Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303697215 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303697216 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: June 13, 1997 Running Time: 131 minutes Sales Rank: 18399 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Description: During political upheavals in China, a young radical flees to Hong Kong, where he becomes a successful businessman.
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Rating: - Great Story Potential, Amateurishly Executed
'Shadow of China' has so much going for it: a multi-layered story involving mainland China and Hong Kong; the protagonist fleeing China and moving up in the world, yet still saddled with a dark past; the imminent take-over from the British....pity it is so amateurishly executed.
John Lone and Vivian Wu are attractive leads, but the scripting and direction are poor, to say the least.
The clumsy dialogue is played with lines delivered as if chiseled in stone, and there are next to no scenes that really pick up enough to make you forget the school-play-like staging.
When a film makes you cringe each time a 'clever' line is spoken, something is very wrong.
Some beautiful mood shots of cloud-draped Hong Kong appear from time to time, but that is far from enough to carry this one.
This could have been a riveting, even explosive story (given the main character's ... Read More
Rating: - A Hidden Gem of an Enigmatic Movie.
I saw this film many years ago, rented only on a whim and it has haunted me ever since. It is not a film so much as a real work of art. Its characters, backdrops, contrasts, and poetic artistry of writing and filmography make me sad that it has not received more commercial acclaim yet I have great satisfaction of having it as one of my secret discoveries. I watch this film over and over again and have shown it to friends and it always touches off many emotions and stirs alot of discussion. All I can say is that if you see this movies you will not regret it. The writing, the complex characters, and the exotic backdrop of Hong Kong make for one helluva good film and this movie delivers BIG TIME! If you love movies then this is a MUST to see.
Rating: - I like it
I can say it purely and simply .... I love this film.... I really and truly Love it.
Rating: - A Justified Cult Following - Fantastic Film
This film is a nearly unknown gem. It successfully captures the exotic feeling of Hong Kong, with its fortune tellers, ancient trees and ultramodern highrises, all set against the hum of commerce. John Lone plays the protagonist, a former member of the Red Guard who illegally enters Hong Kong (with only the clothes on his body) after Mao's death. The film then shifts to a time several years later, during the 1989 student demonstrations, and people are forced to consider what the coming 1997 takeover will really be like. By this time, Lone's character is a highly regarded, well known, wealthy businessman. Until some stunning rumours about his parentage surface. Even with all of that information, you cannot predict how this film will end or much of anything that happens along the way. Self examination, the ability to remake oneself, the value of loyalty and youthful friendships, race and nationality are all themes, and ... Read More
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- Great Story Potential, Amateurishly Executed
- A Hidden Gem of an Enigmatic Movie.
