Review of Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) by Alex V — 26 Oct 2013

Forget everything you know about the laws of physics. 'Young Detective Dee,' puts even the nuttiest wire-foo flicks to shame. The stylistic flourishes certainly take a while to grow on you, but once they do, you're in for a pretty solid adventure. For one, the movie knows it has a lot of ground to cover and moves at a click not normally seen in movies. Scenes typically dwelled on eternally, are skimmed over much to the joy of the audience (or maybe just me).

Some action sequences are better than others. Though, there's always a certain joy in seeing a guy release a cloud of deadly attack bees, and then seeing another guy slice them in half, with a sword, at hyper-speeds.

Only thing is, there's a noticeable cleft between when our heroes solve the mystery, and when they actually go out and get the bad guy. Sadly, once the mystery is gone the intrigue goes with it.

--6.4/10--.