5.9
“The old west meets the far east.”
Shanghai Noon (2000)
May 26, 20001h 50mEN
6.4
2.7K votes
Overview
Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.
Director
Tom DeyWriters
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Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$55.0M
Revenue
$99.3M
Production Companies
Touchstone PicturesSpyglass EntertainmentBirnbaum/Barber ProductionsJCE Movies
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Wuchak
7.0_**Entertaining action/comedy Western**_ Released in 2000, "Shanghai Noon" features Jackie Chan as Chon Wang (the Chinese spelling of John Wayne) who teams up with good bad-guy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). They're pursuing the Empress of China or a load of gold -- whatever -- and have many misadventures. It didn't dawn on me until the end that the title "Shanghai Noon" is a comical take on "High Noon" (aduh). Anyway, this is a good flick to watch if you're in the mood for an Indiana Jones-type movie, like 1999's "The Mummy." It's not as good as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but it's better t…
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