Asian American film Shanghai Kiss has landed on Hulu. If you missed it on the film festival circuit a few years back, you can watch the full movie for FREE. This romantic comedy features X-Men: The Last Stand’s Ken Leung and Heroes’s cheerleader Hayden Panettiere in the lead roles along with X2’s Kelly Hu. Here’s a synopsis of the film:
28-year-old Liam (Leung) is an aspiring Hollywood star who spends the majority of time picking up bar girls with his best friend Joe — a starving writer who has yet to pen a proper screenplay. While Liam does share an innocent relationship with precocious 16-year-old Adelaide (Panettiere), she often comes off as more mature than he and the age difference between the pair is far too glaring to ignore. Upon receiving notice that he has inherited his grandmother’s home in Shanghai, Liam throws caution to the wind and purchases an airplane ticket. He takes an eye opening journey to Shanghai. Shortly after landing in China, Liam becomes smitten with beautiful local Micky (Kelly Hu) and gradually learns to embrace his Asian roots. But it’s difficult to exist comfortably between two cultures — much less two women — and before long Liam finds that in connecting with the past, he is simultaneously laying the groundwork for his future.
You can also get the movie on amazon. Also see these other films on Hulu including White on Rice and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity.
Shanghai Kiss on Hulu