Hoo EE! This picture's had a troubled production ( the Chinese government didn't allow it to shoot on Chinese soil, then it did, then it didn't, then it insisted that it be released in China first, then hemmed and hawed about when it would be, etc etc no matter how bad it gets here totalitarianism is still worse etc etc also Harvey Weinstein is involved) but wouldja look at that fuckin trailer? And wouldja look at that fuckin cast? Far as I'm concerned, this could be half as good as it's supposed to be and still fucking rule.
Unfortunately, The Weinstein Company hasn't scheduled Shanghai for release, even though it's been done for a year. Clearly, something's going on. Director Mikael Hafstrom (1408, Derailed) apparently got into one of those patented Harvey post-production wars (his next picture is the first one he's done in English without the Weinsteins producing, indicating that he may, like so many others, have gotten sick of Harvey and Bob's bullshit), but my guess is that it's a combination between Harvey waving his dick around and some kind of shadiness with the Chinese government, who are noted for making unapproved things unhappen.
Since actual political shit ain't going so hot in America right now, let's hope activism about unimportant things still works: FREE SHANGHAI! We fucking need to see Chow Yun-Fat shooting guns, married to Gong Li, and being a gangster/hero! Right this injustice and give us a potentially unwieldy but nonetheless stylish costume drama!
(h/t IFC.com)
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