Shanghai Knights (2003)
Front Cover Actor
Jackie Chan Chon Wang
Owen Wilson Roy O'Bannon
Fann Wong Chon Lin
Donnie Yen Wu Chow
Aidan Gillen Lord Nelson Rathbone
Tom Fisher Artie Doyle
Gemma Jones Queen Victoria
Aaron Johnson Charlie Chaplin
Kim Chan Chon Wang's Father
Constantine Gregory The Mayor
Movie Details
Genre Action; Adventure; Comedy
Director David Dobkin
Producer Gary Barber; Roger Birnbaum
Writer Alfred Gough; Miles Millar
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 114 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Better than your average sequel, Shanghai Knights almost defies the law of diminishing returns. Lacking the freshness of Shanghai Noon, it compensates with a looser, disposable plot that plays to the strengths of costars Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. It's 1887, and odd-couple heroes Chon Wang (Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) are in London to retrieve the Imperial Seal of China, stolen by an English lord (Aidan Gillen) who killed Wang's father in his quest for the British throne. Wang's lithe and lovely sister (Fann Wong) joins the battle with high-kicking force, appealing to Roy's roguish charm and surfer-dude anachronisms. While Chan continues his transition to safer stunts and good-natured homage to Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, and other Hollywood legends, Wilson indulges the party vibe to good effect, maintaining the anything-goes approach that allows silly encounters with Jack the Ripper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a Dickensian urchin named Charlie Chaplin. (Chaplin wasn't born until 1889, but if the filmmakers didn't care, why should you?) --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
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In Collection Yes
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
UPC 786936214932
Release Date 2003
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby
Links
Internet Movie Database