Rating: 
Summary: Jackie's Back
Review: After The Much Flawed The Tuxedo He's Back And Better Than Ever. This Is Funnier Than The First Surprisingly. It's Also Refreshing To See Jackie Chan Back As Chon Wang Say It Fast Yall And Owen Wilson As Roy O Bannon In Their First Great Movies Since Shanghai Noon. This Has References To Many Famous Figures. The Little Kids Name Was Charlie Chaplin. Arthur Conan Doyle Grew To Be A Famous Writer. Big Ben Is A Very Famous Clock In London. Every Fan Of Shanghai Noon Should See This.
Rating: 
Summary: Could've been better
Review: I'm a BIG fan of Jackie's films, when the movie came out I went to see it the first day, but I must say I was a little dissapointed when I saw the fight between Jackie and Donnie Yen. In my opinion the fight was too short, and they made Donnie looked better thank Jackie. Jackie got his butt kicked. Also the final fight at the clock tower with the swords...Again, Jackie was not that good either. But overall it's a fun film. I hope there are longer and better fights in the future Jackie's films. Can't wait for "The Medallion" which comes out Aug 22, 2003.
Rating:
Summary: Good but not great
Review: As the once great simon cowell would say, Ok, it was good, i'm not jumping out of my chair, but it was ok.
Rating:
Summary: Pure Fun
Review: Shanghai Knights is Jackie Chan's best American film, and arguably one of his best period in general terms. Some unyielding HK action "fans" of his are becoming increasingly critical of him "softening", but even that is more stubbornness than reality. In Shanghai Knights, Chan has several creative and lengthy action pieces that he himself is VERY happy with! "Charisma" and "chemistry" abound in this film, with both Chan and Wilson very obviously enjoying their scenes together. Chan has said he really enjoys working with Owen much more than Chris Tucker and it shows. Also doing surprisingly well (given that even Jackie Chan said he never heard of her before production began) is Fann Wong, who also mixes well with Wilson. As the director commentary says of Fann and Wilson on the commentary, "These two were great together, it was really, really sweet." The action scenes with Jackie Chan are superb; Owen Wilson has by his very nature (a prominent writer as well as actor) smarter comic commentary than did Tucker or Jennifer Love Hewitt (from "Tuxedo"); and Fann Wong both kicks tail and looks pretty. Director David Dobkin put together a fun, thoroughly tongue-in-cheek, action-packed movie featuring Jackie Chan that should be applauded for entertaining as superbly as it does.
Rating: 
Summary: Cliche Old Hero
Review: I am surpise at how good this film have been rated. Honestly, I am not a fan of Jackie Chan; all I can see in this film is that he's just repeating what he had done before (mainly Hong Kong Movie, I suppose you may not have seen them), he's getting old and his so-call fast moving action is decaying. I can't see any freshness in his action and the plotting. It's just cliche. Everytime he plays a hero having a partner who always casues trouble to him, then they solve a huge crisis togther, having some fun on the way, and the problem solves perfectly at the end. The formula is repeating and his action is not adminrable anymore. PLEASE stop being a hero anymore, Mr. Chan, you know you are not.
Rating: 
Summary: "Shanghai Noon 2"
Review: Wowzer! My family laughed so hard after they saw this movie. It is splendid fun for everybody and their pets! Yes! Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are back! They have reunited and have traveled to London to find the Imperial Seal of China stolen by a bad, nasty man (some English dude). "Shanghai Knights" is a good sequel, but it doesn't have Lucy Liu... I was heartbroken. I went on a fast food eating spree because I was so distraught! Anguish! Oh well, good movie otherwise.
Rating:
Summary: About the same as the first
Review: Summary:
After their first adventure together, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) find themselves back together to track down the murderer of Wang's father who was the keeper of the Emperor's Seal in China. Wang is told about the murder by his sister, Chon Lin (Fann Wong), who has tracked the murderer to England. When the three of them, Wang, Lin, and Roy, eventually meet up they don't realize that Wang and Lin's father's murder is just part of a much larger plan to dethrone both the emperor of China by his ... half brother, Wu Chow (Donnie Yen), and the Queen of England (Gemma Jones) by her cousin, Lord Nelson Rathbone (Aidan Gillen).
It takes a while for the trio to realize the larger plot in which they have become involved. During that time they are introduced to several famous historical characters: Charlie Chaplin (Aaron Johnson (III)), Artie Doyle - a.k.a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Tom Fisher (I)), and Jack the Ripper (Oliver Cotton). Of course in their attempts to find the seal and save the Royal Family Wang and Lin must battle numerous individuals using their martial arts training while Roy falls madly in love with Lin and is constantly doing his best to fight off urges to become intimate with other women.
