If you loved A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon, try Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Tsui Hark, and they sit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is

Imperial City, nearing winter. Whispers and wind. Two courtiers spontaneously combust, leaving the Empress Wu Zetian in a bind. Her solution: release the imprisoned detective Di Renjie to solve the riddle. Tsui Hark’s wuxia mysteries always deliver.

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