Shanghai Noon

Shanghai Noon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Dey
Written byAlfred Gough
Miles Millar
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Gary Barber
Jonathan Glickman
Starring
CinematographyDan Mindel
Edited byRichard Chew
Music byRandy Edelman
Production
companies
Touchstone Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
Birnbaum/Barber Productions
Jackie Chan Films Limited
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates
  • May 26, 2000 (2000-05-26) (United States)
  • June 2000 (2000-06) (Hong Kong)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$55 million
Box office$99.3 million[1]

Shanghai Noon is a 2000 American martial arts western action comedy film directed by Tom Dey in his feature film debut, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. It is the first entry in the Shanghai film series.

The film, set in Nevada and other parts of the American West in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a Western with a kung fu action film with extended martial arts sequences, as reflected by its title, which is a wordplay on the notable western High Noon. It also has elements of slapstick comedy and the "buddy film" genre, featuring two vastly different heroes (a Chinese Imperial Guard and an American Western outlaw) who team up to stop a crime.

The film premiered in Malaysia in May 19, 2000 and was released in the United States on May 26, 2000. It received generally positive from critics, with praise for the film's action sequences and Chan and Wilson's on-screen chemistry.[2] A sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released in 2003, with Chan and Wilson reprising their roles.

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