Di Ren Jie Tan An (2020)

Di Ren Jie Tan An: Directed by Francis Nam. With Yiheng Du, Yang Shu. In Empress Wu’s reign, there are several bizarre deaths in the capital city of Chang’an. The rumors of the Martyrs Shrine’s “Flying Goddess Mural” murder case are getting worse. Di Renjie is ordered to investigate the case. He cracks the mystery of the mural based on the characteristics of the Flower Sermon, which leads to the murderer, Li Luoyu. Soon after, Li Luoyu commits suicide. After multiple investigations, Di finally finds out the true murderer.

“Medium budget movie with simple but interesting plot, mixing CSI, period drama, matial arts and fantasy. One of the few chinese movies where soundtrack fits and draws your attention in the movie.nOverall was not bad, however I found myself needing something more intense. 90min felt more like 120. In addition, the subs I had were passing too quickly for me to carefully read everything and I might have lost plot points.nI liked however the type of the movie and I was hoping to see a prequel or sequel which indeed exist. I will definitely watch them, but alone (to avoid the feeling that I dragged my company to a boring one)”