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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Shanghai Surprise
1986
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Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer

A famously awful romantic adventure set in China. One-time happy couple Madonna and Sean Penn are as bad as the ludicrous script and the clumsy direction. Based on Tony Kenrick's novel Faraday's Flowers.