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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Shanghai.
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanIt's all intriguing and breathtaking, along with a mournful, lovely score by Klaus Badelt, but not enough to compensate for the miserable writing. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerThis derivative, ploddingly plotted WWII-set thriller goes through all the motions of an old-school wartime spy pic with plenty of technical competence but zero panache. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyPulp without style: Shanghai has many of the staples of noir—back alleys, shadowy figures, hard-boiled narration, and more femmes fatales than a viewer could keep track of—but none of the atmosphere or cool. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThe technical achievements of the picture are numerous, making Shanghai painless to watch. It's maintaining interest in the eroding mystery and its passive players that's a significant challenge. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedAt least Gong is ravishing, which occasionally takes your mind off the gibberish that is going full tilt around her. |
| Tribune News ServiceKatie WalshCusack puts in work as Paul, an old-fashioned hero. But he seems miscast and can't quite modulate the levels of camp in his performance. |
| Washington PostMark JenkinsShanghai is an exercise in retro glamour, alluring decadence and tough-guy posing, all of which it delivers in sufficient quantities. |
| New York TimesGlenn KennyThe spectacular international cast... bring a lot of life to the movie’s uncooperative story material. |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardPerhaps the greatest mystery this film never solves isn't why Shanghai fell, but rather how such a magnificent cast was ever swayed to climb aboard. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicWith its uninvolving plot and direly miscast leading man, Shanghai is worse than a bomb. It's a bore. |
