Shanghai Noon

Lisa Schwarzbaum

But Shanghai Noon, which lacks Rush Hours manic energy, also lacks confidence in its own much bigger, potentially fascinating story an American tale of pageantry and history, whimsy and social resonance, embellished by Chans fancy footwork and Wilsons drollery. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

My mind boggled.What Shanghai Noon proves and heres how its a criticism of Wild Wild West is that no matter how much effort is put into production values and special effects, a movie like this finally depends on dialogue and characters. ( Read More )

Nell Minow

Chan and Wilson have a nice rapport and Wilsons easy going surfer style works very well with Chans more reserved approach. ( Read More )

Jackie Chans first American film since his US breakthrough in Rush Hour is a comedy western thats part Blazing Saddles and part Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid with, of course, a sizeable dose of Chans humour spiked martial arts thrown in. ( Read More )

Marc Savlov

But there he is, stealing nearly every scene from the mugging international action star and turning what almost surely would have been a dry and dusty parody of the Western genre into a whole new breed of neurotic period comedy.Theres no way to overstate just how good Wilson is in this film. ( Read More )