Saturday, February 5, 2011

Shanghai Noon (2000)

★★★1/2

After the princess is mysteriously taken from the Forbidden City, imperial guard Chon Wang travels to Western America in search for the missing princess. While there he discovers that she was kidnapped in exchanged for imperial gold. Now he must team up with a trigger-happy train robber to bring the princess back, recover the gold and defeat a corrupt railroad builder. This action comedy is funny in all the right places and Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson make for a great team despite their moralistic differences. It’s filled with jaw-dropping stunts by Chan, and funny snarky comments by Owen Wilson. It’s truly a unique but satisfying buddy comedy.

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