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Summary: Another Lighthearted Jackie Chan Flick
Review: Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson form an unlikely partnership in "Shanghai Noon". Wilson with his shaggy blond hair and southern drawl is a terrific contrast to Jackie Chan's presence in the film.Chan and Wilson display very good chemistry together and clearly had fun during the making of this film. "Shanghai Noon" is undeniably a complete fluff piece, but it's a good fluff piece. It's everything that last year's "Wild Wild West" seemed to want to be. My only personal issues with "Shanghai Noon" were with the violence. Although it was not graphic in the lest, it was continually present in the film. Of course, it's a Jackie Chan flick, and who wants to see a Jackie Chan movie without multiple fighting scenes? It might be a little tough for younger or sensitive viewers, but overall it's a very fun ride. Don't go into the movie expecting greatness, but do go to expect to laugh - a LOT. The drinking game scene was the funniest I'd seen in years.
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Summary: Not one of his best!!!
Review: I saw Shanghai Noon last Friday night and I fell asleep three times... Aparently no one else in the theater was overly concerned as I woke myself up by my loud snoring. Jackie is still a good actor but he moves slower than I have ever seen before and the plot was very definitely far fetched. However I am such a fan that I will rent it when it becomes available and rewind everytime I doze off. After you view this movie check a few of his early ones when he moved incredibly fast in films with very very thin plot lines. Also be sure to see "Rumble In The Bronx" which is a much better movie and venue for him...
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Summary: Jackie west man
Review: I flew over to the U.S.A from Scotland to see the premier of shanghai noon. Because i am jackie chans biggest fan. not to be disapointed this is his best piece of work since drunken master 2 BEST U.S. WORK BY A MILL.The rest of the crew where cool to. That owen boy is the works.The smokeing of pipe the drunken game the fighting with crow worriers are for me the best seens . That smokeing pipe cracks me up.Do not want to give to many spoilers away Go see this movie its a ride and a blast. Trust me on this one. I have seen all the master movies This is one of his best Not as good as miracles drunken master 2 police story. But all round might be his funnyest movie yet Cheers jackie chans biggest fan jocky chan fae scotland
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Summary: hugely overated.
Review: When the first word came out about "Shanghai Noon", I was not that excited. I am a Jackie Chan fan (I was blown away by "Rumble in the Bronx"), and I've seen many of his movies. Even "Rush Hour", which was not exactly hailed positive by the critics, and I found it to be fantastic. The general story for "Shanghai Noon" follows a princess who escapes from her home and arrives in the west. She is held captive by the usual, contiually rehashed bad guy who is mercyless, icy evil. Four soldiers go after her, one of them being the infamous Jackie Chan who has a crush on the princess. Every thing was so silly and ridiclious and I was cracking up. I was hoping that the weird combination of western/Martial Arts would be silly, but not to such an extent that it would it would never be serious. At times it trys to be, but it fails miserably. My laughing ceased just as soon as the robbers attempted to steal from the train, and "Shanghai Noon" become dreadfully boring. I'm not a big fan of Owen Wilson. He was never serious. This movie did not change my perspective of him. Thoughout the entire film, Jackie Chan's undeniable charm was constantly countered and dispelled by Owen Wilson's matter-of-fact, tounge in cheek humor that was just not funny. I know many people that find him appealing, but I certainly don't. Here are several lines that are uttered by Wilson. "He's gonna blow my brains out!" "That's an awful cowboy name!" "1, 2, 2 and 1/2, 2 and 7/8," If you're not laughing right now, then the movie will most likely fail to entertain you. Being part martial arts, one would expect some decent fight scenes. Jackie Chan's over-the top-humor is evident in the fight sequences, but for the most part, the battles were weak. The camera angles are pretty sloppy. Either they failed to show enough, or they showed too much, and the fighing ended up being boring. Not many of the sequences were very creative, either. The only ones that were particulary memorable was an indian fight, and a trick Jackie does with a rope and a horse shoe are pretty unique. It makes me remember "Rumble in the Bronx", in which features not only several genuniny funny moments, but nail-biting action as well. In "Shanghai Noon", Jackie Chan does not use his full martial arts ability. The thing about "Rumble in the Bronx" is that the mood is somewhat gritty. "Rumble in the Bronx" has its fair share of sillieness, but it certainly isn't stupid. "Shanghai Noon" is impossible to take seriously; its about as dramatic as "Baywatch". Therefore, none of battles were nail-biting. "Shanghai Noon" is just to silly to take seriously. To its benefit, it has some enjoyable moments, particulary the bar scene. Jackie is very charming, and Lucy Alexis Liu, of "Ally Mcbeal" fame, looks beautiful. A majority of the costumes were great. Also, the photography is geogeous. While "Shanghai Noon" is certainly not a great movie, its not a awful movie, either. It has its moments, but Jackie Chan fans with be dissapointed.
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Summary: ** Shanghai Noon - A funny movie **
Review: Shanghai Noon was one great movie. At first, I really had no interest. I never really had a thing for Jackie Chan. I always enjoyed Owen Wilson though. Anyway, let me first explain what the film was about.
Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is a very clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is then kidnapped from the Forbidden City. Wang feels responsible for her kidnapping, so he insists on joining the guards who are sent to rescue the Princess. She has been taken to the United States. When their search begins, they ran into a gang. The leader was Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). Chon Wang then gets seperated from his crew, and becomes partners with Roy. During there mission to rescue the Princess, they run into many obsticals.
