This was terrible. I was hoping for a real mystery show involving Detective Dee but this film was light on the story and heavy on the CGI. An action/adventure is mostly what you get. There is a lot of fancy swordsmanship and martial arts, and many Chinese films tend to take place in fantasy realms, giving the producers freedom to create all the crazy, unrealistic things they can think of. Because it was so heavy on the visuals, Mark Chao doesn’t have much opportunity to do what he does best: act. After seeing him in the Chinese drama “Eternal Love”, I have been trying to see his other films. Unfortunately, this one is too mired in the adventure to give way to a storyline in which he can flex is acting chops. This may be great for younger audiences. It just isn’t my cup of tea.