Film

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010 · 2h 3m · Action · Adventure · Drama

The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

80%

Metacritic

75

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.

Andy Lau

Detective Dee

Li Bingbing

Shangguan Jing'er

Deng Chao

Pei Donglai

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Shatuo Zhong

Carina Lau

Wu Zetian

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Wang Lu (before face-lift)

Teddy Robin

Wang Lu (after face-lift)

Liu Jinshan

Xue Yong

Yao Lu

Li Xiao

Wang Deshun

Xiazi Ling

He Shengming

Prison Officer

Huang Yonggang

Zhang Xun

Chen Xiao

Lu Li

Jean-Michel Casanova

Umayyad Ambassador

Sos Haroyan

Asst to Umayyad Ambassador

Zhang Shuo

• Tsui HarkDirector · Producer
• Zhang JialuScreenplay
• Chen KuofuWriter
• Peggy Lee Kam-ManProducer
• Zhang DajunProducer
• Jasbinder Singh MannProducer
• Shi NansunExecutive Producer
• Pakie ChanDirector of Photography
• Peter Kam Pau-TatOriginal Music Composer
• Yau Chi-WaiEditor

Festival Trailer

Release date

September 18, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

2h 3m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$51,723,285

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery

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