Shanghai Noon (2000)
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79% of critics liked it
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67% of users liked it
(391,939 ratings)
Jackie Chan has often played a fish out of water, but he's rarely found himself so far upstream as in this comic adventure, in which he puts his fighting skills to the test in the Old West of the 1850s. Lo Fong (Roger Yuan), onetime captain of the Chinese Imperial Guard, has traded upholding the… More Jackie Chan has often played a fish out of water, but he's rarely found himself so far upstream as in this comic adventure, in which he puts his fighting skills to the test in the Old West of the 1850s. Lo Fong (Roger Yuan), onetime captain of the Chinese Imperial Guard, has traded upholding the law for smuggling opium. Needing some operating capital, Lo Fong kidnaps the Emperor's daughter, Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu), and takes her to America. When the Emperor sends his best men to find her, Chon Wang (Chan), one of the Emperor's less distinguished guards, insists on joining them; he feels at fault for Lo Fong's capturing the Princess, and he wants to make amends. However, while the rescue party scours the West, Chon Wang gets separated from the group and soon becomes lost. When he crosses paths with Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson), a bright but arrogant train robber, the two become unlikely allies. While Shanghai Noon was billed as Jackie Chan's follow-up to Rush Hour, his first successful American-made feature, it was actually filmed in Canada, as was Chan's breakthrough film in America, the Hong Kong-backed Rumble in the Bronx. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tom Dey
- Written By
- Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- May 26, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Internationa
Critic Reviews
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Derek Adams, Time Out
Much of its strength comes from the central clash between Jackie's indomitable energy and Wilson's knowingly anachronistic cool, while lots of visual and verbal gags keep things whistling.
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Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
This is almost Mel Brooks territory: The frontiersmen think the Chinese are Jews, while the white settlers think it's the Sioux who are. This is equal-opportunity nuttiness, and there's a method to it.
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Susan Stark, Detroit News
It's hard to imagine why anyone of any age would find other elements of this movie's attempt at a comic text even mildly amusing.
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Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Shanghai Noon lassos up all the revisionist laughs and action scenes that last summer's Wild Wild West botched.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Expertly mixes thrills and laughter.
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Cast
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Jackie Chan
as Chon Wang
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Owen Wilson
as Roy O'Bannon
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Lucy Liu
as Princess Pei Pei
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Brandon Merrill
as Indian Wife
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Roger Yuan
as Lo Fong
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Xander Berkeley
as Van Cleef
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Rongguang Yu
as Imperial Guard
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Cui Ya Hi
as Imperial Guard
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Eric Chen
as Imperial Guard
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Walton Goggins
as Wallace
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P. Adrien Dorval
as Blue
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Rafael Báez
as Vasquez
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Stacy Grant
as Hooker in Distress
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Kate Luyben
as Fifi
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Jason Connery
as Andrews
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Henry O
as Royal Interpreter
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Russell Badger
as Sioux Chief
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Alan C. Peterson
as Saddle Rock Sheriff
- Curtis Armstrong
- Simon Baker - III
