Shanghai Knights

The inevitable sequel to the popular comedy-western-martial arts hybrid SHANGHAI NOON (2000) reunites East and West in 1887 London, faithfully re-creating the first film's mix-master melange of high-energy pratfalls, cultural misunderstandings, self-referential gags and anachronistic music. Sheriff Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) — everybody calls him "John Wayne," tee-hee — is happily cleaning up Carson City, Nev., when he gets a letter from his baby sister, Chon Lin (Fann Wong). Their father has been murdered, and the imperial seal of the Chinese emperor, which the Chon family has safeguarded for generations, is gone. Lin has followed the killer, bad Lord Rathbo...