The mega-successful Chinese franchise about a mismatched detective duo tackling baffling crimes in foreign destinations continues with a wildly uneven caper set in Tokyo.
With performances, plotting and visuals amped up to 11 as per usual, this hyperactive combination of Sherlock Holmes-type sleuthing and Three Stooges-style slapstick comedy offers plenty of zany fun, but the central murder-mystery contains so many convoluted diversions, digressions and detours it makes the whole enterprise play like a long stream-of-consciousness sketch with a glaringly hollow core.A smash hit domestically after opening on Feb.
12 in the Chinese New Year season, “Detective Chinatown 3” has grossed $667 million in the three weeks since.
U.S.
distributor Warner Bros.
Pictures has yet to announce specific release details following the Covid-19 enforced postponement of the film’s planned global rollout on January 24, 2020.
Earning its place in history with the highest opening-day gross of any film in a single market ($163 million
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