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* RecycledINSPACE: Could be described as "''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' [[AC: IN CHINA]]". Wu Zetian even acts a lot like Queen Victoria does in such stories.
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* RecycledINSPACE: Could be described as "''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' [[AC: IN CHINA]]".'''IN CHINA'''". Wu Zetian even acts a lot like Queen Victoria does in such stories.
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* ManOnFire: The "phantom flame".
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* MonumentalDamage / WeaponizedLandmark: If [[spoiler: almost 200 feet of statue-shaped metal]] doesn't count, nothing does.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Dee's mace has a rotating part which allows him to break metal when spun.
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''Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings'' is set for 2018 with the cast returning from ''Rise of the Sea Dragon''.
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A third film, ''Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings'' is set for Kings'', was released in 2018 with the cast returning from ''Rise of the Sea Dragon''.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dee's heart has found peace, but [[spoiler: his love-interest and CowboyCop partner are killed, his best friend betrayed him, and the less-than-virtuous Empress Wu Zetian has succeeded the throne. Oh, and he can't go outside in the sun ever again, or else he'll burst into flames! Regardless, before his self-imposed exile to the Phantom Bazaar, Dee makes the Empress [[ThePromise promise]] she will rule her kingdom justly and give her throne to the Tang Dynasty when she retires.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Dee's heart has found peace, but [[spoiler: his love-interest and CowboyCop partner are killed, his best friend betrayed him, and the less-than-virtuous Empress Wu Zetian has succeeded usurped the throne. Oh, and he can't go outside in the sun ever again, or else he'll burst into flames! Regardless, before his self-imposed exile to the Phantom Bazaar, Dee makes the Empress [[ThePromise promise]] she will rule her kingdom justly and give return her throne to the Tang Dynasty when she retires.]]
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* OceanOfAdventure: Unlike the first film, the sequel is a maritime adventure set in the oceans around CHina, concluding with Dee and his crew fighting a stingray-esque monster.
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* OceanOfAdventure: Unlike the first film, the sequel is a maritime adventure set in the oceans around CHina, China, concluding with Dee and his crew fighting a stingray-esque monster.
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* SinisterStingrays: Rise of the Sea Dragon has Dee and his crew are assaulted by a giant stingray monster that destroys several ships and devours a few of his crew. Dee eventually drive the monster away via an arrow through the eye.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:[[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal That one constable who's been stuck with guard duty for years.]]]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:[[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal That one constable who's been stuck with guard desk duty for years.]]]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The Dondo's plot centers around tainting Bird's Tongue Tea with deadly parasites. This particular blend of tea is sold exclusively to the Imperial Court, which drinks it in massive quantities, making it a decapitation strike on the entire government.
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* NiceHat: The Empress has some truly awe-inspiring headgear.
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* StupidEvil: The kidnappers discuss their kidnapping plans on the street in broad daylight. Even without Dee's lip-reading skill, people can hear them anyways.
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''Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' is a 2010 People's Republic of China/Republic of China co-production. The title character is loosely based on the real-life Tang Dynasty magistrate/ chancellor Di Renjie, who also inspired the ''Literature/JudgeDee'' novels and short stories. The film is not based on those novels however, and relies primarily on ''{{wuxia}}'' action.
The plot takes place shortly before the ascension of UsefulNotes/WuZetian, China's first female emperor, to the throne. An enormous Buddha statue is being built for the occasion when the director of its construction mysteriously bursts into flames and dies. The investigators are baffled until Wu Zetian calls on Detective Dee, a man whom she imprisoned eight years previously for opposing her rule. With the imperial agent [[ActionGirl Shangguan]] [[LoveInterest Jing'er]], and young policeman [[PragmaticHero Pei Donglai]], Dee has until the coronation date to solve the mystery of the phantom flame.
The plot takes place shortly before the ascension of UsefulNotes/WuZetian, China's first female emperor, to the throne. An enormous Buddha statue is being built for the occasion when the director of its construction mysteriously bursts into flames and dies. The investigators are baffled until Wu Zetian calls on Detective Dee, a man whom she imprisoned eight years previously for opposing her rule. With the imperial agent [[ActionGirl Shangguan]] [[LoveInterest Jing'er]], and young policeman [[PragmaticHero Pei Donglai]], Dee has until the coronation date to solve the mystery of the phantom flame.
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''Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' is a 2010 People's Republic of China/Republic of China co-production. The title character is loosely based on the real-life Tang Dynasty magistrate/ chancellor Di Renjie, Renjie (played here by Creator/AndyLau), who also inspired the ''Literature/JudgeDee'' novels and short stories. The film is not based on those novels however, and relies primarily on ''{{wuxia}}'' action.
