Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

[2D] Old-fashioned saturday-morning children's adventure where every scene contains obnoxious 3D gimmickry, unbearable.

the first detective dee was a chinese version of an american blockbuster. this one IS an american blockbuster. the story is streamlined (which is ok since hark tsui tends to wander a bit confusingly in his plots and there's barely a hint of that in this film), the "mystery" really is not a mystery. however, it's loud, it's fun, and it's action packed delivering a popcorn film just as satisfying as the first movie. of course, andy lau is missed but mark chao does just fine.

Encouraged by a friend and my love of Hark’s past work, I continued this series. I am now done.