Wonderful character development!

Great Film overall

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

A sort of "buddy cop" pairing of Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, that makes fun of most of the western stereotypes and is a rollercoaster of adventures and laughs! Some great stunt work from Jackie as usual and the whole movie is pretty action packed as well so there's hardly a dull moment. Very very funny!

This a great and fun movie, and I have to say that Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson make a great and hilarious team. Forget the haters, this movie is one that I will watch again, and again. The story is fun as well, in 1880's China the Princess Pei Pei has been kidnapped and Chon Wang volunteers to rescue her and bring her back home. As he travels to America and to The Old West and Nevada he meets Roy O' Bannon a low down not so good Bandit/Cowboy. The two eventually come to terms, and they form this hilarious, unlikely duo of best friends. They eventually succeed in rescuing the princess and the two become heroes.Shanghai Noon is very fun, Jackie Chan and his fighting style is very cool and the fight scene with the Indian's is my favorite fighting scene. I like his name Chon Wang (John Wayne anyone?) Jackie's humor is hilarious. Owen Wilson on the other hand completes the duo with his humor and character, Owen brings his humor in with his sarcasm and saying's "No, you said wet shirt don't break, not piss shirt bend bar" that line made me laugh so much. I liked how they brought in the Old West it gives it it's own style.I also like the friendship between Chon and Roy, the two act well together. The story itself seems normal to me, Hero or Heroes rescue princess and saves the day. But Shanghai Noon makes the rescue story even better and more exciting. I have seen the second one Shanghai Knights, and I heard that they are making a third one called Shanghai Dawn, but it's been production for years...it's probably not going to happen, a shame really because I would have loved to see this duo again in a third adventure. 10/10 for Shanghai Noon

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson star in a 19th century Western, where Imperial Guard Chon Wang (Chan) of China's Forbidden City attempt to rescue the kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) in the United States. There, he meets small time robber Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) and together they go through misadventures, until they finally band together to find the Princess and rescue her people.This is basically a good old fashion western comedy featuring Chan's signature martial arts moves and Wilson's mellow and friendly attitude yearning for grandeur. You put the two characters together and you'll get a love-hate friendship and partnership that is mildly entertaining to watch.The plot is quick-paced, helped by the story's many adventures and fast action from the characters. The clash between the east and west cultures and stereotypes are amusing and harmless enough to keep the film interesting. Lots of slapstick humor and whimsical jokes from the cast, especially Chan and Wilson, mixed in with some heroic action and courageous drama. It's not Oscar material, but it's loads of fun.Grade B

I will preface this by saying that I'm really picky when it comes to comedies. That being said, this movie right here seems to think that it's enough to shove a funny stereotype in our faces and then expect us to laugh at it uproariously.I liked this film as an action/adventure film. Jackie Chan is a great martial art lead actor and his talents are showcased well in this film. It's not one of the best he has ever done, but the fight scenes are fun to follow, they're imaginative enough to keep up my interest and the settings have some promise and allow for some cool sequences. Furthermore, the West is filmed with care and all the various locations, while hardly original, look nice and feel genuine.Unfortunately the script is nonsensical, from oneshot characters that make no sense to plot motives and twists that come straight out of nowhere and steal all thunder out of the film. The plot itself is thin to begin with, but when every major conflict is resolved through either a deus ex machina or a cop-out, you get the idea that they really didn't give a damn as long as they could fill the screen with cheap gimmicks and laughs.The humour doesn't help either. There are some scenes that are honestly funny or at least amusing, most of the between Chan and Wilson, who have surprisingly good chemistry together, but most of the jokes are either mindless slapstick or racial stereotypes. Sure, a Chinaman can be funny if done correctly, but a Chinaman alone is not funny by default. Neither is a coward, a Mexican or an Indian. You need actual effort, which this film is unwilling to spend.If you're able to laugh at cheap jokes and clichés, this is not a bad action comedy. Chan and Wilson are talented comedic leads, who would have made this movie work had the script been any better. As it is, it's not to my liking, but I don't regret seeing it either.