Taglines: A royal kick in the arse.
Shanghai Knights is an action-comedy film. It is the sequel to Shanghai Noon. It was directed by David Dobkin and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
In 1887, Chon Lin (Fann Wong) is drinking tea with her father (Kim Chan), the Keeper of the Imperial Seal of China, in the Forbidden City. She tells him her brother, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), is doing well as a sheriff in Carson City, Nevada, United States, but her father replies that her brother is dead to him. At that moment, Lord Nelson Rathbone (Aidan Gillen), leads a band of Boxers into the city, who attack the Keeper.
Chon Wang is doing well as sheriff, having captured an impressive array of fugitives. His deputy is relaxing with a book called “Roy O’Bannon Vs. The Mummy”, a highly fictionalized account of the events of the first film that now portrays Wang’s “Shanghai Kid” as a cowardly sidekick.
Wang receives a parcel, which contains the puzzle box and Lin’s letter, telling him their father is dead and that she has tracked the murderer to London. Chon Wang travels to New York City to find his old partner Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson), needing his share of the gold left over from the first film to buy his ticket. Roy has left his brief stint in law enforcement, broken off his romance with Falling Leaves, spent most of the gold investing in the Zeppelin, and is now a hotel waiter and part-time gigolo.
After they attempt prostitution to pay for a trip to England, the Mayor of New York arrives in search of his daughters, Roy’s latest clients. Chon Wang fights off a number of New York police officers, and he and Roy ship themselves to London in a crate. On the way, Wang tells Roy about his father, and Roy swears an oath to help reclaim the seal.
Directed by: David Dobkin
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Tom Fisher, Aidan Gillen, Fann Wong, Donnie Yen, Alison King, Oliver Cotton, Georgina Chapman
Screenplay by: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Production Design by: Allan Cameron
Cinematography by: Adrian Biddle
Film Editing by: Malcolm Campbell
Costume Design by: Anna B. Sheppard
Set Decoration by: Barbora Bucharova, Peter Young
Music by: Randy Edelman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action violence and sexual content.
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: February 7, 2003
