This DVD item from Walt Disney Video was reviewed on 27-Oct-2008.
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1) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. For some reason, I had an image of a really cheesy, cornball movie that was so-so. But I may have been thinking of Wild Wild West and/or Blazing Saddles.
I love Jackie Chan movies. This one doesn´t disappoint! It´s full of great action scenes, several doses of humor, and lots of Jackie goodness!
I liked it considerably more than The Medallion, which I watched a couple nights ago (at least decent fare in its own right). Now I really want to see Shanghai Knights and see if it´s as good as the original.
I´d certainly rate this a "buy" if you´re into Jackie, and maybe even if you´re not. Good art direction, costuming, etc. Well choreographed fights. Etc. Good stuff!¤ 2) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. Very fast service. I order the movie 4 days before my daughter´s birthday, and got it well in advance. I was pleasantly surprised. And, of course, she loves the movie.¤ 3) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. Funny with great action scenes. I know its weird to slash this but they get into a tub naked together, how could I not?! ^_^; Not many fics but their good.
-ksha2222¤ 4) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. The DVD was a gift for my sister and the first DVD sent to her was defective. Half way through playing, it stopped and went back to the beginning. I contacted Amazon and the DVD was replaced free of charge. I was very very pleased with how the whole thing was handled. Amazon even reimbursed me for the shipping I paid to return the first DVD. The second DVD plays fine and my sister is very pleased. Thank You Again¤ 5) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. Jackie says he´d had the idea for this movie for years. I think it wasn´t until he came to the US that he could do it justice. Yeah, Jackie´s biggest fans usually prefer his Hong Kong films, but you gotta admit that this is a movie that would´ve been hard to make in Asia.
Jackie´s sidekick in Shanghai Noon is a great comedian. He has a look and a voice quality that is very unique. Perfect casting for the part. The jail house scene between the two is priceless.
I also really like the music right from the beginning. The music sets the mood and really supports the action.
The settings are also quite interesting. The Forbidden City scenes, though brief are really cool (I´d like to know where they really filmed that), and the outdoor mountain scenes are inspiring.
Two thumbs up!¤ 6) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. Two cultures collide in SHANGHAI NOON, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 2), Owen Wilson (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), and Lucy Liu (PAYBACK, CHARLIE´S ANGELS). Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang (say it out loud) who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with the laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O´Bannon (Wilson), they form the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West -- the two face jail, brawls, bordellos, and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! Spectacular stunts, outrageous irreverence, and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor, royalty, and a fortune in gold! It´s a real kick!¤ 7) DVD DVD Shanghai Noon by Walt Disney Video. Story? What story? All a movie like Shanghai Noon needs is the amazing stunt set pieces featuring kung fu superstar Jackie Chan and the drolly caffeinated ramblings of Owen Wilson (and to be sure, that´s all it gets). It´s a buddy comedy about Roy O´Bannon (Wilson), a minor, borderline incompetent desperado, and Chon Wang (Chan)--Roy thinks he hears (and scoffs at) the name "John Wayne"--a member of the Chinese Imperial Guard searching for a kidnapped princess (Lucy Liu). They become reluctant partners in the Old West (Roy, who considers Chon his sidekick, is hurt to discover that the bounty on Wang´s head is more than his own), brawling, drinking, bathing, and bonding and in general having mildly amusing adventures together, while eluding a posse and other random enemies. There´s not a lot of focus to the plot or much motivation for characters to turn up where and when they do--just what was achieved by the much-discussed trek to Carson City, anyway? But Chan´s inventively staged battle sequences (particularly an early one in which he uses flexible, resilient trees to best some Crow Indians) are predictable highlights. You´ll wish there were more to some of them, but as with his many of other films, you´ll want them on video to watch in slow-motion to see how he pulls them off. And in a potentially star- making role, Wilson´s loquacious, hyper-self-conscious meanderings--he´s funny even when his lines aren´t--make him seem less like a character than a very amusing deconstruction of one. Chan and Wilson are entertaining together, even though they´re both off in their own little worlds. Think of it as Butch Cassidy and the Shanghai Kid, and you won´t be too far off. --David Kronke¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 24-Nov-2008, 717951010605, J1B-RQB-TQB-64B-6EB-TCB-8 
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