In the end Wang, Lin, Roy, Artie, and Charlie save the day; Roy and Lin become a couple; Artie retires from Scotland Yard to write books; and Charlie hitches a ride back to Hollywood with Wang, Lin, and Roy to pursue a career in film.
My Comments:
This is a perfect example of a movie not trying to be anything more than it is - a buddy martial arts/comedy flick with very little character development and a very simple storyline.
The story is pretty straightforward, not particularly complicated, and free from any major plot holes. What's more, the incorporation famous historical characters, which if I remember correctly is also a carryover from the original movie, is actually quite witty and pretty well-done. Undoubtedly there are individuals that will criticize the movie for its almost silly portrayals of these individuals, but I get the distinct impression that silly is what the writers and director were looking for. So, the story can't really be criticized - it delivered exactly what was promised, nothing more, nothing less.
As for the acting... Again, given the set up and the type of movie, it was about what you would expect. The villains were classic villains; the good guys were beset with problems, including romantic relationships that had to be worked out. As a result, the performances don't have to be that good to work for the film. Chan and Wilson continue their successful partnership; Tom Fisher was pretty good as Artie Doyle; and Fann Wong was also decent. The other characters were pretty peripheral, with the exception of the two villains: Donnie Yen and Aidan Gillen. Because the villains did not have to convincingly try to portray a subtle villain, their performances didn't need to be nuanced or particularly convincing. Neither was a memorable villain, but it wasn't really necessary that they be memorable, just adequate for the story.
So, what about the martial arts? They were acceptably innovative. Several new locations were introduced for fights, including a hotel turnabout (door) and an open air 19th century market. There was also an ample amount of comedic integration into the fight sequences as Wang is not interested in killing people (with the exception of Rathbone and Wu Chow) but disabling them. Lin, Wang's sister, is also a good combatant, even giving Jack the Ripper a taste of Chinese martial arts. Overall, the fight sequences aren't anything particularly stunning, but they are satisfactory.
Because these movie closely adheres to the elements that made the first one somewhat successful (e.g. simple characters, simple story, lots of comedy and comedic fighting, etc.), the movie does deliver. Of course, this isn't a movie that is going to go down in history as the best comedy/martial arts duo flick of all time, but neither is it an 'I-Spy' disaster that doesn't work at all; it's just somewhere in the middle as an entertaining but not enthralling humorous martial arts film. If you liked the first you'll probably like this one.
Rating:
Summary: Great!
Review: This was an amazing movie. There were several parts where I was laughing so hard the rest of my family was laughing! I highly reccomend this movie!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent couldn't have been cooler
Review: litterally to me, this movie was incredible. The action, the settings and the jokes couln't have been better. You pair the two cowboys from Shangai Noon and make a better sequel that has better everything from the first. It starts with Jackie Chan's extremely hot sister who was hot and the father dude, never seen in first film, and father dude dies, in which Jackie Chan is left off at Carson City in 1887, 6 years after the first film, 1881, and Jackie must go to New York to find who else, Owen Wilson or Roy O Bannon. Whatever. But then Wilson is being I think considered a theif and the cops are looking for him and Chan does awesome stunts that to me seem impossible. Then the two buddies or seem to be buddies go to London, England and find Chan's awesome looking sister and the bad guy dude that killed Chan's father. Anyways it is a good movie. I really liked it.
BYE YALL: PEACE OUT DVD STYLE
Rating:
Summary: Great Chemistry
Review: Realistically we can skim right over the plot in just a sentence or two. Jackie's character reunites with Owen Wilson's character to track the murderer of Jackie's father to England, meet up with Jackie's sister, and save the royal jewels of China. Pretty simple. What saves this movie is the interaction between Chon Wang (Jackie) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). The two are hilarious together. Where the Chris Tucker/Jackie Chan collaboration lags is that it seems Chris is trying to be the focus of the entire movie and steal every scene. Owen Wilson with his laid back style seems to be playing off of Jackie and enjoys being the second fiddle who ultimately gets the most attention because of that. The dialogue that he fires off is just wonderful and crisp. After reading the interview/profile on Owen Wilson in Premiere I would love to see where he finessed and changed the dialogue. Also the physical scenes with Jackie stand out in this film. I read once that he choreographs his fights as if they were a dance and that is never more apparent than in the homage to "Singing in the Rain". I think Gene Kelly would have greatly appreciated this interesting take on his famous dance. Sad to say but I believe I was the only one in the theater laughing at that point
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