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Touchstone Home Entertainment presents the $60 million dollar box office hit SHANGHAI KNIGHTS, starring Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour 2," "Shanghai Noon") and Owen Wilson ("Behind Enemy Lines," "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Shanghai Noon,"), a funny action sequel to the hit comedy "Shanghai Noon," and this time the duo travels to England where they discover a conspiracy to overthrow the Chinese and British empires.

While Chon is in the far West busy being the sheriff of Carson City in Nevada, his sister and father are back in China where they are attack by a greedy British politician who beats out his sister and kills his father then steal the Imperial Seal to sell it on the black market in order to buy a machine gun to kill the Royal Family so he can be the successor to the throne and rule England.

Before is father dies, he leave a special box to his daughter to be send to Chon. Upon the arrival of the package Chon goes to New-York right away to see his friend Roy. Then both of them travel to England where his sister Lin tracks the killer of their father Lord Rathbone there. As soon as they arrive to England they will be plunge in an unforgettable adventure where they will team up with an orphan and a Scotland Yards Deputy in order to save the Royal Family, avenge his father's death and bring back the Imperial Seal to China.

The movie takes place in the early 1900's where they will make reference of many people and items of that era rap with a twist of comedy. Like Jack the Ripper comes up to Lin, Chon sister at one point at night and with one kick he falls down into the river then Chan and Roy comes up to her and say what are you doing here all alone don't you know there is a killer on the loose.

If you are not familiar with Jackie Chan then this is the perfect movie to see how he combines his skills as a martial artist with the environment in order to turn it into an action comedy movie.

If you are familiar with Jackie's movies you will like the turning door and fighting sword segment.

When the movie end you will be able to view a few bloopers then enjoy Jackie and David Dobkin the Director talking about the movie plus see Deleted scenes.

Shanghai Knights is a movie where you will be able to see Jackie Chan' s abilities as a choreographer and an actor of this amusing movie where all of your family can enjoy together.

Cast

Chon Wang
Jackie Chan

Roy O' Bannon
Owen Wilson

Chon Lin
Fann Wong

Charlie Chaplin
Aaron Johnson

Lord Rathbone
Aidan Gillen

Wu Chan
Donnie Yen

Deputy
Matt Hill

Chon Wang' s Father
Kim Chan

Crew

Director
David Dobkin

Producers
Roger Birnbaum
Gary Barber
Jonathan Glickman

Executive Producer
Jackie Chan
Stephanie Austin
Willie Chan
Edward McDonnell
Solon So

Editor
Malcom Campbell

Writers
Miles Millar
Alfred Gough

Music by
Randy Edelman

Notes
B+

Distributor
Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Street Date
July 15, 2003

Official Site
Shanghai Knights

Category
Comedy -Action

Rated
"PG-13" Parents Strongly Cautioned

Running Time
Approximately 114 minutes

Sound
5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound

DVD Aspect Ratio
Widescreen 2.35:1
Enhanced for 16X9 TV

Languages
English and French
Spanish Subtitles

Bonus Feature
- Behind the scenes Footage
- Deleted Scenes
- Bloopers
- Action Overload
- Audio Commentary by Jacjie Chan, David Dobkin, Miles Millar, Alfred Gough

Suggested Retail Price
$29.99 for DVD
$24.99 for VHS

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