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John Cusack (Actor), Gong Li (Actor), Mikael Hafstrom (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Drama
Format	NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor	Mikael Hafstrom, Chow Yun-Fat, David Morse, Barry Mendel, Weinstein Company, The, Jake Myers, Ken Watanabe, John Cusack, Franka Potente, Donna Gigliotti, Gong Li, Mike Medavoy See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 44 minutes

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Set in Shanghai in 1941, an American spy becomes entangled in intrigue and romance.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35219356
Director ‏ : ‎ Mikael Hafstrom
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 44 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2016
Actors ‏ : ‎ John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, David Morse, Franka Potente
Producers ‏ : ‎ Jake Myers, Barry Mendel, Mike Medavoy, Donna Gigliotti
Studio ‏ : ‎ Lionsgate
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0148Z6ZQ0
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Lawrence Roberts

Intrigue, romance, in an exciting setting. A great movie!

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020

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I have read all of the 3 stars and less, and am…. Surprised. I will not respond to them. I will write my review. I think this is a fantastic movie. One reason is that it had Gong Li in a leading role. One of the best actresses of our time, she was fantastic in this movie. John Cusack has never been a heavyweight in my ratings, but he handles his character in this movie very skillfully. Chow Yun-Fat is outstanding as always, and Ken Watanabe steps up strongly in a great performance. I love the scenes of old Shanghai, and being a self,-inspired student of Chinese history, it seemed to capture the incredible mix of foreign wealth, Chinese addiction, terrible poverty, and corruption, and the sights and sounds of a cacophony that was indeed the most exciting city on earth in the 1930s. The intrigue was done very well. The sexual tension was brilliantly done – subtle flirtations, obvious desire not pursued, small signs of love but unrequited, I absolutely loved how the script, the actors, and the director kept us in a state of sexual tension, but it just seemed to always be there and there was no consummation. This was a truly great movie. I will watch it again, and again.

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Grant A Thompson

1940s Shanghai comes to life in classy period spy thriller

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2011

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"Shanghai" is set in the exotic background of China's great international city of Shanghai--the "Paris of the East"-- on the brink of Japanese takeover in the weeks leading up to Pearl Harbor. It seems to have been filmed mostly in Thailand, but with CGI and a great ensemble cast headed by John Cusack, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe, it convincingly recreates Shanghai in 1941. Viewers familiar with Shanghai's wonderful heritage-listed architecture in the Waitan-Bund area, and the former international concessions, will see much that they recognise.

This may be the highest standard and most entertaining international movie production set in Shanghai in the inter-world war era since Spielberg's Empire of the Sun [Blu-ray ]. It is a pity that the production could not resolve issues with the Chinese authorities, who at the last minute revoked permission to complete the production in China. It is unclear whether this was due to China's difficulties confronting historical and fictional depiction of its painful past, or some other causes. In any case, the film is listed for release in China.

The success of the film in recreating an impression of old Shanghai seems to owe much to the vision of producer Mike Medavoy, who was born in Shanghai in 1941. It is a romantic spy story, based on a credible premise that people with their wits about them in Shanghai in 1941 might have picked up intelligence about Japanese intentions to attack Pearl Harbor. The premise of the plot is especially credible because, as other folk with an interest in Chinese history will know, the Imperial Japanese Navy used aircraft carriers in both the "January 28 Incident" (Shanghai War of 1932) and the "Battle of Shanghai" (Aug-Nov 1937). The city was a hotbed of international espionage through the 1930s. By odd and little-known coincidence (maybe - maybe not a coincidence), Nomura Kichisaburo - Japanese Ambassador to the US when Pearl Harbor was attacked - was an IJN admiral with a lot of Shanghai time. Nomura commanded the Japanese forces which attacked Shanghai on 28 January 1932, including the first major aircraft carrier action in the Far East.

The main characters of the film, John Cusack's US Navy intelligence officer, Chow Yun-fat's Shanghai tycoon/crime boss, Gong Li as his wife and a secret Chinese resistance operative, and Ken Watanabe as an astute but conflicted Japanese counter-intelligence officer, are well cast and well played, and appear to be fictional characters drawn partly from composite historical figures. Among the strong supporting cast, Franka Potente has a cameo role as the bored and ignored wife of a German diplomat that is an interesting contrast with her well-known roles in "Run, Lola, Run" and two "Bourne" movies.

The simple title, "Shanghai", for English-language release, relies on the mystique wrapped up in the location name for much of the international audience. The Chinese title is more complicated and colorful: Die Hai Fengyun 谍海风云. The characters literally mean "espionage sea wind cloud", with the second character meaning both "sea" with a hint of the naval intelligence plot, and the second character of the name of Shanghai in Chinese, and the final two characters, being a compound meaning storm, a synonym for "fast-moving situation". The Chinese movie title therefore may be freely translated, unfortunately without the layers of meaning in the Chinese, as "Shanghai Spy Thriller", "Spy Storm In Shanghai" or "Naval espionage in the city on the sea".

The region A Blu-ray release by CN Entertainment is a high-quality video transfer. I found the English soundtrack level a bit low, but this was easily compensated for.

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Betrayal, Friendship, Love and Hate

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2015

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There's a whole lot of betrayal going on in Shanghai. John Cusack stars in this drama set in pre-WWII Shanghai as a Naval intelligence officer posing as a way correspondent with a bent towards the Nazis. David Morse plays Cusack's immediate superior so convincingly one doesn't think of Morse as any character but who he is. (That's a tough one to me as Morse always seems to play the same type of character.)

Prior to his arrival his best friend was murdered. Cusack befriends local crimelord Anthony (Chow Yum-Fat) and his enchanting wife knowing they would likely be useful to him in his endeavor. The ranking Japanese man (Ken Watanabe) and Anthony have an uneasy alliance as long as each is useful to the other.

