Review of Shanghai Knights (2003) by Dawdlingpoet — 23 Nov 2021

This film starts off with Jackie Chan's character from the first movie (Shanghai Noon), Chon, being the sheriff of Carson City, where he settled down after the end of the last movie. However, he doesn't stay there long, as he gets bad news from his sister - that his estranged father has been killed back in China. This results in Chon reuniting with Roy and the two of them travelling to victorian London (both movies being set in the Victorian age, just to clarify), where they accidentally stumble upon a plot to kill the Royal family. Again they end up in lots of different situations, including being thrown back in jail again and teaming up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! (the name of the real life author of Sherlock Holmes),.

Again this movie offers a good share of comedy, with funny scenes (one of Roy O'Bannon having a dream about something totally different then waking up to being licked by a goat being one example, watch the movie you'll see what I mean - again somewhat cheesy but it has to make you laugh at least a little!), some fairly clever dialogue (as there is in the original movie) and more displays of Jackie Chan's signature comic martial arts.

Somewhat random and quirky but basically good for a laugh, it again works as a funny and entertaining movie. Again I would also say that it doesn't take itself too seriously but its perfectly adequate as an entertaining comedy movie for most of the family (apart from younger children, like I said above its rated 12).