Shanghai Knights
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Movie Reviews of Shanghai Knights
Movie Review: Finally, clean non-rushed fights!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this sequel to Shanghai Noon, Chan is finally allowed to unleash his potential. The fights are clean and well choreographed, and fun as heck. The story is ok. It's nothing to "oo" and "ah" about, but it's nothing to tear apart either. The comedy's pretty good. The comedy in the middle of the earlier fights is the best. I couldn't stop laughing during those. The character references are great too. The fights get more serious toward the end of the movie (duh), but are still very very good. One of my only problems with the movie is that they cut the fights. They left things out. Luckily, the DVD keeps its 5 star ranking with me because it has the uncut fights in the deleted scenes section. That's where I found the Jackie Chan vs Donnie Yen fight I was hoping to see. Yay. Another beef I had with the movie is that they never explained what really happened between Roy and Falling Leaf (or whatever the Native American woman's name was, sorry). You can assume that Roy being Roy, moved on to the next woman (or rather women). Thankfully, the deleted scenes tell what exactly happened (or exact enough without getting to wordy). I kinda wish that they left the fights whole and left the few seconds of explaination that I listed above in the film itself. I guess they assume that most people won't sit through a 2 hour+ Jackie Chan movie. Maybe they're right, but I know I would. I have ("Miracles" on DVD). All in all, it's a great movie made better on DVD. The first "real" Jackie Chan movie I've seen since "Drunken Master 2". "Who Am I?" was pretty good. Still need to find an unedited version of that though (HINT HINT, Columbia/TriStar). Watch Shanghai Knights and enjoy.Movie Review: Finally, clean non-rushed fights!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this sequel to Shanghai Noon, Chan is finally allowed to unleash his potential. The fights are clean and well choreographed, and fun as heck. The story is ok. It's nothing to "oo" and "ah" about, but it's nothing to tear apart either. The comedy's pretty good. The comedy in the middle of the earlier fights is the best. I couldn't stop laughing during those. The character references are great too. The fights get more serious toward the end of the movie (duh), but are still very very good. One of my only problems with the movie is that they cut the fights. They left things out. Luckily, the DVD keeps its 5 star ranking with me because it has the uncut fights in the deleted scenes section. That's where I found the Jackie Chan vs Donnie Yen fight I was hoping to see. Yay. Another beef I had with the movie is that they never explained what really happened between Roy and Falling Leaf (or whatever the Native American woman's name was, sorry). You can assume that Roy being Roy, moved on to the next woman (or rather women). Thankfully, the deleted scenes tell what exactly happened (or exact enough without getting to wordy). I kinda wish that they left the fights whole and left the few seconds of explaination that I listed above in the film itself. I guess they assume that most people won't sit through a 2 hour+ Jackie Chan movie. Maybe they're right, but I know I would. I have ("Miracles" on DVD). All in all, it's a great movie made better on DVD. The first "real" Jackie Chan movie I've seen since "Drunken Master 2". "Who Am I?" was pretty good. Still need to find an unedited version of that though (HINT HINT, Columbia/TriStar). Watch Shanghai Knights and enjoy.Movie Review: "AIM FOR THE FLAG!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Hanging from the minute hand of Big Ben, Chon Wang (Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) must try to descend Big Ben with the aid of the Union Jack hanging right below them. So, it's another vertical red carpet exit for Jackie Chan. Looking for some vintage Chan movies, I was directed to Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights by someone knowledgeable about Jackie Chan. It seems the consensus is that this one is o.k., not as good as some of his others. Chan's movies have many scenes that will leave you chuckling over them long after their end; in that respect, they remind me a lot of Charlie Chaplin's productions. Charles Chaplin appears in this movie as a London street urchin who steals O'Bannon's pocket watch. The movie takes place during 1887, the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, two years before Chaplin's birth to an impoverished London couple. So some of the historical details are accurate, some anachronistic. (Also, the boxer rebellion didn't take place until 1900). Chon Wang, the former Chinese Imperial Guard, leaves his Sheriff's post in Carson City, Nevada to find his father's killers who also have made off with the Emperor's Official Seal. So, much is at stake which Wang's sister realizes and takes it upon herself to go to London to find the murderers and the Seal. The flirtatious O'Bannon woos Wang's sister, and Wang, understandably, given what you know of O'Bannon's character from Shanghai Noon, tries to discourage his sister from reciprocating. "He pays women to sleep with him!", Wang tells his sister. There is some content in this movie I could do without, but it is really not too offensive. Overall, I do like the movie. And like Charlie Chaplin movies, so far, for Jackie Chan movies, I love them all!Movie Review: DVD has un-cut extended fight scenes
Summary: 5 Stars
Overall, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS is not as funny or cohesive as Shanghai Noon, nor does it treat it's setting with the same respect that gave the original a grander scale.Having said that, I really liked the fight scenes and feel these are Jackie's best and most creative of any of this American films to date. I can't believe some of these reviewers said there was more action in the first film -- were we watching the same two films?! There may have been less stunts, but KNIGHT'S fight scenes were pretty extensive. Jackie may be a bit slower and less fierce than 15 years ago, but the choreography is a return to his glory days of the 80's and early 90's.
Some fans complained Jackie recycled a lot of his Shanghai Knights choreography from his previous Hong Kong films (like the jacket scene from the street fight which he's done in a couple other HK films). But I kinda liked this really, as Shanghai Knights seems to have fun paying tribute to other people's movies, so why not pay tribute to Jackie's movies as />The Jackie - Donnie Yen fight was way too short according to disappointed kung-fu fans like me, but the DVD includes in it's deleted scenes the full uncut fight, as well as the uncut fights in the wax museum, the library, and Big Ben. All four of these uncut versions were much better than the shortened versions that ended up in the movie.
Movie Review: For some reason I'd forgotten seeing this movie... But it all came back eventually! Good stuff!
Summary: 5 Stars
While I'm not saying the movie is forgettable, I am saying that I did forget having seen it until I re-watched it today. Now I remember good portions of it from before.
In all it's a comedy / martial arts piece with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. It's a worthy sequel to the original. Plenty more action, comedy and loose women, so-to-speak. The pillow fight seemed completely extraneous, and yet quite amusing. Though, it was apparently the most dangerous scene in the movie on account of the feathers being inhaled and not wanting to come out... Weird!
The picture quality's great. The sound track is good. Actually the soundtrack is kind of weird, and yet rather amusing at several point if only for the choice of songs...
Yup, I'm still a Jackie Chan fan after this movie. In fact, the Shanghai Noon / Shanghai Knights and Rush Hour series are some of his better movies. The Myth and The Forbidden Kingdom are damn good too.