Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Sep 18, 2010

2h 3m

★ 6.5

The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Huayi Brothers Pictures

Film Workshop

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Trailers

Cast

Detective Dee

Andy Lau

Shangguan Jing'er

Li Bingbing

Pei Donglai

Deng Chao

Shatuo Zhong

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Wu Zetian

Carina Lau

Wang Lu (before face-lift)

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Wang Lu (after face-lift)

Teddy Robin

Xue Yong

Liu Jinshan

Li Xiao

Yao Lu

Xiazi Ling

Wang Deshun

Prison Officer

He Shengming

Zhang Xun

Huang Yonggang

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