Films in Review

Saw #DetectiveDeeandtheMysteryofthePhantomFlame. Found that the spectacle, which is pretty spectacular, kinda obscured the mystery bits.

Reminded me of #RedHarvest, set in a completely Machiavellian world. Uh-oh. Hammett & Machiavelli? Suddenly occurs to me that the film …

… actually draws on Chinese precedents, of which I seem to be pretty completely ignorant. Could be that my confusion is cultural, & my fault.