Shanghai Noon Movie Review 2000

Goofy, good-natured, western action/comedy finds Chinese imperial guard Chon Wang (Chan) in trouble for not preventing Princess Pei Pei (Liu) from running off to America (circa 1880) with her American tutor (Connery). But it all turns out to be a kidnapping scheme and Wang winds up in Nevada, helping to deliver the ransom gold. Through some unlikely events, Wang hooks up with talkative, unsuccessful outlaw Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), learns some of the west's wilder ways, and the buds set out to rescue the damsel, who's no shrinking flower herself. Chan and Wilson are both throughly ingratiating and you've got the Chan stunts to look forward to as well.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Western Comedy, Kidnapped!, Rescue Missions, Royalty, Culture Clash, Period Piece: 19th Century, Gunslingers, Pardners

Screenplay

Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Cast

Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen C. Wilson, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Jason Connery, Henry O, Walton Goggins, Russ Badger, Rafael Baez, Brandon Merrill

Cinematography

Dan Mindel

Director

Tom Dey

Music

Randy Edelman

Producer

Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Willie Chan, Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Buena Vista