Shanghai Noon (2000)
Directed by Tom Dey
***
If you love westerns, or if you hate westerns, you won't mind a movie that completely mocks them. And who doesn't love Jackie Chan and/or Owen Wilson? One of the two, at least. Chon Wang (yes, pronounced like 'John Wayne') is sent with three others to retrieve the princess of China when she's kidnapped and taken to the American West. Once there, Chon finds himself teaming up - unexpectedly - with local small time crook Roy O'Bannon, who has his own ideas about saving the girl. Expect equal doses slapstick, lowbrow humor and all-around good humor.
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