| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Ronald O. Christian (Rating: 2/5) |
| So Friday we decided we needed a dinner and movie night. Dinner was a
cute little Art Deco restaurant, and the film was Shanghai Knights,
Jackie Chan's latest Hollywood release. Daughter had been looking
forward to the film, as she really like Jackie...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Lo, how the mighty have fallen. The Tuxedo aside, I am a Jackie Chan
fan. Between his genial aw-shucks personality, superhuman feats of
agility & creativity, and his comedic timing, what's not to love?
Paired with Owen Wilson, Chan gets to marry...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 4/10) |
| Shanghai Knights, the sequel to the surprisingly entertaining Shanghai Noon,
suffers from just about every possible symptom of sequelitis. The story,
which was ridiculously weak in the original, is even more skeletal here. The
stars don't try nearly as...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| After the mess that is /The Tuxedo/, Jackie Chan is back in fine form
again, showcasing his tongue-in-cheek sense of humour and acting
ability, while Owen Wilson shows someone who talks too much in an
irritating manner can still be funny. more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| The Victorians, God bless 'em, had an expression for a woman of easy and
commercially-oriented virtue, which was "no better than she should be." There
are movies like that too. "Shanghai Knights" is that kind of picture - dressed
up in bold and...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| If you've seen the just-released list of Oscar
nominated films for 2002, you'll find films about
despondent women, heroic fantasies, and a
Holocaust survivor. You'll even find a rare nod
for a musical and recognition for a historical
epic. But the...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
Roy O'Bannon and the Shanghai Kid run off to England in the 1800s to find the
man who killed the latter's father. Toss the Kid's younger sister into the mix,
a bad guy looking out for number one, another bad guy looking out for number two
and a...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| This sequel to "Shanghai Noon" (2000) re-teams the odd-couple of Jackie Chan and
Owen Wilson - now coping with culture clash in Victorian England. As action
comedy begins, Chon Wang (Chan) has made an honorable transition from the
Imperial Guard in...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), since his last adventures in "Shanghai Noon," has
become the respected sheriff of Carson City, Nevada. But, when he learns that
his honorable father was murdered and his sister is on the trail of the killers,
he heads to New York...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C) |
| In the Forbidden City, an evil Englishman murders the Keeper of the Imperial
Seal despite the efforts of his feisty daughter Lin (Fann Wong). She contacts
brother Wang (Jackie Chan, "The Tuxedo"), now sheriff of Carson City, who in
turn heads to New York...more |
| Shanghai Knights Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| When athletes age, their bodies eventually signal that it's time to give up the
sport. Jackie Chan's body might appear to have long since passed this physical
point of no return, but, instead of giving up, Chan has been slowly adapting his
routines to...more |
