Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (Di Renjie zhi Sidatianwang) [Sub: Eng]
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Empress Wu thinks that her power is at stake with the management of Detective Dee on the temple. She needs the Mace from him. She hires a group of magicians to do this mission secretly. But Dee is so smart and professional fighter, it will not be an easy target for them.
Critics Of "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (Di Renjie zhi Sidatianwang) [Sub: Eng]"
Village Voice
July 24, 2018
You will never have to wait long before ninjas strike, a gigantic eyeball demon attacks, or a monster's blood rains from the sky and transforms into flower petals in midair.
The-X-Files-meets-Hardy-Boys vibe of the earlier films has been watered down and in fact, The Four Heavenly Kings in the title does not refer to a central mystery but is almost incidental to the plot.
Four Heavenly Kings is more coherent than Demons Strike Back, and better in just about every way than Dunjia, and its effects are as imaginative as anything in cinema today...
The energy is undeniable, especially when delivered via giant Taoist albino gorilla, and the creaky effects have an endearing artisanal quality that feels like a Zu Warriors throwback.
Dee is invariably the most sane, grounded person in every scene, though once it's time to bust out the wireworks, he can leap from rafter to rafter with the best of them. It's the movie that never takes flight.