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      Shanghai Grand

      1996 1h 47m Action List
      Reviews 45% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Love for the same woman threatens the lifelong friendship of two 1930s Shanghai gangsters (Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau). Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 13, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Too much romance and drama, not enough crime or action. There are some good shoot outs, and a sweet scene where Lau has his hand attached to a table, but overall it's pretty boring. + Well directed, Great New Years Party - Quite slow, poor film clarity. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 5/10: Strong castings in this remake of Chow Yuen Fatt's period gangster TV Series set in Shanghai. It's a dark film with a film noir feel, gritty and, at times, graphically violent. Some of the scenes are dated though. Pretty good entertainment nonetheless. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member A remake of popular TV drama called "Shanghai Tan" ("Shanghai Beach" in English, 1983) which featured Hong Kong icon Yun-Fat Chow. This one features two big names - Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau. Both are good casting, and each of them fits well to his role. Leslie, especially, is super cool in retro-fashion with mustache. Jing Ning, who plays heroin, is a famous mainland beauty, and she shows her charm fully here with some sexy shots. Pre-world war II Shanghai (late 30s) has something to make people want to tell stories setting there - it is not only for Chinese creators but also so many western filmmakers. The producer Hark Tsui again makes a film setting in Shanghai of this period of history following his own Shanghai Blues (1984). Acting is pretty good, and the films has some amazing shots and set decolations, although screenplay and storytelling are not quite good. It skips the most important part of the film, which is how Leslie character and Andy character deepen their friendship and relationship to Jing Ning character. Gunfights and spreading blood are more concerned than human drama here, and it is the weakness of Hong Kong films. Villains are too simple (childishly evil) and not attractive enough either to highten the mood of climax in the end. The original story is full of attractive elements for a story, like revenge, friendship, love triangle, and Chinese mafia, so this could have been, gotta be better. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Good performances from Cheung and Lau highlight the story of two gangland partners with very different motivations. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The late Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau finally combine for one good movie. Both gave great performance. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Love for the same woman threatens the lifelong friendship of two 1930s Shanghai gangsters (Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau).
      Director
      Man Kit Poon
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 6, 2001
      Runtime
      1h 47m