My Rating: ★★★★
Detection of Di Renjie [狄仁杰探案] is a Chinese action movie that was released on 12 January 2020, it is only 1 hour 33 minutes in length.
About
Detective Dee investigates a series of bizarre deaths in Chang’an. The cause of death is unknown but could be related to pictures that are appearing in the Martyrs’ Temple. Xie Yaohuan, the captain of the Shenwu Army, is ordered to investigate the case with or without Detective Dee causing some friction in the relationship.
Cast
Du Yi Heng [杜奕衡] as Di Ren Jie
I didn’t recognize the actor/singer at first but evidently we have seen him in shows like Ever Night. He is more known for movies than TV shows.
Shu Yang [舒杨] as Xie Yao Huan
We’ve not seen her in any other productions, she is an actress and Taekwondo athlete.
Review
The film doesn’t appear to be a big budget feature one would have the cinema but a made-for-tv one.
I kept my expectations low but the film was actually not bad at all.
The story was kind of unique and there was always something happening, they packed quite a bit into one movie. Along the way there were the odd twist in the tale that one wasn’t expecting.
The acting was good, most of the actors were seasoned and could make a rubbish script seem great.
The sets were good, I assume they just booked into sets where other movies are filmed.
The movie didn’t do well in special effects. In some of the Wuxia scenes you could clearly see the wires attached to the people. Some of the action must have been difficult to film as it was raining in many of them, even though it was most likely fake rain. Through the fight scenes it must have been difficult to keep the pace of the rain coming down with the action, often they speed up the film to enhance the fighting. There were some monster snakes in one scene and the CGI wasn’t that great at all.
Summary
If you are at a loss on what to watch then this movie might fit the bill, just don’t take it too seriously. I will give it a 4/5.
Where To Watch
I found this film on TubiTV.
