Directed by:
Mikael HåfströmScreenplay:
Hossein AminiCinematography:
Benoît DelhommeComposer:
Klaus BadeltCast:
John Cusack, Li Gong, Yun-fat Chow, David Morse, Ken Watanabe, Franka Potente, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Hon Ping Tang, Benedict Wong (more)Plots(1)
Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Secret Agent Paul Soames (John Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city.
Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Ken Watanabe), Soames' investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lanting (Chow Yun-Fat) - and Lanting's beautiful wife, Anna (Gong Li). Before long, Soames and Anna are involved in an affair that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fast-and-loose for those of the heart, Soames and Anna must race to solve the mystery and make it out of occupied China before the city's collapse.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
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Li Gong
China
Best movies:
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Yun-fat Chow
Hong Kong
Best movies:
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David Morse
USA
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Ken Watanabe
Japan
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Batman Begins (2005)
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Franka Potente
West Germany
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
USA
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Hugh Bonneville
UK
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Hon Ping Tang
Best movies:
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Benedict Wong
UK
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Christopher Buchholz
USA
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Ronan Vibert
UK
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Nicholas Rowe
UK
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Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
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Michael Culkin
UK
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Race Wong
Singapore
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Rosanne Wong
Singapore
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Gemma Chan
UK
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Elidh MacQueen
UK
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Rinko Kikuchi
Japan
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Daniel Lapaine
Australia
Best movies:
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