Shanghai Red

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2006 American film

Shanghai Red

Directed by| Oscar L. Costo
Written by| Oscar L. Costo
Produced by| Oscar L. Costo
Vivian Wu
Starring|

* Vivian Wu
* Richard Burgi

Cinematography| Adam Kane
Edited by| Josh Muscatine
Music by| Randy Miller

Production
companies

Shanghai Film Group
MARdeORO Films

Distributed by| Indican Pictures

Release dates

* 27 August 2006 (2006-08-27) (Montreal World Film Festival)
* 29 April 2007 (2007-04-29) (China)

Running time

| 118 minutes
Countries| United States
China
Languages| English
Mandarin

Shanghai Red (Chinese: 红美丽) is a 2006 Chinese-American thriller-drama film directed by Oscar L. Costo, starring Vivian Wu and Richard Burgi.

## Cast

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* Vivian Wu as Zhu Mei Li
* Richard Burgi as Michael Johnson
* Sun Honglei as Lawyer
* Ge You as Mr. Feng
* Kenny Bee as Lian Wei
* Tong Zhengwei as Wei Ma
* Monica Mok as Ma Fang
* Roger Yuan as Mr. Lee

## Release

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The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2006.[1]

## Reception

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Ronnie Scheib of Variety praised the performances of Wu and Sun, and wrote that the film "provides its own correctives, taking unexpected detours at all the plot’s weakest, most predictable moments, and thereby defusing action-movie cliches."[1]

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Costo "effectively tells the film’s carefully unfolding story in flashbacks", while Kane's "rich" cinematographer "vividly captures a mostly sleek and seductive Shanghai".[2]

Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "any attempt at psychological penetration is distracted by all the action, suspense, romance and Shanghai city tours that fill up the film’s running time."[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Scheib, Ronnie (30 August 2006). "Shanghai Red". Variety. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. ^ Goldstein, Gary (4 May 2012). "Movie review: Not all is as it seems in 'Shanghai Red'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. ^ Lee, Maggie (10 July 2007). "Shanghai Red". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

## External links

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* Shanghai Red at IMDb
* Shanghai Red at Rotten Tomatoes

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