Rating: 
Summary: Good Movie, DVD problems
Review: The movie was as good as I remember it in the theatre. I am writing the review to let people know that Touchstone seems to be doing things with their DVDs that I don't necessarily agree with. When you put the DVD into the player the first thing that shows up is the warning that if you make copies, sell them, and get caught you'll go bankrupt from court ligigation with Disney. The second thing on the video is previews. Here is the problem. I couldn't fast forward through them. I had to press the menu button to get past them. While you may think that's fine what's wrong with that. I say what if there were 4 previews and 3 were for bad movies but one was for a movie like "The Sixth Sense" you wouldn't want to skip the previews for a movie like that. This DVD doesn't allow you to do that. For that I take a star away from the movie. 4 stars/5
Rating: 
Summary: You'll laugh all the way to the end
Review: I once saw an interview with Jackie Chan in which he stated he wanted to be different from all other action stars. He went on to state that he wanted to add humor to his movies and he's done more than that with this one. Of course the action sequences are spectacular and more than plentiful, but the greatest piece to this movie is the interaction between Chan and Owen Wilson. From subtle humor to slapstick, these two actors pull it off in a big way! If your looking for a great action movie and want a laugh, this is the must have flick!
Rating:
Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: One of my favorite films of the year surprisingly, Noon is a western comedy starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson as bungling cowboys trying to save the hostage Princess Pei Pei. Chan is again in top form and his physical comedy is an awesome sight. Playing against Wilson's deadpan wit, you couldn't ask for a better comedic duo. Watch for a great scene in a couple of bathtubs.
Rating:
Summary: Very entertaining and funny.
Review: I really enjoyed this movie in theater. You go out to have fun, and this one's perfect for it. The beginning is very exciting. It covers so many beautiful sceneries. The fighting scenes are well done. The script writing and directing is perfect. The ending is very pleasant. This is a good movie to own.
Rating: 
Summary: Very sub-par
Review: I enjoy seeing Jackie in action, but this film was a big let-down. He had a few good stunts, but they just didn't seem to pack as much a punch (and the jump from the train car to another looked totally fake, like Jackie had assistance of some kind). This was the first time that I had ever thought that.Owen Wilson was consistent in his irritation. He & his character really brought the film way down with horribly dull lines and acting. Never before had I had to fight to stay awake at a JC flick. Yet, it wasn't just his fault. There was also the tepid storyline. Like other reviews here, I agree that this is just a "Rush Hour" rip-off set in the old-west minus the laughs. The only chuckles came from the outtakes after the movie - but even one of them I hated since it had Jackie say (I think) {profanity} after a mistake. I was sorry that I had even rented this...another first. Good things: breathtaking scenery & the camera work seemed to be good; Jackie using the rope and horseshoe to defend himself was cool. But will that be enough for the fans? It wasn't for me. Go for the "Rush Hour" in place of this or "First Strike" for a worthwhile Chan experience.
Rating: 
Summary: Fun, but not up to Chan's usual standards
Review: The dancers Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire used to insist that their dance sequences be shot with a minimum of cuts and in such a way that their full body was held in the frame. That is the way Jackie Chan should be shot as well. What's the point of doing your own stunts if the use of close-ups, rapid cuts and slow-motion is going to make you look like every other action hero in a Hollywood movie? I suppose the director, Tom Dey, can't be given all the blame for that since Jackie Chan's own production company was responsible for this film. (Could it be that Jackie has reached a point where he feels that he needs some help from the camera?) Aside from that, this film is a lot of fun. Chan and Owen Wilson have good chemistry. Wilson plays his earnest, laid-back outlaw like a California surfer transplanted to the Old West, but it works! If only the action had been better...
Rating:
Summary: Fun fun fun
Review: This was the best movie of the past summer. At times very funny and at times providing edge of the seat action. This is particulalry true early in the film when it almost seems to be headed in the direction of a serious action movie based in the west. Then the laughs begin to kick in and never stop. Chan and Wilson are great together. The photography and the settings are spectacular.The costumes are colorful and cool. This is lots of fun really. Check it out.
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Summary: I haven't laughed this hard in years!
Review: I'm puzzled by your reviewer's grudging liking for this movie. I thought it was wonderfully funny and remarkably intelligent. There wasn't a cliche of either Westerns or karate films that they failed to skewer delightfully. I took the two daughters of a friend to see this (ages 12 and 9), and all three of us absolutely howled! Jackie Chan just gets better with age, and Owen Wilson is a real find. I just hope this movie becomes more affordably priced in time for Christmas -- I want to give it to several people, including myself!
Rating:
Summary: 2 stars for film..3 for Owen Wilson
Review: Shangai Noon is not what I would call a great film, it had some very funny scenes and some good fight sequences with Jackie Chan. What really made the film extremely watchable for me(for the 2nd time) was OWEN WILSON(Who I absolutely love and adore), as Roy O'Banion, an outlaw cowboy with a quirky sense of humor. I saw it the movies, and have become a big Owen Wilson fan. SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T LIKE HIM, DON'T BOTHER READING MY REVIEW..just kidding...it really was a cute film, i just love Owen. His character has a dry sense of humor, not for all tastes, but if you are a fan of his work, you would love him in this. He is both funny and charming. The story line is this -- Chan leaves the Forbidden City to rescue the Princess from her kidnapper in Carson City, Nevada. Chan and Wilson meet up on a train that Wilson and his gang are trying to rob. Chan is on his way to rescue the Princess PeiPei(a very quiet Lucy Liu, for once) from the bad guy. Roy and Chan Whang(or John Wayne, as Roy thought it was) become buddies and Roy teaches Chang how to be a cowboy(in his own way). It is a buddy/comedy/western film. I thought that the chemistry between the two actors was good, and although Wilson is the better commedian, they were a good comedy team. You gotta keep watching until the end -- the outtakes are very funny!! The soundtrack isn't bad either.
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Summary: Fluff, but world-class fluff it is.
Review: It would be easy to write this off as "Rush Hour Goes West," except that in every way, "Shanghai Noon" is the superior film: Jackie Chan's fish out of water character is more unique and further out of water, the action sequences are more spectacular, the premise (such as it is) is fairly unique and Owen Wilson is a better actor and comedian than Chris Tucker on his best day. The premise -- Imperial Guard Jackie Chan goes from the Forbidden City to wild west Nevada to team up with easy going train robber Owen Wilson to rescue Western-minded Chinese princess Lucy Liu (who, for once, doesn't have any dominatrix parts to play in this movie) from eeeeeeeeeeeevil Chinese "traitor" and villainous marshal -- is basically just a frame to hook on pretty girls, some rather anachronistic seemingly ad-libbed dialogue by Wilson and, of course, one spectacular fight sequence after another. The fights, alas, are fewer than in Chan's earlier films -- age and injury are catching up to him -- but they're still wildly inventive, with the best being a sequence in which he uses nearby saplings to fight off a horde of angry Crow. Plot points are picked up and cast off as needed -- for instance, why the shotgun wedding bride switches her romantic allegience at the end isn't really explained (although the deleted scenes on the DVD fill in some of the gaps -- but "Shanghai Noon" isn't trying to be "Lonesome Dove" or even "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." It's fluff of the "Young Guns" tier, but it rises to the top of that subgenre, and is an immensely enjoyable and pleasant film, suitable for swashbuckling cowboys and not-too-bad desperadoes.
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