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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

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Dee Renjie enlists in the imperial police force and investigates a mysterious sea monster while weaving through imperial intrigue.
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Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy This is silly entertainment on the grandest of scales, a Chinese counterpart to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Jan 11, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A lively and lushly filmed action-packed adventure film. Rated: B Jun 23, 2014 Full Review Simon Foster Screen-Space Easily on par with any of the effects-laden tentpoles from the LA industry of late, Tsui Hark's finely attuned vision of epic fantasy consistently bewilders the senses. Oct 15, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I do not understand why it has only 51% as of January 19th, 2019. I think this is a pretty cool movie. it is setup to be a mystery with Dee being a Sherlock Holmes like savant. He has the deducting abilities much like Holmes. This movie also has so great over-the-top martial arts action. A tremendous amount of fantasy elements. The story is very thin, in spite the effort to have a mystery, but it still is a very cool and fun movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/19 Full Review Audience Member The best part was when all the nobles drank bowls of piss and not the giant Manta Ray. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member On a par with the film it is a prequel to. Looks good with a nice fantasy storyline. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is as nuts as it sounds, it's the prequel to Detective Dee and Mystery of the Phantom Flame(you know that film)..it is ridiculous fun though especially if you like Chinese fantasy detective films with CGI Wire Fu(better than normal wire fu) and has Sea monsters in it(better than regular monsters).So if you are into Chinese fantasy detective films with CGI Wire Fu(better than normal wire fu) and has Sea monsters in it(better than regular monsters) like me, then this is for you. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member While it was better than everyone expected it to be, young detective Dee suffers from subpar acting, unrelatable characters and an overdose of terrible cgi! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The idea of a who-done-it set in a fantasy version of historical China sounds intriguing, but I kind of hate this film. It's long, needlessly convoluted and has some of the worst CGI I have ever seen. Large sections of the film look like bad video game cut scenes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - The Wolf Flower Warriors Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - The Wolf Flower Warriors 3:31 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Zhenjin vs. Wang Pu Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Zhenjin vs. Wang Pu 3:20 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Water Demon Ninjas Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Water Demon Ninjas 3:25 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Sea Monster Attack Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Sea Monster Attack 3:01 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Cliffside Killers Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Cliffside Killers 3:32 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Man-Eating Manta Ray Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Man-Eating Manta Ray 3:11 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Martial Arts & Monsters Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Martial Arts & Monsters 3:25 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Drinking Pee Soup Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - Drinking Pee Soup 3:57 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - A Monstrous Traitor Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - A Monstrous Traitor 3:36 Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - The Sea God Young Detective Dee: Official Clip - The Sea God 3:38 View more videos

Movie Info

Synopsis Dee Renjie enlists in the imperial police force and investigates a mysterious sea monster while weaving through imperial intrigue.
Director
Hark Tsui
Producer
Kuo-fu Chen, Nansun Shi, Hark Tsui
Screenwriter
Kuo-fu Chen, Hark Tsui, Chia-lu Chang
Production Co
Film Workshop Ltd., Huayi Brothers Media Group
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 3, 2014
Runtime
2h 13m
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