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Just what I expected

Best movie ever!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

If you make the assumption that this is going to be a funny, wild movie, then you are absolutely correct.The movie is centered on the adventures of an imperial guard of the Qing dynasty in the late 19th century who travels to the new world with his uncle and some other Imperial guards in hopes of rescuing a Manchu princess. Jackie as an Imperial guard could have been quite interesting: An imperial guard who holds the utmost loyalty to the emperor, but doesn't mind going out of his way to serve, even if it means disobeying his dismissive superiors. It is very unfortunate that we did not see more of Jackie in the forbidden city, as the intrigue and plotting that occurred in the forbidden city is a subject that could have very easily created an interesting opening with a lot more action and comedy. Instead, the movie uses Jackie's role as an imperial guard simply as a way of explaining why the plot progresses in the first place, and nothing more. This results in a shallow opening for the movie.After the opening, the plot shifts the focus towards Owen. Owen's character is portrayed as an incompetent, naive bandit who loves money and women. Owen does his role amazingly, but his role may not have been the best role to include to begin with. The main reason he is even really alive is because he is ridiculously lucky (a villain later asks Owen's character how he's even been able to stay alive, which I also must ask). The fact that Owen's character is essentially useless results in a character that feels very forced and underwhelming. He practically gets carried around by Jackie's character throughout the entire movie until he ends up saving Jackie's life because Jackie's character, for whatever reason, decided that it was a good idea to publicly kowtow to the princess in the middle of the villain's compound -- while the villain was there, of all things. The only reason this ever happened, I assume, was to allow a transition so that Owen's character would finally become useful for something.Jackie's choreography is wonderful, and in addition, some of the other actors perform solid choreography. The imperial guards, the princess, and the traitor all did very well. Unfortunately, the entertainment provided by this action is all undermined by several things in particular. Saying the gun fights and standoffs are disappointing is an understatement. They simply could not have been any more underwhelming. This is part of the more broad problem that they handled Owen's fight scenes very poorly. They also split up the action scenes too much, which only intensified the problems I just mentioned. It was very annoying having to switch from watching Owen's character standing there sweating nervously to watching Jackie go ham on some guys with chain whip techniques every 6 or 7 seconds. I was essentially just waiting for Owen's clips to end so I could keep watching Jackie fight, and that sometimes made me feel like I was only watching half of a movie. As I said before, they should have handled Owen's fight scenes much better.But I've been talking about things that some other people might not care about. If you're just looking for a funny movie, then there are many people who would love this. I was originally recommended this movie by friends who were praising the comedic value of the movie, and I can't disagree with them. In short, the comedy is present, but the action is sometimes very lacking. Sadly, this ended up not being anything too special. I still think that it is a 7/10 because it would be a shame to overlook the comedy elements, as well as the efforts of Jackie and some of the other actors.

Shanghai Noon is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a terrific comedic cast. It's a very fun movie that contains many scenes that had me laughing out loud, as well as several surprisingly intense and very well choreographed action sequences, it's a clever mix of both westerns and martial arts films, and it is clear watching this from start to finish that it is a unique film. I only have two major problems with this movie, and that is that it takes itself too seriously at times, it gets fairly deep for something that should have only wanted to be a comedy, particularly the scenes with the princess and her capturers are quite dark and grim, and I also felt like it needed much more moments between Chan and Wilson's characters that conveyed a friendship is beginning, I would have liked to see a lot more scenes with the two of them together simply having fun and not worrying about the problem they must overcome. The highlight of the movie and the thing that certainly holds it all together would have to be Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, they are an unlikely duo, but this works out perfectly, the chemistry between the two is outstanding and the drinking game is definitely my favourite scene in the whole movie. Funny, action packed and entertaining, I would recommend Shanghai Noon to anyone looking for a good adventure film. A Chinese imperial guard teams up with a train robber in order to rescue a kidnapped princess. Best Performance: Owen Wilson

Imperial guard Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is in love with Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu). She runs away from an arranged marriage but instead she's taken for ransom to America by traitor Lo Fong. Three guards are sent to pay the ransom and Chon Wang begs to join the expedition. In Nevada, they encounter train robber Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) and his gang. Wang and O'Bannon are forced together when Wallace takes over the gang and later O'Bannon is found cheating at cards.Killing the uncle is probably not a good way to start the partnership. There are plenty of ways to better start the duo on their path together. That's really my only complaint. The comedy is sometimes broad like a hilarious Blazing Saddles scene. Jackie Chan is hilarious. Owen Wilson brings out his devilish charms. The old west is a great place for Jackie Chan to discover new props for his action scenes. The guys are a great comedy duo and there are plenty of big laughs.

shanghai noon is easily jackie chans best American movie action wise, now don't get me wrong i prefer rush hour as a movie, but shanghai noon is a much better showcase for chan's sort of action and comedy, and for the most part the movie succeeds, and owen Wilson as his partner and friend is hilarious in this. some of the action is brilliantly done, and even though it doesn't touch his hong kong stuff, but is much better than rush hour, and the stunts in this are better and more daring. the reason shanghai noon is so enjoyable is because it works as just a movie, a comedy and an action movie, there's plenty here for everyone. i seen the sequel and i didn't like it, the action was more wire work, and cgi, and it just felt forced, and unneeded. but never the less i recommend shanghai noon, its a perfect film to introduce jackie chan to people and new fans alike