awards

10 wins & 21 nominations total

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