Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

Name: Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: July 27, 2018
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Carina Lau, Ching-Tien Juan, Kenny Lin, Mark Chao, Shaofeng Feng

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China Lion Film Distribution | Release Date: July 27, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Carina Lau, Ching-Tien Juan, Kenny Lin, Mark Chao, Shaofeng Feng, Sichun Ma

Summary: A bold and exciting new entry into the smash hit wuxia fantasy franchise from master action director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings sees the detective embroiled in his most difficult case yet. Accused of wrongdoing by Empress Wu, Detective Dee must defend himself against this formidable foe, all while investigating aA bold and exciting new entry into the smash hit wuxia fantasy franchise from master action director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings sees the detective embroiled in his most difficult case yet. Accused of wrongdoing by Empress Wu, Detective Dee must defend himself against this formidable foe, all while investigating a crime wave that has engulfed the city, marked by strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences. [Well Go USA]… Expand

Director: Hark Tsui

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 132 min

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Simon Abrams

Jul 26, 2018

The equally thrilling and exhausting Hong Kong martial arts fantasy Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings boasts more inventive weapons, monsters, and plot twists than most Western audiences will know what to do with. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Jul 26, 2018

On the level of pure popcorn entertainment, there’s not a thing one can fault the 3D megabuster for. Read full review

The Guardian Phil Hoad

Jul 26, 2018

Dee’s investigations are not truly suspenseful, or governed by much hard logic. Without these, what remains is a restless action-comedy with a few nice reversals. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jul 26, 2018

Tsui tries to preserve that human element in fits and starts throughout “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” but to little avail. Read full review

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Kai82

May 17, 2020

The two other Detective Dee movies are masterpieces for me. This one could not win me over completely. Strangely it sticks to the formula and I see no serious flaws in it. The formula for all three movies was a detective story combined with plots and hidden agendas and martial arts set inThe two other Detective Dee movies are masterpieces for me. This one could not win me over completely. Strangely it sticks to the formula and I see no serious flaws in it. The formula for all three movies was a detective story combined with plots and hidden agendas and martial arts set in the later Tang dynasty with the legendary empress Wu Zetian. It has an interesting plot, good twists and memorable characters. The visuals are breathtaking and there is rock solid martial arts. The special effects are excellent. There are again lot of plots and agendas running in the background. All actors deliver their roles and there is some good development. Maybe the other movies have pushed my expectation to a level that was unfair. It had not the emotions, impact and I was not attached to the story and characters as before. It does not feel like something special anymore. Overall this was the best movie I view as disappointment in the past years. This may sound like a strange description but it is a honest and fitting one. Bonus knowledge: Dee Renijie is based of a real life character who was the equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and was non corruptible. The diplomat Robert van Gulik translated the initial stories, had a lot of success and made a career out of writing new ones.… Expand

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