Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

2013

2h 13m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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53%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

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

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A lively and lushly filmed action-packed adventure film.

Rated: B

Jun 23, 2014

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hark Tsui

Director

Mark Chao

Dee Renjie

Shaofeng Feng

Yuchi Zhenjin

Angelababy

Yin Ruiji

Carina Lau

Wu Zetian

Lin Gengxin

Shatuo Zhong

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Synopsis

Dee Renjie enlists in the imperial police force and investigates a mysterious sea monster while weaving through imperial intrigue.

Director: Hark Tsui
Producer: Zhongjun Wang
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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