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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 4%, Metacritic 36/100. Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,930 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes4%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
202 audience votes
Key crew
- Hossein AminiWriter
- Mikael HåfströmDirector
- Klaus BadeltOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
- Christopher BuchholzKarl Müller
- Ronan VibertMikey
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Themes
shanghai, chinaworld war iifilm noirfemale spyamerican abroadpacific theaternazi collaborationismspy thrillerjapanese occupation of chinawar against fascisminternational espionagechinese resistance