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Shanghai (2010)

Shanghai poster
Directed by
Mikael Håfström
Genre
drama film, romance film, mystery film, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 196 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A spy returns to Shanghai in the years before World War II and gets caught in a web of romance and political intrigue.

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What happens

Shanghai is a 2010 American neo-noir 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 office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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