If you loved Bodyguards and Assassins, 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

Theysit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Bodyguards and Assassins, 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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