When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
劉德華
as Detective Dee (Di Renjie)
李冰冰
as Shangguan Jing'er
Deng Chao
as Pei Donglai
梁家輝
as Shatuo Zhong
劉嘉玲
as Wu Zetian (The Empress)
吳耀漢
as Wang Lu (before face-lift)
泰迪羅賓
as Wang Lu (after face-lift)
Liu Jinshan
as Xue Yong (Crime Inspector)
Yao Lu
as Li Xiao (The Duke)
Jean-Michel Casanova
as Umayyad Ambassador
Sos Haroyan
as Asst to Umayyad Ambassador
王德順
as Xiazi Ling (Blind Prisoner)
