Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise

  • Director: Jim Goddard
  • Writer: John Kohn,Robert Bentley,Tony Kenrick
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 29, 1986
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Шанхайський сюрприз
  • The story takes place in Shanghai in the 1930s. Gordon Wasser is a smart American guy who came to China to find a chance to make a fortune; Gregoria is a determined missionary nurse who wants to use the magical power of opium to relieve the pain of the patient. When they get together, in order to find a batch of lost opium, the two fight against local drug dealers, the underworld, and a romantic love story.

    Details

    • Release date August 29, 1986
    • Filming locations Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies HandMade Films, The Vista Organisation

    Box office

    Budget

    $17,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,315,683

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $729,885

    Gross worldwide

    $2,315,683

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hope 2022-10-10 10:34:19

      two stars

      I really can't bear to give 1 star, this film may be the only blemish in Sean's acting career. It almost made Sean achieve a complete and complete movie king's grand slam (Golden Plum)

      and the love that has always been abandoned by Sister Mai makes Sean fall into Bottom Valley, fortunately, the Phoenix is ​​the Phoenix after all. In the end, Nirvana

      is the ghost of Sister Mai's "unable to perform" and the inexplicable "Kev's Life".

      However, I have to agree with...

    User comments

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    • By Arvilla 2023-08-10 06:05:39

      The couple is...

    • By Brandy 2023-06-05 15:48:10

      My favorite girl, Sister Mai, has played all kinds of romantic background films in the past. There is always a sense of drama. Sean Penn also scolded Chinese. It's...

    • By Armando 2023-05-23 01:11:36

      Saw it a long time ago. In the DVD era, Confucian Temple scours movies. I feel that the filming location is not Shanghai, it is the oriental look as imagined by foreigners. . I actually saw the packaging of Nianci An. . . In short, we oriental people can see that there are many...

    • By Lottie 2023-04-13 03:43:14

      I remember there was a naked woman writing on the male protagonist's back. At the time, I thought this movie was a mess. I didn't expect it to be a movie starring...

    • By Renee 2023-04-11 10:38:36

      BSC97FL, shame must be washed with...

    Movie plot

    The story takes place in Shanghai in the 1930s. Gordon Wasser is a smart American guy who came to China to find a chance to make a fortune; Gregoria is a determined missionary nurse who wants to use the magical power of opium to relieve the pain of the patient. When they got together, in order to find a batch of lost opium, the two fought against local drug dealers, the underworld, and a romantic love story... 
    Legend has it that after...
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    Background creation

    The New York Times film critic said that the only advantage of watching this movie is that you can enjoy the movie theater alone, and the people in the movie theater of Nova University can't make up a basketball team. The plot is absurd, the acting is incomprehensible, Madonna is a toy, and Sean Penn is a boring dude trying to tell a joke and never succeeding. The budget of 17 million has only recovered more than 2.3 million at the box...
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    Movie quotes

    • Glendon Wasey: This time they threw us in the fish; next time, we get grinded into cat food.

    • China Doll's Maid: My mistress is well schooled in such ceremonial acts as the west wind, the wounded tiger, the willow path, the chair, the obedient wife. She has also mastered the six long breath stimulants, the eight shallow penetrations, the nine minor and eleven major positions; as well as, the technique of passive acceptance, forceful dominance, contortion and mobile union.

    • China Doll: A good concubine always paints a whisper of pleasure to come upon her emperor.

      [paints a Chinese symbol on Wasey's chest]

      China Doll: Do you know what this means?

      Glendon Wasey: Horse.

      China Doll: Now you must paint on me. Do you know the symbol of for the whip?

      Glendon Wasey: Whip? I'll try.

      China Doll: Tonight, we shall begin with the whip and the horse.

      Glendon Wasey: Whip? Where are we going to find a whip at this time of night?

      China Doll: Where else? But, at the end of the horse's tail.

      [sitting atop Wasey, swings her long black hair across his naked chest]