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1. mikle

   great as always
   Can Jackie do any wrong? Well, "Gorgeous" sucked but this one was spot on as far as I’m concerned. Don’t believe the haters.

   There isn’t as much pure kung fu action as in some of his earlier titles but this is the slickly produced Hollywood Jackie Chan, not the grainy Hong Kong Jackie Chan. Still good stuff.

   Owen Wilson is a passable substitute for Chris Tucker.

2. tanl

   Owen Wilson’s comedy: pretty good. Jackie’s kung-fu: sub-par.

3. elena

   Didn’t get a single laugh out of me

4. Reg

   bad

5. frey

   not jakies best movie

6. cheung

   Crappy plot, lots of slapstick. The only redeeming quality is Jackie Chan.

7. maliby

   Decent rental or PPV.. hang around for the outtakes.

8. rejjie

   Stupid, Jackie Chan saves it a little but it still sucks half the time

9. benria

   Giddy Up!
   While not a cinematic achievement in the technical sense, Rush Hour was a hectic and hilarious breaking-out party for Jackie Chan. While I laughed at most Chan films for the horrendous dubbing and lame plots, Rush Hour was the first Chan film that I found to have a great combination of action and humor. While Chan’s follow-up, Shanghai Noon, is somewhat formulaic in its attempt to capitalize on Chan’s buddy-buddy film capabilities, it does produce some good, hearty laughs that make it worthy of a rental on one of those rainy days.
   Shanghai Noon tells the story of Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), a warrior who goes to the Wild, Wild West to rescue the kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu). While that is the basic premise of the movie, it loses track rather quickly. Owen Wilson plays Roy O’Bannon, the cowboy who buddies up with Wang and helps him rescue the princess.

   Wilson becomes the star of this film. His sarcastic wit and innocent delivery lead to many laughs, and his low-key attitude on-screen benefits the film as he and Chan work the jokes magestically. The film may be trying to recreate the buddy film success of Rush Hour, but I must compliment the director (Tom Dey) and casting director on choosing Wilson for the role. Instead of trying to create a role similar to that of the outspoken Chris Tucker in Rush Hour, the producers and directors go for the polar opposite.

   As with all Chan films, a good amount of action is sprinkled in, which keeps the film moving during the non-comedic parts. But even the action cannot save the bare bones story. Once Chan and Wilson get going, you will not want to see them off-camera for a single second. Unfortunately, there are scenes without them, and these scenes are atrocious. The scenes try and tell the story, but they merely get in the way of Chan and Wilson’s hijinks.

   Lucy Liu, who plays the kidnapee, has nothing to work with this in film. It seems the producers merely wanted another face in the film that is recognizable. Liu is basically the center of the poor story, which results in her getting nothing worth saying, or worth us laughing at.

   While Liu’s role and the hollow story are major holes in Shanghai Noon, I still managed to smile at the end of the film. Chan and Wilson are simply to engaging to be annoyed at, and while you will shake your head at the film’s atrocious narrative execution, you’ll soon be laughing as soon as Wilson opens his mouth.

10. slesar

    Jackie’s wild stunts were the only highpoints of this movie
    Glad we waited until it came out on video. Usually love Jackie Chan movies but this one was really dumb!

11. beegle

    Funny chop-suey with Owen Wilson’s 90’s-guy-stuck-in-the-1800

12. zeppt

    Pretty cool movie

13. xehrc

    best buddy movie of all time

14. cain

    owen wilson and chan are a good, funny duo.

15. helge

    Some nice action sequences, but the movie wasn’t that good
    Its like Rush Hour, western style, but not as funny and the story is kinda weak. There’s some cool fight sequences.

16. hostin

    this may not be vintage Jackie Chan craziness, but it was a damn fun ride
    i really liked this movie. it was just cool. how was it cool? let me count the ways.

    there wasn’t too much of the really dorky humor that has been rather thick in Mr. Chan’s last few made for US movies. i can’t stand that stuff, so it being MIA in Shanghai was comforting to me.

    second, they found a perfect sidekick for Jackie here. Owen Wilson holds his own well against the mad crazy fists, feet and chairs, and at the same time didn’t go over the top with his funnies. very good chemistry.

    third, Lucy Liu is friggin hot.

    and last, but not least, it left me wanting a cool outlaw name. something dangerous and sexy. something to drive the girls wild.

    just go see the movie. tell them crono the kid sent you. you’ll thank me for it in the morning.