Shanghai Noon (2000)
76%RT Audience Score: 65%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 7 nominations
Although the plot is really nothing to brag about, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson work well together. The cinematography looks great, and Jackie delivers a hilarious performance. This is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser
Shanghai Noon is the perfect movie for when you want to turn off your brain and just enjoy some good ol’ fashioned buddy comedy. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson make an unlikely but hilarious duo, with Chan’s martial arts skills and Wilson’s laid-back surfer dude vibe. The movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, with plenty of visual and verbal gags to keep you laughing. Sure, it’s not the most substantial film out there, but sometimes you just need some good, clean family fun. Plus, who doesn’t love a movie that’s equal-opportunity nutty?
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for action violence, some drug humor, language and sensuality
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 12.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):English, Mandarin, Sioux, Spanish
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Country of origin:United States, Hong Kong
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 26, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2005
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
Keyword(s)
starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Yu Rong-Guang, directed by Tom Dey, written by Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, genre, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nell Minow, Derek Adams, Andy Richards, Bob Graham, Sean P Means, Steven Rosen, Tony Black, James Plath, Tim Brayton, Peter Canavese, MPAA rating, comedy, action, adventure, western, Chon Wang, Roy O’Bannon, Princess Pei Pei, Lo Fong, Marshall Nathan Van Cleef, Imperial Guard, Forbidden City of China, Nevada, Wild Frontier Land, Sensuality, Drug Content, Violence, English, Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Scope (2.35:1), Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Tomatometer, Audience Score, Rent/buy from $3.99, Subscription, May 26, 2000, Wide, Jan 25, 2005, $56.9M, 1h 50m
Worldwide gross: $99,274,467
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $172,183,202
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 776
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 18,776,794
US/Canada gross: $56,937,502
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $98,753,302
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 760
US/Canada opening weekend: $15,607,034
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $27,069,086
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 507
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $55,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $95,392,868
Production budget ranking: 435
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $51,369,059
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $25,421,275
ROI to date (est.): 17%
ROI ranking: 1,306
Owen Wilson – Roy O’Bannon
Lucy Liu – Princess Pei Pei
Roger Yuan – Lo Fong
Xander Berkeley – Marshall Nathan Van Cleef
Yu Rong-Guang – Imperial Guard
Director(s)
Tom Dey
Writer(s)
Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Producer(s)
Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 7 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (134) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (107) | Rotten (27)
Engaging Jackie Chan movie for older teens and up.
December 28, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
Much of its strength comes from the central clash between Jackie’s indomitable energy and Wilson’s knowingly anachronistic cool, while lots of visual and verbal gags keep things whistling.
June 24, 2006
Derek Adams
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Shanghai Noon is an accomplished follow-up to Jackie Chan’s first big-budget US film Rush Hour.
December 2, 2002
Andy Richards
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
This is almost Mel Brooks territory: The frontiersmen think the Chinese are Jews, while the white settlers think it’s the Sioux who are. This is equal-opportunity nuttiness, and there’s a method to it.
June 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
For Jackie Chan to succeed in Hollywood, Hollywood must let Jackie be Jackie — something the jokey Western Shanghai Noon does only sporadically.
January 1, 2000
Sean P. Means
Film.com
TOP CRITIC
Has charmingly effervescent, sometimes-hilarious chemistry between Chan and Wilson.
January 1, 2000
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
TOP CRITIC
Shanghai Noon feels both like a flashback to an earlier time of more innocent pictures, and also slightly predictive of the vanguard of colourful comic-book cinema to come.
February 14, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
It’s a clever variation on the buddy cop picture, with Jackie Chan showing both his comic chops and his martial arts skills, and Owen Wilson doing what he does best-playing a laid-back, chick-magnet California surfer dude.
March 30, 2016 | Rating: B+
James Plath
Family Home Theater
You can’t get a whole lot less substantial than this, but well-played, friendly banter is tough to do, and the film hits its mark perfectly on that front.
May 19, 2013 | Rating: 7/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Though the film nakedly seeks a wide audience through conventional plotting and characterization—and despite being (like most action movies) guy-centric—Shanghai Noon provides good, clean “family” fun. [Blu-ray]
May 14, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
As far as light, brainless summer entertainment goes, it makes the grade.
January 6, 2010 | Rating: 3/4
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
The first half of this film is great entertainment, and then it starts to unravel, but not before Chan establishes himself as a dynamic comedian.
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review…
Plot
A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O’Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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