The plot takes place shortly before the ascension ofUsefulNotes/WuZetian, UsefulNotes/WuZetian (Creator/CarinaLau), China's first female emperor, to the throne. An enormous Buddha statue is being built for the occasion when the director of its construction mysteriously bursts into flames and dies. The With the supervising builder Shatuo (Creator/TonyLeungKaFai) a dead end, the investigators are baffled until Wu Zetian calls on Detective Dee, a man whom she imprisoned eight years previously for opposing her rule. With the imperial agent [[ActionGirl Shangguan]] [[LoveInterest Jing'er]], Jing'er]] (Creator/LiBingbing), and young policeman [[PragmaticHero Pei Donglai]], Donglai]] (Creator/DengChao), Dee has until the coronation date to solve the mystery of the phantom flame.
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* EvilAlbino: Pei Donglai [[spoiler: subverts this. While a ruthless hardass in service to the empress, he's ultimately heroic and uses his own horrible burning death to give a vital clue to Dee]].
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* EvilAlbino: Pei Donglai [[spoiler: subverts this. While a ruthless hardass in service to the empress, he's ultimately heroic and uses his own horrible burning death to give a vital clue to Dee]].
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''Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' is a 2010 People's Republic of China/Republic of China co-production. The title character is loosely based on the real-life Tang Dynasty magistrate Di Renjie, who also inspired the ''Literature/JudgeDee'' novels and short stories. The film is not based on those novels however, and relies primarily on ''{{wuxia}}'' action.
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''Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' is a 2010 People's Republic of China/Republic of China co-production. The title character is loosely based on the real-life Tang Dynasty magistrate magistrate/ chancellor Di Renjie, who also inspired the ''Literature/JudgeDee'' novels and short stories. The film is not based on those novels however, and relies primarily on ''{{wuxia}}'' action.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dee's heart has found peace, but [[spoiler: his love-interest and CowboyCop partner are killed, his best friend betrayed him, and the less-than-virtuous Empress Wu Zetian has succeeded the throne. Oh, and he can't go outside in the sun ever again, or else he'll burst into flames]]!
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* BittersweetEnding: Dee's heart has found peace, but [[spoiler: his love-interest and CowboyCop partner are killed, his best friend betrayed him, and the less-than-virtuous Empress Wu Zetian has succeeded the throne. Oh, and he can't go outside in the sun ever again, or else he'll burst into flames]]!flames! Regardless, before his self-imposed exile to the Phantom Bazaar, Dee makes the Empress [[ThePromise promise]] she will rule her kingdom justly and give her throne to the Tang Dynasty when she retires.]]
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** The Imperial Chaplain appears to be a talking deer, but is in fact a [[Humanshifting shapeshifter]] using ventriloquism to make it look like the deer is talking.
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** The Imperial Chaplain appears to be a talking deer, but is in fact a [[Humanshifting [[{{Humanshifting}} shapeshifter]] using ventriloquism to make it look like the deer is talking.
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* [[TheExoticDetective Exotic Detective]]Detective]]: Dee, of course.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Several things in the plot turn out to be less mystical than they appear, but are [[DownplayedTrope still pretty unlikely]]. For example, the Imperial Chaplain appears to be a talking deer, but is in fact a [[Humanshifting shapeshifter]] using ventriloquism to make it look like the deer is talking.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Several things in the plot turn out to be less mystical than they appear, but are [[DownplayedTrope still pretty unlikely]]. For example, the
** The Phantom Flame is not a curse, but a PerfectPoison that causes victims to catch on fire when exposed to sunlight.
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** The fake Chaplain appears to have detachable, autonomous attack sleeves that conceal buzzsaw robots. They're actually impossibly complex marionettes on strings.
** The Phantom Flame is not a curse, but a PerfectPoison that causes victims to catch on fire when exposed to sunlight.
** The Imperial Chaplain appears to be a talking deer, but is in fact a [[Humanshifting shapeshifter]] using ventriloquism to make it look like the deer is
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* ConspicuousCG: Occasionally. The TransformationSequence comes to mind.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Di Renjie and Wu Zetian were real people, and Jing'er is based on a real person (Shangguan Wan'er, who was Wu Zetian's secretary while she was emperor). Probably none of them were capable of WireFu in real life, however.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Di Renjie and Wu Zetian were real people, and Jing'er is based on a real person (Shangguan Wan'er, who was Wu Zetian's secretary while she was emperor).emperor)[[note]]Another reason why Jing'er was created for the story was that while Wan'er lived past Wu's death and became a concubine (''zhao rong'') of Wu's son Zhongzong, Jing'er [[spoiler: died at the end of the story]] [[/note]]. Probably none of them were capable of WireFu in real life, however.
