Shanghai Noon

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Shanghai Noon

PG-13

Released May 26, 2000

1h 50m

Comedy

Action

Adventure

Western

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Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China. When Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is taken hostage, Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets good-natured thief and occasional cowboy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). Using O'Bannon's love of money, Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen.

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Critics Consensus

Although the plot is really nothing to brag about, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson work well together. The cinematography looks great, and Jackie delivers a hilarious performance. This is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Engaging Jackie Chan movie for older teens and up.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Much of its strength comes from the central clash between Jackie's indomitable energy and Wilson's knowingly anachronistic cool, while lots of visual and verbal gags keep things whistling.

Jun 24, 2006

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Andy Richards

Sight & Sound

Shanghai Noon is an accomplished follow-up to Jackie Chan's first big-budget US film Rush Hour.

Dec 2, 2002

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

This East-meets-Old-West action comedy is hardly original, but the unlikely team clicks.

Aug 19, 2023

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Shanghai Noon feels both like a flashback to an earlier time of more innocent pictures, and also slightly predictive of the vanguard of colourful comic-book cinema to come.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 14, 2021

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James Plath

Family Home Theater

It's a clever variation on the buddy cop picture, with Jackie Chan showing both his comic chops and his martial arts skills, and Owen Wilson doing what he does best-playing a laid-back, chick-magnet California surfer dude.

Rated: B+

Mar 30, 2016

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Jerod S

Chan is trying to get back the princess (Liu) and has to use cowboy (Wilson) to get it done. Slapstick but fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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Petros T

Lots of fun for the most part: Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson are a good match, the former excelling as always in the department of amusing fight scenes, and the latter delivering a very enjoyable comedic performance all around. "Shanghai Noon" blends various styles and contains some hilarious lines and moments, and so it's unfortunate that it doesn't go out with a bang, instead resorting to a much too tidy, no-questions-asked finale wherein everything works out perfectly simply because it has to.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 50 minutes!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 25th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Sensuality, Drug Content and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $56,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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THE WRESTLING S

Best of action and comedy with a great story a must see for sure 😊

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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thiago s

Filme bacana, o roteiro é bacaninha, o filme tem cenas boas de lutas, a história é bacaninha, o elenco é bacana e alguns ajudam a melhorar o filme, e os personagens sao bons, e gostei da dupla jackie chan junto com o Owen Wilson, com tudo isso, eu recomendo esse filme.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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alan g

Ok Buddy movie. Owen Wilnot is one of the most annoying actors ever. When will he learn to act not just pass through a film. Jackie Chan tries but is a fish out of water. Lucy lose is pretty but is lousy as usual. Too much miss "comedy". A Kungfu western. For authenticity stick to the tv Kung Fu.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Synopsis

Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China. When Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is taken hostage, Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets good-natured thief and occasional cowboy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). Using O'Bannon's love of money, Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen.

Director: Tom Dey
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman
Screenwriter: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Roger Birnbaum Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Jackie Chan Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sensuality|Drug Content|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 26, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $56.9M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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