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Shanghai Noon

starring: Rafael Baez, Xander R. Berkeley, Eric Chen, Jason Connery, Walton Goggins

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: CHAN,JACKIE
EAN: 0717951010605
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2000
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 20455
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000



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Description:
Two cultures collide in SHANGHAI NOON, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 2), Owen Wilson (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), and Lucy Liu (PAYBACK, CHARLIE'S ANGELS). Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang (say it out loud) who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with the laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), they form the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West -- the two face jail, brawls, bordellos, and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! Spectacular stunts, outrageous irreverence, and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor, royalty, and a fortune in gold! It's a real kick!

Amazon.com:
Story? What story? All a movie like Shanghai Noon needs is the amazing stunt set pieces featuring kung fu superstar Jackie Chan and the drolly caffeinated ramblings of Owen Wilson (and to be sure, that's all it gets). It's a buddy comedy about Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), a minor, borderline incompetent desperado, and Chon Wang (Chan)--Roy thinks he hears (and scoffs at) the name 'John Wayne'--a member of the Chinese Imperial Guard searching for a kidnapped princess (Lucy Liu). They become reluctant partners in the Old West (Roy, who considers Chon his sidekick, is hurt to discover that the bounty on Wang's head is more than his own), brawling, drinking, bathing, and bonding and in general having mildly amusing adventures together, while eluding a posse and other random enemies.

There's not a lot of focus to the plot or much motivation for characters to turn up where and when they do--just what was achieved by the much-discussed trek to Carson City, anyway? But Chan's inventively staged battle sequences (particularly an early one in which he uses flexible, resilient trees to best some Crow Indians) are predictable highlights. You'll wish there were more to some of them, but as with his many of other films, you'll want them on video to watch in slow-motion to see how he pulls them off. And in a potentially star- making role, Wilson's loquacious, hyper-self-conscious meanderings--he's funny even when his lines aren't--make him seem less like a character than a very amusing deconstruction of one. Chan and Wilson are entertaining together, even though they're both off in their own little worlds. Think of it as Butch Cassidy and the Shanghai Kid, and you won't be too far off. --David Kronke



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I'd forgotten just how good this movie was!
For some reason, I had an image of a really cheesy, cornball movie that was so-so. But I may have ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fast Service
Very fast service. I order the movie 4 days before my daughter's birthday, and got it well in advance. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - You can slash this ^_^
Funny with great action scenes. I know its weird to slash this but they get into a tub naked together, how ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Shanghai Noon
The DVD was a gift for my sister and the first DVD sent to her was defective. Half way through playing, it ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great concept and execution
Jackie says he'd had the idea for this movie for years. I think it wasn't until he came to the US that he could ... Read More

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