In Tomb Empty Coffin a top investigator for the Song Dynasty is sent back to the village where his adopted family lives to investigate a gruesome string of murders that seems to be covered up by the clearly counter-revolutionary local official. What could have been a fairly standard film is made interesting by the mixture of genres including mystery, suspense, horror, and kung fu that, when combined, actually work as enough of a novelty to keep you entertained.
Production work is all competent and the actors are able to make the most of their roles, although everybody is pretty much a stock character of a type that have been staples of these films for decades. The novel action and clever mystery does make it worth viewing though if this sort of thing is to your taste.