Throughout the movie, it made me laugh many times. People say this movie is better then Rush Hour, I beleive so as well.
The fighting scenes were pretty good. I liked them better then the ones in Rush Hour. I also enjoyed Owen Wilson more then Chris Tucker.
All in all, the movie was great and funny. The only con was the plot. It had many holes. I also loved the out-takes!
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Summary: I laughed through the whole thing
Review: I just saw Shanghai Noon and I thought it was a riot. I don't usually go for martial-arts films or Westerns but this one was different. Think of a Jackie Chan movie crossed with Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid with Cat Ballou and Blazing Saddles around the edges. In the film, the Jackie Chan character (whose Chinese name sounds a lot like "John Wayne") comes to America to retrieve a kidnapped Chinese princess. He falls in with a desperado and before you know it the two of them are on the run, Butch and Sundance style. When Jackie fights, he uses whatever props are at hand--church bells, fists, his opponents, even trees. The satire in this piece was marvelous. Everything from Native American ritual to Ugly American stereotyping gets sent up, yet Shanghai Noon is still a serious western with comedic elements, not a spoof like Blazing Saddles. It was a great time at the movies and I'm sure it will do well on tape and DVD.
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Summary: I want to get this movie!
Review: This movie is another martial arts/comedy flick, but now we've got some western spice to it! I liked this movie because of th action (Especially the part with the indians! ((Their hair was spikey and bright red! Hee hee!)))!Please go see it!
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Summary: cowboy baby!
Review: a cowboy/outlaw type and jackie chan team up to save the chinese princess.jackie chan gives his best ever performance here.problem is ,hes followed around by this gay cowboy who talks too much.if thata not bad enough,he talks like a modern day gay guy and not a cowboy at all.ive never seen a cowboy more in touch with his feminine side.owen wilson?or something like that.he is very obnoxious.there are many good fight scenes.i dont know why this one wasnt a bigger hit.they made asequel based in england but it totaly sucked.
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Summary: Some Funny Moments
Review: I'm not a big martial arts fan. I watched "Shanghai Noon" despite the presence of Jackie Chan, hoping to get some good laughs out of it. And I did. There are some funny situations and some funny lines here. Unfortunately, there aren't enough laughs to make it more than ordinary as a comedy. Chan and Owen Wilson work well as a team, and they inject something extra into what is otherwise a rather disjointed story, keeping the whole enterprise from sinking below average. But that still leaves it firmly in the realm of film mrdiocrity. Finally, there are the martial arts sequences. For Jackie Chan's many fans, these may be enough to raise this flick to a level above the ordinary. For me, they were mildly entertaining, if only because that was where all the movie's action took place, but they were too contrived, and they were were repeated too often. For me, this remains an average movie. If you're not a Jackie Chan devotee, I suggest you see this one before you buy it.
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Summary: overrated
Review: When the first word came out about "Shanghai Noon", I was not that excited. I am a Jackie Chan fan (I was blown away by "Rumble in the Bronx"), and I've seen many of his movies. Even "Rush Hour", which was not exactly hailed positive by the critics, and I found it to be fantastic. The general story for "Shanghai Noon" follows a princess who escapes from her home and arrives in the west. She is held captive by the usual, contiually rehashed bad guy who is mercyless, icy evil. Four soldiers go after her, one of them being the infamous Jackie Chan who has a crush on the princess. Every thing was so silly and ridiclious and I was cracking up. I was hoping that the weird combination of western/Martial Arts would be silly, but not to such an extent that it would it would never be serious. At times it trys to be, but it fails miserably. My laughing ceased just as soon as the robbers attempted to steal from the train, and "Shanghai Noon" become dreadfully boring. I'm not a big fan of Owen Wilson. He was never serious. This movie did not change my perspective of him. Thoughout the entire film, Jackie Chan's undeniable charm was constantly countered and dispelled by Owen Wilson's matter-of-fact, tounge in cheek humor that was just not funny. I know many people that find him appealing, but I certainly don't. Here are several lines that are uttered by Wilson. "He's gonna blow my brains out!" "That's an awful cowboy name!" "1, 2, 2 and 1/2, 2 and 7/8," If you're not laughing right now, then the movie will most likely fail to entertain you. Being part martial arts, one would expect some decent fight scenes. Jackie Chan's over-the top-humor is evident in the fight sequences, but for the most part, the battles were weak. The camera angles are pretty sloppy. Either they failed to show enough, or they showed too much, and the fighing ended up being boring. Not many of the sequences were very creative, either. The only ones that were particulary memorable was an indian fight, and a trick Jackie does with a rope and a horse shoe are pretty unique. It makes me remember "Rumble in the Bronx", in which features not only several genuniny funny moments, but nail-biting action as well. In "Shanghai Noon", Jackie Chan does not use his full martial arts ability. The thing about "Rumble in the Bronx" is that the mood is somewhat gritty. "Rumble in the Bronx" has its fair share of sillieness, but it certainly isn't stupid. "Shanghai Noon" is impossible to take seriously; its about as dramatic as "Baywatch". Therefore, none of battles were nail-biting. "Shanghai Noon" is just to silly to take seriously. To its benefit, it has some enjoyable moments, particulary the bar scene. Jackie is very charming, and Lucy Alexis Liu, of "Ally Mcbeal" fame, looks beautiful. A majority of the costumes were great. Also, the photography is geogeous. While "Shanghai Noon" is certainly not a great movie, its not a awful movie, either. It has its moments, but Jackie Chan fans with be dissapointed.
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