Shanghai Noon
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Shanghai Noon is a 2000 movie starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and directed by Tom Dey. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is basically a western, although it has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop film genre", as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) who team up to stop a crime.
The title (a parody on the Gary Cooper classic High Noon) and several names used in the film pay homage to earlier westerns. The main character, "Chon Wang", is meant to sound like John Wayne, and the antagonist, Nathan Van Cleef, is an homage to Lee Van Cleef, who played the "the Bad" in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, among other roles in major westerns.
A sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released in 2003.
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Story
This movie is about Chon Wang, who is an imperial guard of China. After the princess, Pei-Pei, is abducted and taken to America, he is sent with others to find her and bring her back. Roy O'Bannon is an outlaw who ends up hijacking the train Wang is on. When a member of his gang kills Wang's uncle, Roy and Wang get into a fight, which throws them both from the train. Through a series of events, Roy and Wang become friends and help retrieve the princess.
Cast
- Jackie Chan .... Chon Wang
- Owen Wilson .... Roy O'Bannon
- Lucy Liu .... Princess Pei Pei
- Brandon Merrill .... Falling Leaves
- Roger Yuan .... Lo Fong
- Xander Berkeley .... Nathan Van Cleef
Lucy Liu won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for her role in Shanghai Noon .