Directed by: David Dobkin
Writing credits: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Movie Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy
Released: 2003
Running Time: 114 minutes
Rating: 16V
Shanghai Knights is a 2003 sequel to the action comedy Shanghai Noon, both of which were directed by David Dobkin.
East and West team up to take on bad guys in the British Empire in this sequel.
Chon Wang, once an Imperial Guard in China, is now the Sheriff of Carson City, Nevada, while his onetime cohort, former train robber Roy O'Bannon, scrapes together a living writing dime novels based on his adventures and waiting tables in New York City.
However, when Wang learns that his father was killed by bandits who broke into the Emperor's palace and stole the Imperial Seal, he's determined to bring the criminals to justice.
Wang's sister Lin has learned that the killers have escaped to London, so Wang travels to England to meet her, with O'Bannon in tow.
As Wang and Lin — whose martial arts skills rival those of her brother — look for the culprits, they discover that Lord Rathbone, who is looking to shorten his path of succession to the British throne, is in cahoots with Wu Chan, the bastard son of the Chinese Emperor's father, who needs the Imperial Seal as part of his plan to win control of the nation.
As Wang and Lin try to get to the bottom of Chan's schemes, O'Bannon finds himself infatuated with his pal's sister.
Although set in Victorian London, Shanghai Knights was actually filmed on locations in the former Czech Republic, which more closely resembled turn-of-the-century England.
Tagline: A Royal Kick In The Arse