
Shanghai Triad
1995, Crime/Drama, 1h 48m
29 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
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Well-acted and beautifully filmed, Shanghai Triad deftly depicts a young man's coming of age against the backdrop of mob violence and its punishing legacy. Read critic reviews
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Xiao Jingbao
Tang

Liu

Song
Shuisheng
Cuihua
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Critic Reviews for Shanghai Triad
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (3)
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A deep, powerful and rivetingly complex study of Tienanmen - and, ironically, it's far more evenhanded in its account of the massacre that killed more than a thousand protesters than the Chinese government might suspect.
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September 7, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
Shanghai Triad plays like a movie in which some scenes are missing, and others have been stretched out to make up the difference.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Shanghai Triad concludes the sublime seven-movie collaboration of Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li with a bang worthy of the most jubilant New Year's Eve.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/4 -
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Shanghai Triad
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Sep 28, 2012Another great effort by Zhang Yimou. The greatest Asian mob movie that I have seen thus far. Very entertaining.John B Super Reviewer
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Nov 11, 2008Good movie, ending is horrible (as in, it's a horrible story - not bad). I don't generally watch mob movies, and I tend to associate that genre as Italian (probably incorrectly - so sue me, it's not a type of movie I generally seek out), so this Chinese movie set in the past was something different to me. The settings are beautiful as is the lead actress. Different to see through the eyes of a poor young boy sent to work for them. Felt so sorry for him, especially on that horrible ending. Poor kid.Nicki M Super Reviewer
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Sep 15, 2008A gangster flick in the eastern tradition,Yimou is not ashamed to produce vivid landscapes and some morbid ones in the first part.It's a mid-90's Yimou,compared to the heartless Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower,this one possesses a terrific strength/narration recent gangster flicks (in general) will never have.Dimitris S Super Reviewer
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