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The Best Interracial Love Story
by William (movies profile)
Feb 29, 2008
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3 people found this review helpful
After watching Shanghai Kiss, I didn't know what to expect. Ken Leung (X-Men 3: The Last Stand, Inside Man & Rush Hour) plays Liam Liu, a 28-year old Chinese American actor who is struggling to get into Hollywood while Hayden Panettiere (TV series of Heroes & Bring It On 3) who plays the beautiful Adelaide, a 16 years-old free spirit genius still in high school falls in love with him. However, after getting a phone call for Shanghai in which his grandmother leaves a home he's never seen, there he meets a beautiful Chinese girl named Micki Yang played by Kelly Hu (X-Men 2 & The Scorpion King). Liam struggles for himself and where he belongs and most importantly who to love. Toward the end of the film, Liam finds out the truth of Micki Yang and her fiance, Jai Li (Street Fighter & Catwoman). Liam decided to give his house to Micki and goes back to Los Angeles to get the girl of his dreams. As things go upside down, Adelaide is going to Paris. Months later, Liam waits for Adelaide to arrive until he sees an unexpected turn. However, once Liam stands outside of the airport, Adelaide stands in front of his presence saying that the person she was with is nothing but a homosexual person. Liam & Adelaide reunites as two loving couples and the film ends there with a happily ever after ending. :)
Even though, I'm not Chinese, I'm very impressed of how an asian man goes for the white girl and has a happy ending. hahaha. We need to see more like these in Hollywood films. Even though, there will always be bad stereotypes for Asian-American men out there, but there's always hope & a great opportunity that us Asian men can be described as great lovers in a romantic film. I'd love to meet the person who wrote and directed this film. This guy rocks! It's a great romantic/comedy flick.
On a special note, Hayden Panettiere had also won for being the best actress in a feature film of Shanghai Kiss during the 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival. ;) |
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