Shanghai Knights Movie Review 2003

Chon Wang (Chan) and Roy (Wilson) team up again when Wang's father is killed while guarding the Imperial Seal. Wang's sister Li (Fann) has witnessed the crime and followed the culprit to London, where the duo also converge. There they find a plot by frustrated royal heirs Rathbone (Gillen) and Wu Chan (Yen) to overthrow the British and Chinese thrones. Chan and Wilson still have their great chemistry, and the script gives them plenty of opportunities to show it. Chan choreographs the fight scenes like numbers in a musical to excellent effect, paying homage to "Singin' in the Rain" as well as some of his influences such as the Keystone Kops, Harold Lloyd, Abbott and Costello, and Charlie Chaplin. Victorian-era cultural references are fun to catalogue 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 107 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Western Comedy, Buddies, Brothers & Sisters, London, Martial Arts, Period Piece: 19th Century, Culture Clash, Great Britain, Royalty, British, Jack the Ripper

Screenplay

Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Cast

Jackie Chan, Owen C. Wilson, Aidan Gillen, Fann Wong, Donnie Yen, Gemma Jones, Kim Chan, Aaron Johnson, Thomas Fisher, Oliver Cotton

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle

Director

David Dobkin

Music

Randy Edelman

Other

Ian Voigt, Malcolm Campbell, Giles Masters, Anthony Reading, Anne Sheppard, Allan Cameron

Producer

Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures