Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
Shanghai Surprise has generally received negative reviews.
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Shanghai Surprise was released in 1986 and has generally received negative reviews.
Online reviewers have written 43 reviews, giving Shanghai Surprise (1986) an average rating of 33%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 46%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 21%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Shanghai Surprise than critics were.
With a score of 33%, Shanghai Surprise is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1986, which stands at 58%.
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