the imdb advise that i should say . warn spoiler follow . but there be no way to spoil this movie and because it be already spoil to the point of be compost and and be ready to be spread out on the field . it have be almost 20 year since my girlfriend of the time and an obsessive madonna fan and talk me into see this piece of trash and and i still go to bed at night pray to god that i can somehow get that two hour of my life back . this be not one of those movie that be so bad it be good . this be one of those movie that be so bad it actually slingshots right around past good and right back to bad again . madonna star a a missionary ( i know this be a leap of faith folk and but i be not kid . ) and who team up with sean penn ( her then husband ) to search for faraday flower and a cache of opium ball she hop can be use a a pain killer for wounded troop . from about this point on and the movie take on a rhythm that more or less go 1 and 2 and 3 and plot twist and 1 and 2 and 3 and plot twist and 1 and 2 and 3 and plot twist and and so on and a the duo of penn and penn bounce around randomly from one ridiculous situation to another with plenty of plot twist and but absolutely no plot evident to be twist . in the mean time and they be be chase by a corrupt official with prosthetic hand ( he lose his real hand from open a booby trap money belt call a shanghai surprise and which be what the movie be supposedly name after . this seem appropriate to me and see how i have lose my money from watch this booby trap movie . ) . you may wonder why it be that i be able to remember so much about a movie i haven not see in almost 20 year . to that i can only say one thing . emotional scarring . this movie be that bad folk . i have see a lot of bad movie in my time and but this one rule a the unchallenged chief god in my pantheon of stinker . it make ed wood movie look like academy award win material . it even make the bad of the bad of the flash animation that i have see over the last six year on the net look good . i would eagerly gnaw my foot off to escape from this movie . if and for some reason and you be ever unfortunate enough to find a copy of this little gem on the shelf of your local video store and the only thing i can recommend be that you slowly and carefully turn yourself around and then run and run . run . and and immediately seek psychiatric counseling so a to avoid any possible post traumatic stress syndrome you may suffer from exposure to this movie . i give this movie a 1 and but that be only because imdb will not let me input negative number .