This is the third film is Tsui Hark's revival of the Detective Dee character and probably the lesser of the three films. This film still has all the wacky action scenes and over the top CGI that is expected from Hark when he gets involved in a fantasy film.
This time Dee must guard something called the "Dragon Taming Mace" from the Empress of China who fears that Dee will use it to overthrow the Tang Dynasty. To be honest the film is so confusing I'm not even sure what "The Four Heavenly Kings" are.
As expected the incorruptible Dee must work to stop the Empress and expose a cult of magicians that wants to take over China, and so it goes.
This is entertaining foolishness on a big budget. No one knows better than Tsui Hark how to use CGI and very wild and rapid editing to make his stories an entertaining blends of fantasy and action which as usual borders on the insane side of film making when he's involved.
Written by Chang Chia-lu and Tsui Hark. The running time is 132 minutes, probably a little on the long side.
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