Shanghai Knights
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When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
What critics thought
Mixed but leaning watchable: critics broadly agreed the Chan-Wilson pairing carries the film on charm alone, while the plot was singled out almost universally as weak or irrelevant. A handful of reviewers thought it surpassed the original; others found it a breezy but hollow retread.
“A hugely entertaining and more lavishly mounted follow-up to 2000's Shanghai Noon, the high-concept East-meets-Western – that first teamed [the] top-billed duo – pic rides even taller in the saddle as a fleet and funny crowd-pleaser.”
Joe Leydon·Variety
“Wilson gets to steal a part of the movie that Chan is smart enough not to want.”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“fun in a broad, genial way”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun Times
“Chan [...] found the perfect screen buddy in Wilson.”
Nathan Rabin·The A.V. Club
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Cast & Crew
David DobkinDirector
Jackie ChanChon Wang
Owen WilsonRoy O'Bannon
Fann WongChon Lin
Aidan GillenLord Nelson Rathbone
Donnie YenWu Chow
Tom FisherArthur 'Artie' Doyle
Aaron Taylor-JohnsonCharlie Chaplin
Alison KingProstitute
Constantine GregoryThe Mayor
Anna-Louise PlowmanDebutante
Georgina ChapmanDebutante
John OwensServer
Randy EdelmanComposer
Miles MillarWriter
Alfred GoughWriter
Adrian BiddleCinematographyShanghai Knights
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
What critics thought
Mixed but leaning watchable: critics broadly agreed the Chan-Wilson pairing carries the film on charm alone, while the plot was singled out almost universally as weak or irrelevant. A handful of reviewers thought it surpassed the original; others found it a breezy but hollow retread.
“A hugely entertaining and more lavishly mounted follow-up to 2000's Shanghai Noon, the high-concept East-meets-Western – that first teamed [the] top-billed duo – pic rides even taller in the saddle as a fleet and funny crowd-pleaser.”
Joe Leydon·Variety
“Wilson gets to steal a part of the movie that Chan is smart enough not to want.”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“fun in a broad, genial way”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun Times
“Chan [...] found the perfect screen buddy in Wilson.”
Nathan Rabin·The A.V. Club
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Cast & Crew
David DobkinDirectorJackie ChanChon WangOwen WilsonRoy O'BannonFann WongChon LinAidan GillenLord Nelson RathboneDonnie YenWu ChowTom FisherArthur 'Artie' DoyleAaron Taylor-JohnsonCharlie ChaplinAlison KingProstituteConstantine GregoryThe MayorAnna-Louise PlowmanDebutanteGeorgina ChapmanDebutanteJohn OwensServerRandy EdelmanComposerMiles MillarWriterAlfred GoughWriterAdrian BiddleCinematographyRent & Buy