Shanghai Knights [Region 2] |  | Director: David Dobkin
Actors: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Aaron Johnson, Aidan Gillen
Category: DVD
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Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 235454
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Audio Description), English (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
Model: D088807
EAN: 5017188888530
ASIN: B0000TEW2S
Theatrical Release Date: February 7, 2003
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Better than your average sequel, Shanghai Knights almost defies the law of diminishing returns. Lacking the freshness of Shanghai Noon, it compensates with a looser, disposable plot that plays to the strengths of costars Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. It's 1887, and odd-couple heroes Chon Wang (Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) are in London to retrieve the Imperial Seal of China, stolen by an English lord (Aidan Gillen) who killed Wang's father in his quest for the British throne. Wang's lithe and lovely sister (Fann Wong) joins the battle with high-kicking force, appealing to Roy's roguish charm and surfer-dude anachronisms. While Chan continues his transition to safer stunts and good-natured homage to Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, and other Hollywood legends, Wilson indulges the party vibe to good effect, maintaining the anything-goes approach that allows silly encounters with Jack the Ripper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a Dickensian urchin named Charlie Chaplin. (Chaplin wasn't born until 1889, but if the filmmakers didn't care, why should you?) --Jeff Shannon
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 Get Your Chan On December 6, 2009
David A. Smith (Webberville, Mi, USA)
Chan and Wilson are back for more laughs in this comedey hit sequel to Shanghai Noon. This movie rocks i love this film. I recomend this movie :)
 Jackie Chan is good... July 29, 2009
O. Aguilar (Houston, TX USA)
Owen Wilson is the wild card, Jackie playing the Straight man. Pretty decent pair up by these two. The story is predictable but still entertaining due to the starring actor's comedic chemistry. A must have for a good laugh (with some kung fu thrown in between).
Shanghai Knights February 16, 2009
Matthew Reichel (Seattle, WA USA)
DVD was hilarious.
DVD arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.
For some reason I'd forgotten seeing this movie... But it all came back eventually! Good stuff! August 22, 2008
Michael Gmirkin (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
While I'm not saying the movie is forgettable, I am saying that I did forget having seen it until I re-watched it today. Now I remember good portions of it from before.
In all it's a comedy / martial arts piece with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. It's a worthy sequel to the original. Plenty more action, comedy and loose women, so-to-speak. The pillow fight seemed completely extraneous, and yet quite amusing. Though, it was apparently the most dangerous scene in the movie on account of the feathers being inhaled and not wanting to come out... Weird!
The picture quality's great. The sound track is good. Actually the soundtrack is kind of weird, and yet rather amusing at several point if only for the choice of songs...
Yup, I'm still a Jackie Chan fan after this movie. In fact, the Shanghai Noon / Shanghai Knights and Rush Hour series are some of his better movies. The Myth and The Forbidden Kingdom are damn good too.
A bowl of Fun April 10, 2008
Bo Østergaard Jepsen (Beijing, China)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an old Jackie Chan fan I was of course pleased to see him finally make his breakthrough in Hollywood with "Rush Hour" and "Shanghai Noon" some years ago, and I think highly of both movies.
But whereas the Rush Hour franchise has run on for too long, the tale of the two accidental western heroes is (as of yet) unspoiled. "Shanghai Knights" is funny, well produced, well acted, well actionpacked, generally well made, and, in my opinion, better than its predecessor "Shanghai Noon".
The jokes work, the action works, the plot works. In short: it works.
Highly recommendable.
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