Review of Shanghai Triad (1995) by Stephen Hunter for Baltimore Sun — 18 Aug 2013
The film represents a retreat from the explicitly political concerns of TO LIVE (which landed the director in serious trouble with P.R.C. authorities), but there's a distinct satirical subtext underlying Zhang's Chinese Gangland, a place of limitless greed, self-destructive ritual and fatal hubris.
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This review of Shanghai Triad (1995) was written by Stephen Hunter and published by Baltimore Sun on 18 Aug 2013.
Shanghai Triad has generally received positive reviews.
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