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Shanghai Surprise

  • 1986
  • A
  • 1h 37min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
3,3/10
6 mil
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Madonna and Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.
Reproducir trailer1:28
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Shanghái, 1938. Una misionera contrata a un cazafortunas para que le ayude a encontrar 500 kg de opio perdidos, ya que los heridos necesitan la morfina.Shanghái, 1938. Una misionera contrata a un cazafortunas para que le ayude a encontrar 500 kg de opio perdidos, ya que los heridos necesitan la morfina.Shanghái, 1938. Una misionera contrata a un cazafortunas para que le ayude a encontrar 500 kg de opio perdidos, ya que los heridos necesitan la morfina.

  • Dirección
    • Jim Goddard
  • Guión
    • John Kohn
    • Robert Bentley
    • Tony Kenrick
  • Reparto principal
    • Sean Penn
    • Madonna
    • Paul Freeman
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    3,3/10
    6 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Jim Goddard
    • Guión
      • John Kohn
      • Robert Bentley
      • Tony Kenrick
    • Reparto principal
      • Sean Penn
      • Madonna
      • Paul Freeman
    • 44Reseñas de usuarios
    • 31Reseñas de críticos
    • 16Metapuntuación
  • Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro
    • Premios
      • 1 premio y 6 nominaciones en total

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    Reparto principal24

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    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Glendon Wasey
    Madonna
    Madonna
    • Gloria Tatlock
    Paul Freeman
    Paul Freeman
    • Walter Faraday
    Richard Griffiths
    Richard Griffiths
    • Willie Tuttle
    Philip Sayer
    Philip Sayer
    • Justin Kronk
    Clyde Kusatsu
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    • Joe Go
    Kay Tong Lim
    • Mei Gan
    Sonserai Lee
    • China Doll
    Victor Wong
    Victor Wong
    • Ho Chong
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    Professor Toru Tanaka
    • Yamagani San
    Michael Aldridge
    Michael Aldridge
    • Mr. Burns
    Sarah Lam
    Sarah Lam
    • China Doll's Maid
    George She
    • Wu Ch'En She
    Won Gam Bor
    • Rickshaw King
    To Chee Kan
    • China Doll's Boatman
    David Li
    • Doorman at Zig-Zag Club
    Keith Bonnard
    Keith Bonnard
    • Maitre'D at Zig-Zag Club
    Claire Lutter
    • Prostitute
    • Dirección
      • Jim Goddard
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      • John Kohn
      • Robert Bentley
      • Tony Kenrick
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    3gridoon2025

    Career nadir for both Sean Penn and Madonna

    Penn is miscast and Madonna has a straight, subdued, do-gooder role that's a big conceptual mistake - it saps her of energy and fun. Excruciatingly dull and dreary - even the ___location shooting in Hong Kong cannot save it. * out of 4.
    2GrammarCub

    Dreary, dreadful romantic comedy

    "Shanghai Surprise" is an idiotic, out-of-date, poorly-acted, campy action film that wants to be a romantic comedy. Madonna, in her second starring role, had about enough acting talent at this point as a doll. Unfortunately, the doll in this movie comes off looking better than she does.

    Madonna, playing a missionary (!) nurse (!!) for a Shanghai mission, is in search of opium (!!!) for medicinal purposes (!!?!!) approaches Sean Penn, an American soldier-of-fortune type who happens to speak Chinese. Penn and Madonna, who were married at the time this film were made, are obviously uncomfortable with the material and do little to justify the film's existence. Penn mugs his way through and attempts to crach a few weak jokes, while Madonna stamps her foot and places her hands on her hips as she squeaks (yes, she squeaks, and you must hear it to believe it) in frustration.

    The plot is absolutely ridiculous -- Madonna and Sean Penn chasing after a mysterious cargo of opium known as "Faraday's Flowers" (incidentally, the name of the book this movie is based on) must run from a Chinese gangster with porcelain hands, have a romantic interlude with an Imperial concubine, teach baseball skills to another Chinese gangster, and (boy, aren't we surprised) sleep together to seal a deal.

    This movie, like "Mommie Dearest" or "Plan Nine From Outer Space" has immense camp value because it's so deliciously awful. Utterly predictable, insipid, and full of instantly forgettable lines, this movie is the equivalent of the yellow stuff they stick on your nachos at the movie theatres -- it's not really good enough to be real cheese, but it's much cheaper and tastes pretty much the same anyway. This movie isn't even cheesy enough to be cheesy.

