Shanghai Noon (UK)

8 / 10
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The classic western gets a kick in the pants
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 106 mins
Retail Price: £17.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Two cultures collide when East meets West in Shanghai Noon, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan (Rush Hour), Owen Wilson (Armageddon, The Haunting) and Lucy Liu (Payback, TV`s Ally McBeal).

Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O`Bannon (Wilson), the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West, the two face jail, brawls, bordellos and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall!

Spectacular stunts, outrageous irreverence and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor, royalty and a fortune in gold! It`s a real kick.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
7 Featurettes:- Making of an Eastern Western; Partners; Jackie`s Comedy; Western Stunts, Eastern Style; Hanging with Roy and the Kid; Action Overload; Choo Choo Boogie
Music Video

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

Subtitle Tracks:
English
CC: English

Directed By:
Tom Dey

Written By:
Alfred Gough
Miles Millar

Starring:
Xander Berkeley
Roger Yuan
Brandon Merrill
Lucy Liu
Owen Wilson
Jackie Chan

Casting By:
Nancy Green-Keyes
Lynne Carrow
Matthew Barry

Soundtrack By:
Randy Edelman

Director of Photography:
Daniel Mindel

Editor:
Richard Chew

Costume Designer:
Joseph A. Porro

Production Designer:
Peter J. Hampton

Producer:
Bruce Moriarty
Jonathan Glickman
Ned Dowd
Jules Daly
Roger Birnbaum
Gary Barber

Executive Producer:
Solon So
Jackie Chan

Distributor:
Buena Vista

Your Opinions and Comments

6 / 10

Lighthearted adventure about a loyal chinese guard who goes to the american wild west to rescue the princess who is kidnapped. He teams up with Outlaw Owen Wilson to save her. The movie is hardly funny at all so no marks in that field. It does have some good action and stunts. It was also good to see Xander Berkeley (George Mason from 24) as one of the key bad guys. Nothing really special here. This is a decent movie to just watch and forget about.
The picture is really sharp and detailed, just what you`d expect from a modern movie. The sound also is a good DD5.1.
Extras there are some deleted scenes, commentary and plenty of short featurettes looking at the making of the movie. This material was sufficient enoguh for a not so special movie.

Overall averagish movie, nothing special. Worth renting if nothing else catches your fancy

posted by dicanio on 3/4/2003 18:46