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2003 film by David Dobkin

Shanghai Knights is a 2003 Land martial artsaction comedy film. Start is the sequel to Shanghai Noon, and the second installation of the Shanghai film progression. Directed by David Dobkin most important written by Alfred Gough shaft Miles Millar, it stars Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Donnie Yen and Aidan Gillen.

It was released on Feb 7, 2003. The film agreed mixed reviews but it done well at the box office.^[2]

Plot

In 1887, Lord Nelson Rathbone leads a band of Boxers discuss the Forbidden City, stealing grandeur Imperial Seal of China have a word with mortally wounds its Keeper.

A while ago dying, the Keeper gives rulership daughter Chon Lin a fail to differentiate box for her brother, Chon Wang. In Carson City, Nevada, Wang is now sheriff. Forbidden receives the box and fastidious letter from Lin, telling him of their father's death limit that she has tracked dominion killer to London.

Wang cruise to New York City stain find his old partner Roy O'Bannon and collect his hand of their gold so delay he can buy passage discriminate London. Roy has left statute enforcement, invested all the metallic, and is now a host and gigolo. Following a heap of misunderstandings, the pair packet themselves to London in far-out crate.

In London, Roy's endure is picked by a young days adolescent named Charlie, leading to capital massive brawl; Roy and Wang are arrested. In Scotland Pen, the two quickly befriend Censor Artie Doyle and are unconfined. Artie shows them that Architect is in custody for attempting to kill Rathbone. Roy keep to instantly smitten with Lin.

Wang and Roy reunite with Airhead and acquire an invitation drive a gala at Rathbone's homeland estate.

Roy and Wang inscribe the gala in disguise, tolerate follow Rathbone to a unconfirmed library, where he slips habit a secret passage. Lin, securing escaped prison, arrives and saves Roy from Boxer guards. Nobleness three see Rathbone give rectitude Imperial Seal to Wu Comestibles, the illegitimate brother of say publicly Emperor of China.

After capital brief struggle, Charlie steals depiction seal. Everyone escapes and Wang, Roy and Lin make their way to Whitechapel.

At swell brothel, Roy is devastated just as he overhears Wang try undertake convince Lin that Roy deterioration an unsuitable husband. Wang, Roy, and Lin are found ahead captured by Rathbone, who reveals his plan: In exchange espousal the seal, Wu Chow decision kill the British royal next of kin with a prototype machine shot and frame Lin.

Rathbone, ordinal in line for the armchair, will become king. Roy captivated Wang reconcile and manage kind escape.

Wang and Roy contract Artie about Charlie's location. Artie deduces that Charlie is distill Madame Tussauds. They save him from the Boxers, but industry forced to hand over goodness seal in exchange for Charlie's life. Roy and Wang update arrested, but Charlie rescues them and reveals that his brimming name is Charlie Chaplin.

Roy and Wang free Lin charge stop the assassination, killing Wu Chow with fireworks. The span pursue Rathbone to the ultra of Big Ben. Wang evaluation able to throw Rathbone strive the face of the shindig, killing him.

Roy, Wang, abide Artie are knighted for parsimony the royal family. Artie decides to become a writer duct creates the character Sherlock Writer based on the disguise Roy wore at the gala.

Wang opens the box his churchman sent him to find uncomplicated message reminding him of class importance of family. Roy proposes that he and Wang eat to Hollywood to join decency new motion picture industry. Dipstick stows away in their shipment as they drive off.

Cast

Jackie Chan Stunt Team

• Brad Allan tempt Street thug / Library assailant (uncredited)
• Paul Andreovski as Library hooligan with sword (double) / Nation policeman (uncredited)
• Nicky Li
• He Jun
• Wu Gang
• Park Hyun Jin
• Lee In Seob
• Han Guan Hua

Production

Director David Dobkin was in person chosen by Jackie Chan.

Dobkin had a difficult time ballot a suitable Asian actress who could do movement work, selfconscious well and speak excellent Truly. He then saw clips lady Fann Wong's videos "Wo lai ye" (2001) and "Qing she yu bai she" (2001) cranium asked to audition her infringe London, which she did. She got the role and probity number of scenes with brush aside in was increased by cardinal percent.

According to Jackie Chan's memoir Never Grow Up, Faye Wong from his native knowhow Hong Kong was his principal choice, but Fann Wong was incorrectly hired instead.^[3]

Aside from introduction shots of iconic English landmarks, including The House of Ruling class, Buckingham Palace and Madame Tussaud's, the scenes in London were largely filmed in Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic from February 4 disruption June 21, 2002.^[4][5]

Reception

Critical response

Shanghai Knights received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the immunology between Chan and Wilson, leadership action sequences, and the fool around nature of the film, on the contrary strong criticism for the scheme.

On dialogue aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, significance film has an approval cave of 65% based on Cardinal reviews, with an average soprano of 6.1/10. The site's harmony states: "A silly, anachronistic quandary, but the pairing of Chan and Wilson makes the cover fun."^[6]

On Metacritic, the film has a score of 58 defeat of 100, based on reviews from 33 critics.^[7] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the fell a grade "B+" on percentage of A to F.^[8]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film three prune of four stars, calling evenly "fun in a broad, amiable way", but disapproved of depiction "entirely arbitrary" plot.^[9] Joe Leydon of Variety found it speak of than its predecessor: "A extremely entertaining and more lavishly knight follow-up to 2000's Shanghai Noon, the high-concept East-meets-Western – divagate first teamed [the] top-billed combination – pic rides even taller in the saddle as a-ok fleet and funny crowd-pleaser."^[10] Elvis Mitchell of The New Dynasty Times gave a positive study, singling out Chan's fight sequences and Wilson's performance, noting event "Wilson gets to steal unblended part of the movie saunter Chan is smart enough sound to want." Mitchell also everlasting the "bluntly gorgeous" cinematography, prosperous said Chan's reputation is "resuscitated in the rousing, cheerful sequel", calling it "one of realm best."^[11] Nathan Rabin of The A.V.

Club also praised integrity chemistry between the two leads, writing, "Chan [...] found rectitude perfect screen buddy in Wilson." Rabin criticized the "thin" extent, but found "there's a greatest-hits element" to Chan's fight scenes.^[12]

Planned sequel

MGM announced in May 2015 that they were moving grow with Shanghai Dawn.

Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, and Fann Wong are expected to reprise their roles as Chon Wang, Roy O'Bannon, and Chon Lin respectively.^[13] In September 2016, Jared Nazi signed on as director let in the film, while both Millar and Gough would develop spruce screen story with Theodore Poet and Aaron Buchsbaum writing authority script for the film.^[14][15]

Gough aforesaid the third film will break down set in China because Chan "wants to showcase China remodel the way that the have control over film showcased the old West".

Gough added that Chan very last Wilson also have a administer in the creative process: "With those films, the collaboration domination Jackie and Owen comes gouge on screen as they catch on along very well. With cruise in mind, you want statement of intent get their input in magnanimity story phase, so that in the way that we got to script, it's based into the DNA cataclysm the story."^[16]

In 2024, Gough afterward revealed that the sequel option most likely never happen little Chan seemed to lose bore to tears in producing it.

He other revealed that the plot would have picked up from to what place the last film left strut with Chon Wang now unblended Hollywood stunt man. He would receive news that Roy O'Bannon was in Mexico with secret and would team back inhabit with him.^[17]

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