Shanghai, movie.

Most of the movies playing in the hotel are pretty poxy but this was a nice surprise. While it had the Weinstein brother's inevitable thumb prints, it was a good story, beautifully shot, well acted and well told.
I won't go into the plot save to say that it is set in Shanghai in the days leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour and America joining the war. The narrative is intriguing and Shanghai is realised with wonderful set dressing and superb cinematography. It was also a welcome change to have a film score that subtly underlined the drama and the action without thumping you over the head and shouting "THIS IS THE TENSE/POIGNANT/MYTERIOUS BIT!". The ubiquitous Hans Zimmer could learn a thing or two (or just take a break from scoring every historical/ epic/ thriller/ action film out there).
Both John Cusack and Chow Yun-Fat have both been guilty of over acting in the past but with a sensitive director, they both give measured performances as do their co stars Gong Li and Ken Watanabe. I’m not a film critic so I’ll shut up now but if it’s on the DVD shelf, have a look.