Set in
665AD, twenty-four years before the events of DETECTIVE
DEE: MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME, this one begins with an entire
fleet of warships destroyed by a giant sea monster. The Empress demands
a solution to this "dragon" problem and her advisors suggest
that popular courtesan Yin be offered up as a sacrifice. Detective Dee
(an Indiana Jones - Sherlock Holmes character) saves the pretty whore
and manages to antagonize the police captain in the process. The story
soon spins out-of-control involving a marauding reptilian creature, a
team of assassins from a neighboring kingdom and - of course - the gigantic
sea monster of the title.
A
Chinese film; widescreen (2.35:1) uncut (133 min.) version in DVD encoded
for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine; in Chinese
language with English and Chinese subtitles