Shanghai Knights (2003)

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.

Director:

David Dobkin

Writers:

Alfred Gough (characters), Miles Millar (characters)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Chon Wang
Owen Wilson	...	Roy O'Bannon
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	...	Charlie (as Aaron Johnson)
Tom Fisher	...	Artie Doyle
Aidan Gillen	...	Rathbone
Fann Wong	...	Chon Lin
Donnie Yen	...	Wu Chow
Oliver Cotton	...	Jack the Ripper
Alison King	...	Prostitute
Constantine Gregory	...	The Mayor
Jonathan Harvey	...	Fagin #1
Richard Haas	...	Street Preacher
Anna-Louise Plowman	...	Debutante (as Anna Louise Plowman)
Georgina Chapman	...	Debutante
John Owens	...	Server

Storyline

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. Chon's sister, Lin, has the same idea, and uncovers a worldwide conspiracy to murder the royal family but almost no one will believe her.

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Plot Keywords:

charlie chaplin character | queen victoria character | good versus evil | sir arthur conan doyle character | otm gag | 

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Taglines:

A Royal Kick In The Arse

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action violence and sexual content

Details

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shanghai Noon 2

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,352 (Hong Kong), 31 January 2003, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,603,630, 9 February 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$60,476,872

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$88,323,487

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures,Spyglass Entertainment,Birnbaum / Barber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Artie Doyle tries to break the lock of Madame Tussaud's, Roy compares his work to that of a surgeon. This is probably a reference to the fact that the real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician, even though in the movie he's a detective.

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Goofs

Charlie's face is dirty when Wang and O'Bannon meet him. But a few minutes later, when Charlie, hiding in a crate, sneaks a peek at Wang fighting a group of thugs, his face is clean.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Chon Wang's Father: You are not permitted to gaze at the Imperial Seal.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the movie run during the ending credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: David Spade/Jack Johnson (2005)

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Soundtracks

The Minuet (From The Quintet In E 3rd Movement)
Traditional by Luigi Boccherini
Arranged & Performed by Tom Klar, Jan Petrik, Milolas Cech, Karel Urban

User Reviews

Entertained and funny movie with two sympathetics protagonists

This second part is a follow up of¨Shangai noon¨with the likable starring(Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson) who are going to London for retrieve a brilliant royal object that Jackie Chan's father was guarding in the forbidden city Pekin when he was murdered.They know to Victoria queen (Gemma Jones) and a roguish street boy called Charles Chaplin.They'll confront against the villain(Aidan Gillen and Donnie Yen) which want overthrow the British and China thrones and nasties Boxers Chinese and even Jack the Ripper(Oliver Cotton). Meanwhile Owen Wilson falls in love with Chan's sister(Fam Wong).

Chan and Wilson make a jolly and perfect couple. It's habitual in Chan films create duos, a ¨buddy movie¨type, such male:Chris Tucker(Rush hour I and II)as female:Jennifer Love Hewitt(the Tuxedo) and Claire Forlani(the medallion) and here magnificently with Wilson. The choreography fights are excellent ,they are made as musical numbers, there are a remembrance to dancing¨singing in the rain¨as well as Harold LLoyd,Keistone cops and to the author Arthur Conan Doyle with his Sherlock Holmes. It's an agreeable picture but uneven comedy,works better when Jackie Chan goes into the action.It's a Chan vehicle for the continued struggles in bounds and leaps. The final confrontation among the starring and the enemies on the Thames river with fireworks background and in the Big clock tower are overwhelming and breathtaking. Cinematography(Adrian Biddle) and music(Randy Edelman) is spectacular and atmospheric. Production set is extraordinary, it's very well designed 1887 London epoch. the pic is rightly directed by David Dobkin. Rating:Nice and bemused .