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Summary: Re-hash
Review: This movie is along the lines of:
SNL and 'I-Spy' remake
I just watched it last night. Not one part of the story worked. It was a "write a sequel and go through the motions to make a quick buck" deal. The jokes weren't witty at all. I thought they got the SNL writers for this one.
I usually love Jackie Chan movies because usually he's got a knack for humor. Owen Wilson delivers some of the time but he bombed here like 'I-Spy'. I thought the fight scenes would be good too but...they blew.
If you've seen 'I-Spy' and hated it, you'll hate this one too. The movie came across as really forced.
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Summary: You Have To Be A Fan
Review: I tried to give these two a second chance, but they flunked. You must be dedicated fans in order to enjoy this movie. I let the "two thumbs up" trick me into watching this movie. This only proves that critics are jokes. Jackie Chan can keep his wanna be Bruce Lee movies. The good movies with Owen Wilson are the good movies without Owen Wilson as the main character.Young Ones Remember: Critic with thumb up has two glass eyes. Me No Grasshopper
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Summary: Finally, clean non-rushed fights!
Review: In this sequel to Shanghai Noon, Chan is finally allowed to unleash his potential. The fights are clean and well choreographed, and fun as heck. The story is ok. It's nothing to "oo" and "ah" about, but it's nothing to tear apart either. The comedy's pretty good. The comedy in the middle of the earlier fights is the best. I couldn't stop laughing during those. The character references are great too. The fights get more serious toward the end of the movie (duh), but are still very very good. One of my only problems with the movie is that they cut the fights. They left things out. Luckily, the DVD keeps its 5 star ranking with me because it has the uncut fights in the deleted scenes section. That's where I found the Jackie Chan vs Donnie Yen fight I was hoping to see. Yay. Another beef I had with the movie is that they never explained what really happened between Roy and Falling Leaf (or whatever the Native American woman's name was, sorry). You can assume that Roy being Roy, moved on to the next woman (or rather women). Thankfully, the deleted scenes tell what exactly happened (or exact enough without getting to wordy). I kinda wish that they left the fights whole and left the few seconds of explaination that I listed above in the film itself. I guess they assume that most people won't sit through a 2 hour+ Jackie Chan movie. Maybe they're right, but I know I would. I have ("Miracles" on DVD). All in all, it's a great movie made better on DVD. The first "real" Jackie Chan movie I've seen since "Drunken Master 2". "Who Am I?" was pretty good. Still need to find an unedited version of that though (HINT HINT, Columbia/TriStar). Watch Shanghai Knights and enjoy.
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Summary: Chon Wang, movie star...
Review: This is a great sequel to a great movie. Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan are back as Roy O' Bannon and Chon Wang, and this time they have to go to London and retrieve the Chinese Imperial Seal. The plot, however, is not all that important, as the main entertainment comes from Chan's great stunts (yes, they are fewer and less dangerous than they used to be), Wilson's goofy humor, and comic guest appearances by famous people (my favorite being when Jack the Ripper gets kicked into the river). If you enjoy this kind of goofy buddy-type action movie, you'll love Shanghai Knights. If you want a plot...well, there's a little lacking here. The movie is very funny, and that's really all it needs to be to succeed.
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Summary: Plot lacking...definetly not...Humor lacking...another no...
Review: All in all, most of these reviewers are DEAD wrong about this movie. Just like most critics, they are too absorbed with having the perfect plot, and don't even just try and relax in the movie, and have a good time. Jackie Chan, as the Shanghai Kid, and Owen Wilson, as Roy O'Bannon, were bloody wicked! The plot was a little runny in some areas, but otherwise, it was hiliarious, and kept me laughing the whole movie through, even though I was tired as hell! My best advice for anybody when watching movies (works in real life too): JUST RELAX AND LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! Because, frankly that is what I do while watching movies, and as long as it is enjoyable and humorous, and the plot isn't completley wacked...why critcize it..?