    Avoid "Shanghai Surprise" unless, like me, you like Madonna WAY too much or if you're just a fan of bad movies.
    2planktonrules

    "It stinks so bad I can't think"....Sean Penn in "Shanghai Surprise"

    Back in the 1980s, "Shanghai Surprise" was a notorious stinker...a film EVERYONE seemed to hate. And, with a score of 3.1, it's obvious that even today many people hated the film....and with good reason.

    The story is a confusing mess. A missionary girl (??) (Madonna) seeks the help of a ne'er do well (Sean Penn) to locate some jewels or opium (they never seem sure WHICH they are seeking) in China in 1937. All sorts of bad people try to kill them and along the way they take time to have sex (which is quite strange for a missionary who just met this guy).

    So why did I hate the film? There were many reasons and the most obvious is Madonna. Her performance mostly consists of her shrieking and whining...to the point where you wonder who, if anyone, would find her character anything other than 100% annoying and hateful. It was much like her poor performance in "Swept Away"...but even worse and more grating. Second, the script was inept....with lots of story elements that simply didn't fit together...such as the missionary girl who boinks the hero AND spends much of the film trying to find opium. What sort of religious mission is this she's running? Our Lady of Perpetual Whining, perhaps?! Third, having the ultimate treasure being opium suggests the 'heroes' want to get rich by selling horribly dangerous drugs...which seems anything other than heroic....and so it's hard to like or care about them. Fourth, the direction was poor and many re-shoots SHOULD have been made (such as any time Madonna opened her mouth). Overall, a painful vanity project with several songs by, of all people, George Harrison! Odd and not enjoyable....just grating.
    hugoruneofbrentford

    Even by Madonna standards this is bad.

    I can't think of a single thing to recommend about this turgid load of old codswallop.

    I can't even imagine who they thought this would appeal to.

    Madonna can't act the film has zero intrigue, suspense, or involvement. Not a single character is engaging. The entire film can only be compared to a mild migraine that you can't wait to be over.
    1CTS-1

    "Gigli" for the 1980's!

    OK. So someone took an A-list actor and his famous singer/ part time kind of-sort of actress wife and decided that the movie would be carried on the weight of the names alone. Substitute "fiancee" for wife and one has Gigli.

    But it is not- it is Shanghai Surprise, possibly the most ill-conceived movie of the 1980's (and yes, I have seen "Hobgoblins.")

    This movie has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Ridiculous plot, painfully bad acting (Madonna as a missionary? She didn't buy it either, so she says her lines in a flat tone which just screams "get me out of this costume and get me my check"), cinematography worthy of an old episode of "Fantasy Island," lame ending.

    If, by some chance, you stumble across a copy of this in an unused corner of your local video rental store, call your local hazardous waste disposal hotline- do not rent it.

    But do not forget that this horror exists. Some people forgot- and thus "Gigli" was born.

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      After principal photography wrapped, executive producer George Harrison allegedly said of the movie's two lead stars Madonna and Sean Penn, "Penn is a pain in the arse . . . [while] she has to realize that you can be a fabulous person and be humble as well". Harrison said the experience was so stressful that he began smoking again, which might have contributed to his death from cancer at the age of 58.
    • Pifias
      During the bathhouse scene, Justin tells Glendon that the Chinese use tomato juice to remove the stench of skunks. Skunks only live in North America, not China.
    • Citas

      Ho Chong: And you, Reverend Lady, would care for protection for treasured parts?

      Gloria Tatlock: No, thank you.

      Ho Chong: Your lips and ears, perhaps?

      Gloria Tatlock: Thank you, I said no.

      Ho Chong: Your twin pagodas, maybe?

      Gloria Tatlock: Definitely not!

      Ho Chong: Surely, you want to protect your haven of celestial bliss?

      Gloria Tatlock: How dare you!

      Glendon Wasey: I don't think the haven's in much danger.

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      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Matinee/Alive/Body of Evidence/Sniper (1993)
    • Banda sonora
      Shanghai Surprise
      Music & Lyrics by George Harrison

      Performed by George Harrison with Vicki Brown

      Courtesy of Dark Horse Records & Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 1 de septiembre de 1987 (España)
    • País de origen
      • Reino Unido
    • Sitio oficial
      • Handmade Films Website
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
    • Títulos en diferentes países
      • Шанхайський сюрприз
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Hong Kong, China
    • Empresas productoras
      • HandMade Films
      • The Vista Organisation
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    • Presupuesto
      • 17.000.000 US$ (estimación)
    • Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
      • 2.315.683 US$
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • 729.885 US$
      • 1 sept 1986
    • Recaudación en todo el mundo
      • 2.315.683 US$
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    • Duración
      1 hora 37 minutos
    • Color
      • Color
    • Mezcla de sonido
      • Dolby
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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