Detective Dee E Il Mistero Della Fiamma Fantasma (2010)

L’imperatrice Wu Zetian (Carina Lau) sta per diventare il primo imperatore donna della storia cinese, i malumori intorno alla sua imminente incoronazione aumentano di giorno in giorno, come le schiere di chi complotta alle sue spalle per usurparne il trono, ma a pochi giorni dalla cerimonia di insediamento alcuni dignitari di corte cominciano a morire misteriosamente, consumati da fiamme che sembrano provenire dall’interno dei loro corpi.
L’imperatrice deciderà che la situazione è tanto grave da dover ricorrere all’aiuto di uno degli uomini che lei stessa ha imprigionato anni addietro per cospirazione contro il suo trono, così toccherà allo scaltro Di Renjie (Andi Lau), maestro nella spada ed abile investigatore, scoprire chi sta cospirando contro l’imperatrice seguendo le tracce lasciate dai corpi e partendo dal luogo dove la prima combustione ha avuto luogo, un gigantesco Buddha in costruzione che celebrerà la nuova reggenza dell’imperatrice.


English
In 689 AD after Emperor Tang Gao Zhong death. Empress Wu Zetian (Carina Lau) was soon to be coronated. She will become the first female empress in the history of China. To revere her glory moment, she build a huge Buddha statue. At that time there was some strange incident. One guest suddenly get burned.

Detective Jia and his subordinate Pei Donglai (Chao Deng) investigate this matter. Shatuo (Tony Leung Ka Fai), the head architect of this building, is investigated by them. He says that the burned man was struct by divine intervention, anyone remove the amulet was cursed. Detective Jia want to proof it, he touch the amulet. When they want to tell the queen about their investigation, suddenly Detective Jia get burned. Entire kingdom was panic. The Empress was worried that this incident will cause some trouble on her ceremony.

After getting some advice from the Imperial Chaplain, She ordered the Detective Dee (Andy Lau), whom she was arrested and imprisoned eight years before because of the treason, to investigate this strange case. And then the adventure of Detective Dee to investigate this case begin. In his investigation Detective Dee was accompanied by officer Shangguan (Li Bingbing), empress trusted maid, and Pei Donglai. His investigation filled by intrigue, deception and suspicion on each other.