A Romantic Adventure For The Dangerous At Heart.Sean Penn is Glendon Wasey a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is Gloria Tatlock a determined missionary nurse seeking the healing powers of opium for her patients. She wants to help the suffering...he wants boat fare back to the States. So fate sets them on a hectic exotic chaotic and quite often romantic quest for stolen drugs. The trouble is the opium they`re after is also the target of every thug and smuggler in Shanghai. It`s a wild rickshaw-race adventure with every concubine kung-fu killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit!You`re in for a Shanghai Suprise as Sean Penn and Madonna star in this high-flying grand adventure set in 1937 China with music by former Beatles` guitarist George Harrison.