Shanghai Noon
Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the Wild West of United States. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.
8 November 1969, Hong Kong
1932, Beijing, China
28 December 1968, Wichita, Kansas, USA
18 November 1968, Dallas, Texas, USA
16 December 1955, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1927
11 January 1963, London, England, UK
6 June 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
1958, Beijing, China
May 14, 2013
Though the film nakedly seeks a wide audience through conventional plotting and characterization—and despite being (like most action movies) guy-centric—Shanghai Noon provides good, clean "family" fun. [Blu-ray]
June 18, 2002
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.
January 01, 2000
Unstintingly funny.
December 28, 2010
Engaging Jackie Chan movie for older teens and up.
March 30, 2016
It's a clever variation on the buddy cop picture, with Jackie Chan showing both his comic chops and his martial arts skills, and Owen Wilson doing what he does best-playing a laid-back, chick-magnet California surfer dude.
June 24, 2006
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.
January 01, 2000
Shanghai Noon is, in classic western tradition, a celebration of male bonding, unabashedly juvenile, boyishly risqué and disarmingly sweet.
May 19, 2013
You can't get a whole lot less substantial than this, but well-played, friendly banter is tough to do, and the film hits its mark perfectly on that front.
August 07, 2008
The first half of this film is great entertainment, and then it starts to unravel, but not before Chan establishes himself as a dynamic comedian.
January 01, 2000
If you see only one martial arts Western this year (and there is probably an excellent chance of that), this is the one.
January 06, 2010
As far as light, brainless summer entertainment goes, it makes the grade.
January 01, 2000
For Chan, it's a step in the right direction, although he has yet to be given the opportunity to bring the full force of his charisma to bear on an English speaking audience.