This is a well thought out movie in all aspects. All the actors were accurately cast. The writing and direction were superb and even the appropriate nationalities were played by appropriate actors of said nationality.

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Bryan Shaw

I enjoyed this movie

Reviewed in Canada on February 12, 2021

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I know this movie is not highly rated but I like it!

Elkes Literaturwolke

Atmosphärisch!

Reviewed in Germany on May 18, 2019

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Shanghai 1941: Es ist die letzte chinesische Stadt, die Japan noch nicht eingenommen hat. Doch die Invasion steht kurz bevor und die Atmosphäre ist aufgeheizt und für ausländische Bürger sehr gefährlich, so auch für Geheimagent Paul Soames (John Cusack). Sein bester Freund Connor ist auf offener Straße ermordet worden und er ist in der Stadt, um den Mörder zu finden.

Während seiner als Reporter getarnten Ermittlungen trifft er auf Anthony Lan-Ting (Yun-Fat Chow) und seine entzückende Frau Anna Lan-Ting (Li Gong). Paul fühlt sich sofort zu ihr hingezogen und stellt schnell fest, das sie insgeheim für den Widerstand arbeitet und so für einige Morde verantwortlich ist. Allerdings nicht für Connor. Was sie jedoch weiß: Sie kennt die Geliebte von Connor, die er am Tag seines Todes außer Landes bringen wollte. Sie beschützt sie, denn sie war nicht nur Connors Geliebte, sondern auch von Tanaka (Ken Watanabe), einem ranghohen Offizier. In seiner Schmach bringt er jeden um, nur um sie zu finden und ebenfalls zu töten.

Für Paul und Anna beginnt die Luft heiß zu werden und Tanakas Schergen scheinen überall zu sein …

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Ein sehr intelligenter Thriller, der durch die tollen Darsteller und die Geschichte glänzt.

Mikael Håfström hat einen Film über ein dunkles Kapitel der chinesisch/ japanischen Geschichte geschrieben! Die Japaner, Verbündete der deutschen Nazi-Herrschaft, fallen in China ein und überrollen das große Land. Einzig Shanghai ist noch chinesisch und dennoch – obwohl es offiziell keine Anzeichen dafür gibt – scheint die Invasion kurz bevor zu stehen.

In dieser aufgeheizten Atmosphäre kommt Paul in die Stadt, die zu pulsieren scheint. Casinos, Bars und Clubs haben Hochkonjunktur. Die Menschen wollen die Bedrohung vergessen und frönen den Lastern, die die Stadt zu bieten hat, vornehmlich die ausländischen Bürger. So ist es nicht verwunderlich, das Paul in einem Casino auf Anna das erste Mal trifft. Seine Faszination für diese Frau ist offenkundig, und dennoch ist er ein Gentleman und hält sich zurück. Er lässt sich sogar zwischendurch auf eine Affäre mit der deutschen Leni Mueller (Franka Potente) ein.
Bei allen schönen Dingen vergißt Paul jedoch nicht, weshalb er überhaupt in Shanghai ist. Sein bester Freund, ebenfalls Agent, ist getötet worden, nachdem er bei seiner Geliebten war. Sehr schnell wird ihm klar, das die Geliebte der Schlüssel der ganzen Geschichte ist. Und je mehr er mit Anna anbandelt und nebenbei den Mörder sucht, wird er mehr und mehr in den Sog von Machenschaften, verschmähter Leidenschaft und brutalen Tötugen hingezogen.

Ich finde den Film stark, aufgrund seiner Geschichte und der eingefangenen Atmosphäre. Auch die Dialoge sind genau pointiert angesetzt. Ich habe vom ersten Augenblick das Gefühl gehabt, ebenfalls mittendrin zu sein. So überzeugend wurde es eingefangen, die Gegensätze wie Prunk und Dreck, Glamour und Armut etc. Die exzellenten Darsteller, allen voran Li Gong als Ehefrau und Widerstandskämpferin, der man jedoch durch viele Tricks nichts nachweisen kann. John Cusack wirkt dagegen manchmal etwas blass, das tut der Geschichte jedoch keinen Abbruch.

Ein Film, der 95% verdient hat und den ich unbedingt weiterempfehlen kann!

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elena

guerra y espionaje

Reviewed in Spain on March 17, 2016

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Doy 5 estrellas porque me parece una película bastante buena en el sentido de que se mezclan tantas cosas como la guerra, el espionaje, amor y suspense. La bella Sanghai en el más puro estilo años 40, como las de antes y con buenos actores. No le doy ningún pero. Recomendable a quién le guste este tipo de películas.

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muriel dercourt

Shanghai

Reviewed in France on December 11, 2012

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excellent film et de très bons acteurs. Le film est très prenant du début à la fin.Le seul petit bémol est qu'il n'est pour l'instant qu'en version originale sous titres en anglais et même là je trouves qu'il n'y a pas assez d'anglais,dommage qu'il n'y ai pas de sous - titres en français,mais malgré ça je le recommande vivement car vous passerez un excellent moment,moi en tout cas j'ai passer un excellent moment avec ce film et j'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à le regarder.

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olga

Mail failure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2011

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The loss of the DVD by the Royal Mail was a little sad. The reseller was duly concerned about it but there was little that he could have done. Each time I contacted him on behalf of my brother who was so eager to receive this movie, he was extremely courteous and understanding about the wish of an old man and I therefore very strongly would ask you to grant him 5 stars for excellent service because he truly earned it for his concern over the matter. Kindly confirm this to me.
Many thanks in advance for your action. Cordially, Astrid Gerecke

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