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Shanghai Noon
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Touchstone
Pictures
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| Kiddie Movie: |
It's cute, bring her along.
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| Date Movie: |
Fun action, but some swearing.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Jackie Chan style.
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| Action: |
Jackie Chan style.
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| Laughs: |
Lots of chuckles.
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| Memorable
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Roy and Chon in the bathtub.
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| Memorable
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Roy says something like: "You said a wet shirt
doesn't tear, not a pissed shirt bends bars!"
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| Directed By: |
Tom Dey
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| Produced By: |
Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber
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Shanghai Noon
A Movie Review |
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So I’m waiting with The Dude on the Left and Trash
to see "Mission: Impossible 2" and they ask me what I did
that day. I tell them I went to see "Shanghai Noon" and they
ask me how it was. I tell them "cute." Then Stu shows up,
asks me what I did and I tell him I went to see "Shanghai
Noon" and he asks what I thought. Well, I told him the same,
and he tells me he also saw it and yes, he agreed, it was
cute. So, there you have it, "Shanghai Noon" was a cute
movie. Not a blockbuster, not a gut-buster, not a
rip-roaring action thriller, but cute. And that’s not
bad.
If you liked Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour," well, "Shanghai
Noon" is basically the same except instead of Chris Tucker
overacting as a goofball, black, policeman-type character
you get Owen Wilson overacting as a goofball, white,
outlaw-type character, and instead of fighting in the
modern-day city you get fighting in the wild west. In
"Shanghai Noon" the Chinese princess is kidnapped, a group
of dudes are dispatched to find her, but Jackie Chan as Chon
Wang finds himself on his own at first, getting separated
from his posse, then teaming up with Owen as Roy O'Bannon,
and generally just kicking a lot of ass and finding his way
to rescue the princess. Roy comes along at first because of
the allure of a lot of gold, but then, yea, the impending
friendship comes along and Roy can’t leave Chon.
Simply there isn’t much more to be said. Owen and
Jackie have a decent chemistry together so the laughs come
pretty easy. Jackie is his normal kick-ass self, acting
goofy while on his quest to save the girl, Owen is a good,
goofball side-kick, and in the end I chuckled, I grinned,
but didn’t bust a gut. I didn’t feel cheated when
I left the theater, the people coming out weren’t
praising the movie or bashing it, and with all of those
things together, well, in my book that all adds up to a cute
movie.
With that I’ll wrap this up and give "Shanghai Noon"
3 ½ stars out of 5. It’s a Jackie Chan movie,
through and through, so if you liked him in the past
you’ll probably get a kick out of "Shanghai Noon", and
if you can’t stand Jackie Chan, stay home.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the
Right!! L8R!!! |
