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2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good or funny as Shanghai Noon..., Jun 29 2004

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ThisThatNEverything "thisthatneverything" (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

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This movie was o.k. but I didn't care for it as much as I did Shanghai Noon. In Shanghai Noon I couldn't stop laughing but I didn't find that I laughed but a time or two in Shanghai Knights. The bloopers at the end gave me many more laughs then the actual movie did. I thought the vase scene was way to fake & didn't make a whole lot of sense. I don't plan on watching it again. To be honest, I just saw the movie yesterday & can't remember most of it. It's just not a movie that's going to stick with you. I'd say skip this movie.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Jackie 10, Shanghai Knights 1, May 10 2004

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"Shanghai Noon" was one of the funniest and most spontanious films I have seen in months...... so I had no fear when I ponied up 26 bucks for this sequel, and I could not believe how weak it was. Okay... Chan is just fine, the fighting sequences are classic Chan and inventive, and of course he is charming and humorous. The cinematography is well crafted...... AND yes, there are some very major historic and continuity problems with this film....

First of all if you have any passion for historic recreations in film, you are going to be seriously disturbed by the amount of blunders here.. they are too numerous to mention, and on several websites are on-going discussions of what they were and why they were overlooked. Never mind, the first film had historic mistakes as well.. and one can argue that this IS comedy...... but if you KNOW history, they are going to be distracting and you will miss the action, comedy and excitement of the film.

However, my main complaint is the musical "jokes" that pepper the film. We are in Victorian London, England and we hear huge chunks of loud musical clips from pop songs of the 1950s and 60s, like the old Roger Miller tune "England Swings", "Singing in the Rain" (no it is not raining and Jackie is not singing when they play it), "Magic Bus" (no, there is no bus in the scene) and "Winchester Cathedral" which plays loudly in a scene filmed at... get this... "Buckingham Palace"!! There are more, very loud musical "jokes" that totally detract and ruin the mood of the setting, comic moments and the action at hand. The main orchestral score itself is actually well composed and performed, but the added outlandish musical jokes are totally inappropriate and go on far too long to be funny.... and in fact... without them, the movie, in my opinion, would have been a lot more fun and enjoyable.

As far as Owen's performance... it was clearly NOT up to the fine job he did in the first film. In "Noon" he was funny, loveable, playful and genuine. In this film he seems distracted, over-directed and less expressive. He also does not look like he is having fun with his character.... it's a walk through for him.

My suggestion is to get the first film... its a treasure. Far fetched, yes, but it has charm, comedy, continuity, drama, and loads of action. This new film is a series of jokes and parodies (musical and otherwise) that simply don't hold together or keep a person involved in the continuity... and even the great Jackie Chan can't keep it together alone.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, April 29 2004

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T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This sequel to Shanghai Noon is perhaps one of Jackie Chan's worst movies. The story is a cliche--Jackie has to rescue his sister and avenge his father's death. The twist in this story is that he has to go to England to find the killer. Of couse we have to put up with a lot of bad jokes about English food and stereotypical English gentlemen. I particularly hated the performance of Owen Wilson. I simply can't understand why he keeps getting cast as a comedian. He's definitely not funny at all. To make it worse, the character he plays has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Even Jackie Can is not at his best in this one. The fight scenes aren't as fluid as some of his other recent performances. His age really shows in his fight scenes. If you're craving a recent Jackie Chan film, you should stick with the Rush Hour series. I give this two stars instead of one out of goodwill for Jackie Chan.

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5.0 out of 5 stars this movie kicks a$$, seriously
This is one of those great action comedies only the best like jakie chan can pull off, this time, their adventure is set in England, where they have to rescue chan's sister, and... Read more

Published on April 12 2004 by Hadi

3.0 out of 5 stars A step down but still a worthy sequel.
Don't pay attention to the lack of continuity of SK with Shanghai Noon SN. The guts of this movie is the continuing relationship between the laconic Chong Wang, played by jackie... Read more

Published on Mar 29 2004 by JediMack

5.0 out of 5 stars Watchout!!!!! Chan and Wilson light it up
I loved this movie. It's action packed, funny and has a great plotline and story to it. I've never seen the first, but this one is great. Read more

Published on Mar 26 2004 by scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Jackie Chan's Best!
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson return in the sequal to their movie "Shanghai Noon," a movie which I did not like at all, but now they both return with a great sequal and a great... Read more

Published on Feb 8 2004 by Ed Mich

3.0 out of 5 stars A wild comedy with slap-stick humor and one-liners...
Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are together once again in this sequel to Shanghai Noon (2000), and this time someone has murdered Chon's father and stolen... Read more

Published on Jan 29 2004 by Kim Anehall

5.0 out of 5 stars So Funny
The first time I saw this movie I didn't think much of it, but when I watched it again it was absolutely histerical! These two make such a good team.

Published on Jan 28 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't live up to its prequel
My wife and I are great fans of Jackie Chan and we both liked Shanghai Noon. That's why we rented Shanghai Knights. But this sequel was, frankly, very boring. Read more

Published on Jan 13 2004 by C. Fernandes

1.0 out of 5 stars A total travesty
I recently rented this movie and turned it off after 15 minutes or so (after the first fight with some London thugs. Read more

Published on Jan 12 2004 by Joshua W. Fenton

3.0 out of 5 stars STEP ONE: kick
In Brief

When a Chinese rebel murders Wang's estranged father and escapes to England, Wang (Chan) and Roy (Wilson) make their way to London with revenge on their minds. Read more

Published on Jan 7 2004 by Mr. T. J. Bacon

2.0 out of 5 stars tepid comedy
**1/2 "Shanghai Knights" reunites Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson as Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon, the wisecracking duo from the popular Old West comedy "Shanghai Noon. Read more

Published on Nov 30 2003 by Roland E. Zwick