Zu Warriors (2001)

Zu Warriors (2001)
Rating: ★★★½
Jan 24, 2013Wu Xia Film
Tsui Hark's follow-up to Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain the film that popularised Wu Xia cinema. The point where Tsui discovered CGI and latches onto it to do more than just show flying swordsmen but create an exquisitely dreamy world of pure fantastique imagination

Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)

Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 12, 2005Masked Superhero/Hong Kong Action
Tsui Hark takes over the directorial reins of the sequel, filling it with much more fantastical elements, pitting the hero against a mad scientist and his mutant creations in a series of wild martial arts scenes

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Rating: ★★★½
Aug 7, 2011Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
Tsui Hark returns to form in this lush Chinese-backed historical drama where his wildly fantastical martial arts combine with the story of the true-life detective De Renjie/Detective Dee

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Rating: ★★★½
May 28, 2013Flying Swordsmen/Wu Xia Film
Tsui Hark, a key figure of the modern Wu Xia cycle, makes a lushly extravagant, Chinese-backed flying swordsman epic. Featuring a wide canvas of characters who come together in a series of very entertaining playoffs

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 2, 2013Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
Tsui Hark delivers a prequel to his 2010 Detective Dee film. This takes the character back far more to his original nature as a Chinese equivalent of Sherlock Holmes. That is if you can imagine Sherlock Holmes taking place as a flying swordsman film filled with sea monsters and wildly fantastic martial combat scenes (*)

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 10, 2019Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
The third of Tsui Hark's films based on the historical figure of De Renjie/Detective Dee. While the other films were rooted in a relative realism, Tsui lets all restraints loose here and goes way over the top