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- Shanghai is a 2010 American neo-noir political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li.
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Shanghai is a 2010 American neo-noir [3] political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. It was released in China on June 17, 2010. The film had a limited release in the United States on October 2, 2015 to negative reviews, with criticism for its direction and story. It also performed poorly at the box ...
Oct 2, 2015 · Shanghai: Directed by Mikael Håfström. With John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, David Morse. A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
- (10K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Mikael Håfström
- 2015-10-02
Sep 8, 2024 · The Lady from Shanghai is a profound film that checks every requirement of a classic film noir, but one can't help but wonder what it would have been if Hayworth had kept her recognizable...
Five years after it bowed in China, Shanghai, director Mikael Håfström's neo-noir set during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II, will finally see theatrical release in the United...
Shanghai is a 2010 American neo-noir/political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. The film was released in China on June 17, 2010. The film was released in the United States on October 2, 2015, in a limited release.
- Mikael Hafstrom
"Shanghai Express" is one of the earliest film noir, features the only internationally successful Chinese actress (Anna May Wong) from the entire first half of the 20th century, and the story is set in China.
Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" for instance is the best "neo-noir" film ever made and many films directed by Michael Mann also have strong noirish influences. "Shanghai", while not excellent, manages to become a good, neat little thriller on its own right, but properly includes the classic noirish themes of the 40's - 50's that gave the classic ...
