LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
1
Title: The Hollywood sign
Countries: USA, Germany and The Netherlands
Year: 2001
Genres: Crime and Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Language: English
Directed by: Sönke Wortmann
Written by: Leon De Winter
Music by: Péter Wolf
Music by: Péter Wolf
Cinematography by: Wedigo Von Schultzendorff
Cast: Tom Berenger (Tom Greener), Rod Steiger (Floyd Benson), Burt Reynolds (Kage Mulligan), Jacqueline Kim (Paula Carver), Al Sapienza (Rodney), Dominic Keating (Steve), Eric Bruskotter (Muscle), David Proval (Charlie), Kay E. Kuter (Robbie Kant), Raf Mauro (Lenny Lena), Kathleen Gati (Deb) and Teresa Hill (Wendy)
2
Title: Shanghai
Cinematography by: Benoît Delhomme
Cast: John Cusack (Paul Soames), Li Gong (Anna Lan-Ting), Yun-Fat Chow (Anthony Lan-Ting), Ken Watanabe (Tanaka), David Morse (Richard Astor), Franka Potente (Leni Müller), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Conner), Hugh Bonneville (Ben Sanger), Benedict Wong (Juso Kita), Yuan On (Yuan), Hon Ping Tang (Chen), Christopher Buchholz (Karl Müller), Ronan Vibert (Mikey), Nicholas Rowe (Ralph), Michael Culkin (Billy), Gemma Chan (Shin Shin), Kunjue Li (Hua) and Crystal Yu (Lili).
Plots:
1Is the story of three veteran Hollywood actors who, in the twilight of their careers, must make the most convincing interpretation of their lives as part of a dangerous and delusional plan to finance their spectacular return to stardom.
2 1940. Months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, secret agent Paul Soames arrives in Shanghai to investigate the murder of his best friend. He is quickly immersed in a plot of conspiracy and lies. Stalked by a Japanese intelligence officer, Soames's investigation quickly focuses on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lan-Ting, and Anna, his beautiful wife.
My review:
The first film, ''The Hollywood Sign'' tells the story of three decadent actors whose mission is stealing money from a Casino of Las Vegas. For that, they take advantage of part of the script that Paula Carver made 7 years ago about a gangster film and turn this robbery it into a farse. The metacinematographic premise was interesting but the plot does not especify some things about the characters and it can be quite messy at times. However, Burt, Tom, Jacqueline and Rod did a great job and seemed to have fun with it.
Going back in time, at the 1940s, ''Shanghai'' is about Paul Soames, a spy who is working undercover as a Nazi journalist in Berlin. He is convoked by Richard Astor to assist an agent in trouble, Conner, his best friend, but it was too late since the japanese have murdered him. Paul found out his best friend was investigating Anthony Lan-Ting, the leader of the Chinese resistance and found out that two women are an important part of the investigation: Anna, Anthony's wife and a mysterious Japanese woman which Conner had a relationship. Which will be the result of the investigation?
In this case, when you mix romance, thriller, a good plot and cast, the results are positive.
Movie 1 Film mark: 5 out of 10
Movie 2 Film mark: 7,1 out of 10
SHANGHAI IS THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND!
Cast: Tom Berenger (Tom Greener), Rod Steiger (Floyd Benson), Burt Reynolds (Kage Mulligan), Jacqueline Kim (Paula Carver), Al Sapienza (Rodney), Dominic Keating (Steve), Eric Bruskotter (Muscle), David Proval (Charlie), Kay E. Kuter (Robbie Kant), Raf Mauro (Lenny Lena), Kathleen Gati (Deb) and Teresa Hill (Wendy)
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2
Title: Shanghai
Countries: China and USA
Year: 2010
Genres: Crime, Drama and Mystery
Runtime: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese and German
Directed by: Mikael Hafström
Written by: Hossein Amini
Music by: Klaus Badlet
Music by: Klaus Badlet
Cast: John Cusack (Paul Soames), Li Gong (Anna Lan-Ting), Yun-Fat Chow (Anthony Lan-Ting), Ken Watanabe (Tanaka), David Morse (Richard Astor), Franka Potente (Leni Müller), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Conner), Hugh Bonneville (Ben Sanger), Benedict Wong (Juso Kita), Yuan On (Yuan), Hon Ping Tang (Chen), Christopher Buchholz (Karl Müller), Ronan Vibert (Mikey), Nicholas Rowe (Ralph), Michael Culkin (Billy), Gemma Chan (Shin Shin), Kunjue Li (Hua) and Crystal Yu (Lili).
Plots:
1Is the story of three veteran Hollywood actors who, in the twilight of their careers, must make the most convincing interpretation of their lives as part of a dangerous and delusional plan to finance their spectacular return to stardom.
2 1940. Months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, secret agent Paul Soames arrives in Shanghai to investigate the murder of his best friend. He is quickly immersed in a plot of conspiracy and lies. Stalked by a Japanese intelligence officer, Soames's investigation quickly focuses on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lan-Ting, and Anna, his beautiful wife.
My review:
The first film, ''The Hollywood Sign'' tells the story of three decadent actors whose mission is stealing money from a Casino of Las Vegas. For that, they take advantage of part of the script that Paula Carver made 7 years ago about a gangster film and turn this robbery it into a farse. The metacinematographic premise was interesting but the plot does not especify some things about the characters and it can be quite messy at times. However, Burt, Tom, Jacqueline and Rod did a great job and seemed to have fun with it.
Going back in time, at the 1940s, ''Shanghai'' is about Paul Soames, a spy who is working undercover as a Nazi journalist in Berlin. He is convoked by Richard Astor to assist an agent in trouble, Conner, his best friend, but it was too late since the japanese have murdered him. Paul found out his best friend was investigating Anthony Lan-Ting, the leader of the Chinese resistance and found out that two women are an important part of the investigation: Anna, Anthony's wife and a mysterious Japanese woman which Conner had a relationship. Which will be the result of the investigation?
In this case, when you mix romance, thriller, a good plot and cast, the results are positive.
Movie 1 Film mark: 5 out of 10
Movie 2 Film mark: 7,1 out of 10
SHANGHAI IS THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND!
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