Plot: In Luoyang castle, royalty is plagued by bizarre fires. Detective Dee is put on the case, as he has built up a strong reputation. He delves into yet another case that looks drenched in folklore and fantasy, but he quickly discovers that there's more at play than your everyday supernatural events.
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August 11, 2024
Another Detective Dee film. He's a perfect character for the Chinese streamers, he's well-known and they can churn out multiple movies per year if needed. Just give the man a new case and build a simple movie around that. And that is exactly what they are doing. It's amusing, but also a little lazy.
The presentation is nice, the performances are decent and the setup of the plot is interesting enough. But once Dee starts his usual detective work things slow down considerably and I rarely care for the explanation of his cases. It's easy filler and I had fun with it for sure, but it's not up there with the best Dee films.