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Shanghai Knights

Shanghai Knights

Adventure · Comedy · Western · 2003

When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.

Movie details

Shanghai Knights

“A Royal Kick In The Arse”

2003 Adventure · Comedy · Western 1h 55m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.2 / 10

116.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

66 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

58 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Dobkin

Written by

Miles Millar · Alfred Gough

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Chon Wang

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Roy O'Bannon

Fann Wong

Fann Wong

Chon Lin

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Lord Nelson Rathbone

Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen

Wu Chow

Tom Fisher

Tom Fisher

Arthur 'Artie' Doyle

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Charlie Chaplin

Court is in session

Put Shanghai Knights on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.