movie

2000 · United States, Hong Kong SAR China

Shanghai Noon

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 110 min
Age rating: PG-13
Language: English
Country: United States, Hong Kong SAR China

The story

Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

princess
rescue
martial arts
native american
sioux
travel
chinese
cowboy
buddy comedy
aftercreditsstinger

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Roger Yuan — Lo Fong
Yu Rongguang — Imperial Guard
Walton Goggins — Wallace
Brandon Merrill — Indian Wife
Jason Connery — Andrews
Adrien Dorval — Blue
Stacy Grant — Hooker in Distress
Kate Luyben — Fifi
Henry O — Royal Interpreter
Simon Baker — Little Feather
A.C. Peterson — Saddle Rock Sheriff

Directed: Tom Dey
Written: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Production

Rating: 6.4 / 10 · 2,829 ratings
Studio: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum/Barber Productions, JCE Movies

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2000 · You’re here
Shanghai Noon
Where it starts.
Shanghai Knights
2003

If this stayed with you

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