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Summary: DVD has un-cut extended fight scenes
Review: Overall, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS is not as funny or cohesive as Shanghai Noon, nor does it treat it's setting with the same respect that gave the original a grander scale. Having said that, I really liked the fight scenes and feel these are Jackie's best and most creative of any of this American films to date. I can't believe some of these reviewers said there was more action in the first film -- were we watching the same two films?! There may have been less stunts, but KNIGHT'S fight scenes were pretty extensive. Jackie may be a bit slower and less fierce than 15 years ago, but the choreography is a return to his glory days of the 80's and early 90's. Some fans complained Jackie recycled a lot of his Shanghai Knights choreography from his previous Hong Kong films (like the jacket scene from the street fight which he's done in a couple other HK films). But I kinda liked this really, as Shanghai Knights seems to have fun paying tribute to other people's movies, so why not pay tribute to Jackie's movies as well. **********
The Jackie - Donnie Yen fight was way too short according to disappointed kung-fu fans like me, but the DVD includes in it's deleted scenes the full uncut fight, as well as the uncut fights in the wax museum, the library, and Big Ben. All four of these uncut versions were much better than the shortened versions that ended up in the movie.
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Summary: A story for all time
Review: Against a historical backdrop this film examines the interaction between individuals immersed in experiences and conversations elucidating Tolstoy inspired themes of self-sacrifice and self-indulgence, anguish and ecstasy, diplomacy and deception, and religion and perdition, politics and loyalty. It goes deeper in examining the dichotomy of Nietzschian superiority and the didactic Socratic examination of self and the epiphanies of Mazlows self-actualization. This film is sure to spark historical debate for it's ground-breaking interpretations on the genesis of classical literature and the internecine struggles of monarchic society. Or not I guess we are not to find deep meaning in this movie, just rip-roaring fun, non-stop action. It is sort of a Wild, Wild West meets Abbott and Costello with the Gung Fu thrown in for fun. Jackie is Chon Wang ( say it fast) and Owen is Roy O'Bannon of "Roy O'Bannon vs the Mummy" fame. Chons sister is after the Emporers Seal stolen in China by the Emporer's bastard brother after murdering her father. Sorry folks, I loved it. It was funny and fresh and irreverent. The only part i though was over the top silly was the pillow fight, that should have been in the Deleted Scenes list, other than it it was hilarious. There was a great chemistry between Owen and Jackie and I look forward to seeing them co-star again. Plus Fann Wong was absolutely delicious looking.
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Summary: Chan and Yen teamup... sort of
Review: I wasn't too impressed with this film, but it was entertaining. The action moves a bit away from Chan's recent American releases, but I think it's quite refreshing. It mixes a lot more combat with Jackie's natural acrobatic skills. Oh... and Donnie Yen is in it! He has one action scene, but seeing him fight is always amazing. There's a big difference in styles between Jackie's Opera Kung Fu and Yen's traditional, hard hitting power.
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Summary: Suffers from poor editing
Review: Shanghai Knights had the potential to be as good or better than Shanghai Noon. Unfortunately, editing cut the heart out of the character development and the lyricism from the fight sequences. By choosing bathroom humor sequences over story, editing makes O'Bannon come across as the quintessential Ugly American. By cutting story-developing break-aways during the fight sequences, the very rhythms Chan is famous for in his choreography are undermined and the sequences become slow and seemingly overlong. As cut, I'd give the movie two stars at best. I gave the *DVD* four stars because thanks to the DVD the movie Shanghai Knights should have been is available to us. Get the DVD, watch the deleted scenes and reedit in your head. It's worth the effort. The end result has all the charm of a better than average "buddie-movie" and all the great action of Jackie Chan at his best.
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Summary: Actually Pretty Good!
Review: I was pleasantly surprised by "Shanghai Knights"! At first I thought it would be another hum-drum comedy about a two guys and their quest for adventure. However, I was actually left laughing throughout much of it. The story centers around our two heroes, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, who have come together again in order to find the murderer of John Wayne's (Chan) father. We follow the guys to England where they begin to track down the killer. Along the way, they meet up with John's sister, who is also out to avenge her father's death. Wilson's character is instantly smitten with her. I would recommend this film to people are in the mood to watch a really funny movie that will catapult you out of reality and into this surreal, and highly funny, world!
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