Shanghai Noon (2000)

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.

Director:

Tom Dey

Writers:

Miles Millar, Alfred Gough

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O'Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.

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Plot Keywords:

princess | chinese | rescue | traitor | 19th century | 

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Taglines:

The Classic Western Gets A Kick In The Pants.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin Sioux Spanish

Release Date:

26 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shanghai Kid

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$34,901 (Finland) (10 November 2000)

Gross:

ESP 240,216,009 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of Marshall Nathan Van Cleef is a homage to Lee Van Cleef, who starred in many spaghetti westerns.

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Goofs

The movie is set in Nevada, and the Indians are identified as being Sioux. However, Nevada was not Sioux territory, but rather inhabited by Washoe, Shoshone and Paiute tribes.

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Quotes

[as Roy and Chon are about to be strung up]
Carson City Hangman: Nothing personal, boys.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the filming of the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in Charlie's Angels (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Back in the Saddle Again"
Written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
Performed by Aerosmith
Produced by The Boneyard Boys (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Marti Frederiksen)
Engineered by Paul Caruso
Courtesy of Aerodisc Partnership

User Reviews

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.