Shanghai
Seen it?2010 | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 4% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.1 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Blood Diamond, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
4% on Rotten Tomatoes, 36 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$15 million worldwide on a $50 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 38K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikael Håfström
- John CusackPaul Soames
- Gong LiAnna Lan-Ting
- Chow Yun-FatAnthony Lan-Ting
- David MorseRichard Astor
- Ken WatanabeTanaka
- Franka PotenteLeni Müller
- Jeffrey Dean MorganConner
- Hugh BonnevilleBen Sanger
- Hon Ping TangChen
- Benedict WongJuso Kita