Shanghai Noon (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Tom Dey

Writers (WGA):

Miles Millar (written by) &
Alfred Gough (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western

Tagline:

The Classic Western Gets A Kick In The Pants.

Plot:

Jackie Chan plays a Chinese man who travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Chinese | Rescue | Imperial Guard | China

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Chon Wang
Owen Wilson	...	Roy O'Bannon
Lucy Liu	...	Princess Pei Pei
Brandon Merrill	...	Indian Wife
Roger Yuan	...	Lo Fong
Xander Berkeley	...	Van Cleef
Rongguang Yu	...	Imperial Guard (as Rong Guang Yu)
Ya Hi Cui	...	Imperial Guard (as Cui Ya Hi)
Eric Chen	...	Imperial Guard (as Eric Chi Cheng Chen)
Jason Connery	...	Andrews
Walton Goggins	...	Wallace
Adrien Dorval	...	Blue (as P. Adrien Dorval)
Rafael Báez	...	Vasquez
Stacy Grant	...	Hooker in Distress
Kate Luyben	...	Fifi

Also Known As:

Шанхайский полдень (Russia) [ru]
Új csapás (Hungary) [hu]
Bater ou Correr (Brazil) [pt]
Le cowboy de Shanghaï (Canada: French title) [fr]
Pallottole cinesi (Italy) [it]
Sangay'li kovboy (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Shang-High Noon (Germany) [de]
Shanghai Kid (France) [fr]
Shanghai Kid (Venezuela) [es]
Shanghai Kid, del este al oeste (Spain) [es]
Shanghai Noon (Portugal) [pt]
Shanghai Noon (Denmark) [da]
Shaolin Cowboy (Romania) [ro]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, some drug humor, language and sensuality.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English | Mandarin | Sioux

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:L (video rating) | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (nf) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (PCA #38763) | Australia:PG | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

During the scene where Roy and Chon are drunk in the hotel, director Tom Dey hoped to include a drunken kung fu scene as an homage to Jui kuen II (1994) (Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)). There was no time to choreograph such a scene, so Dey showed Chon blowing bubbles from his mouth, as Wong Fei-hung does in the Drunken Master movie.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Marshall Van Cleef states, "By the authority vested in me by the Territory of Nevada..." Nevada became a state in 1864. The story took place in 1881.

Quotes:

Roy O'Bannon: Come on out, Little Roy. Work your magic.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shanghai Poon (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

La Grange

A Winner For Jackie Chan

It seems this film has been out longer than just six years but I remember it was one of the first modern-day humorous martial arts films to be seen in North America. It also introduced a much wider English- speaking audience to the charm and talents of Asian star Jackie Chan, who now is well-known everywhere, even if he is getting up in age.

This is considered one of Chan's better films and the setting certainly is different than normal for him: the American Old West. Good action scenes, some solid humor, fun characters and nice cinematography are all the pluses. Chan speaks English so there is no need for dubbing, either.

The only "minus" I found was the final action scene going on too long, but that's typical of films. All in all, this is a very entertaining movie. Owen Wlson and Lucy Liu also are two big reasons this film became so popular.