Shanghai Noon
Chan cowboy film
Shanghai Noon is a 2000 action comedy film starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, blending martial arts with Western genre conventions.
Chan plays a Chinese imperial guard who travels to the American Old West to rescue a kidnapped princess, teaming up with Wilson's bumbling outlaw.
The title puns on the classic Western *High Noon*.
A sequel, *Shanghai Knights*, followed in 2003.
- odd coupleUnlikely twosome
- westernOf the sunset side
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
Jackie Chan · Owen Wilson · China · Forbidden City · frontier · princess · stagecoach · saloon · sheriff · outlaw · kick · fight · buddy · buddy comedy · fish out of water · horseback · horseback riding · desert
Shanghai NoonUnforgiven
Not granted pardon
Dances with Wolves · The Revenant · 3 · Tombstone · The Searchers
Shanghai NoonIp Man
Shanghai NoonThe Last Samurai
Final feudal Japanese warrior