Detective Chinatown 1900 4K 2025

The popular "Chinatown Detective" franchise has seen some hits and misses, and this is definitely one of the hits.

I had to go to an early morning screening cause the movie is constantly booked out in China.

The story at the core of the plot is a classic whodunnit with many twists and turns. The development of an interesting and complex multiple murder plot keeps you hooked throughout. The story is large in scope, intertwined with the Qing Empress sending an imperial captain to arrest Cantonese revolutionaries in America, weapons shipments, a native American tribe, and the Chinese exclusion act.

The latter however ends up taking up a bit too much of the story, overshadowing the murder plot by the middle of the movie.

Known for its jovial detective stories where the stumbling leads solve the case through a keen eye, knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and sheer luck, the franchise this time bit off more than it could chew with a cartoonishly delivered political plot that kept on growing and taking up more screentime.

Still, this movie is definitely worth seeing and will keep you entertained throughout!