The Reel Rejects - SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (2003) IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:06 is it 40 probably this is the sequel show high nights let's go first off we want to say thank you to the guys over a prepper the guys and girls over a prepper for cutting down these highlights so you can see them here on youtube also if you're listening on apple or spotify make sure you give us five stars and yeah you can also watch this over on our clips channel because that's where the reviews are going now because Greg said that's where the reviews go so I'm making sure I say that so you guys know that's where the reviews go that are not connected to the reaction itself she's looking up stuff while she's looking up stuff I'm going to have her multitask

Starting point is 00:01:46 you know why I can't look up anything right now because my spelling is so atrocious it took me like five minutes to write anything out you know what I do when I can't spell things I just voice it yeah I do that but I couldn't in this moment okay the sister i'm just so curious about where she went because she was so great um she was so badass you can handle that so her name is fan wong no like where she went in life like why don't we know who this actress oh yeah because she's gorgeous she's talented um fan wong she did more chinese films than american uh it's possible because all of the yeah i i don't recognize any of these movies um none of them so chinese films yeah they must be uh the legendary swordsman

Starting point is 00:02:35 legend of the snake spirit return of the condor breeze by the sea i don't i don't recognize any of this she did a lot of films yeah yeah so good oh she's a um she's a singaporean and she is an actress singer model oh i can see that yeah awesome triple threat She was so good, so good. I have more to tell you, I've got to keep looking people up, but you keep talking to me. Man, I was going to ask you how you felt about the movie, right? Yeah, that's an important thing for me to talk about before I keep looking. You know I like a movie when immediately I'm like, I got to go dig in.

Starting point is 00:03:13 Yeah. I got to go find things. In general, I felt like this was a really good follow-up to Shanghai Noon. It was a lot of fun. It was a really good sequel. It did a lot of stuff that the original didn't, but also kept the same dynamic that we love. Yeah. But I do think that there was some weird things, weird choices that were made.

Starting point is 00:03:32 Like, in general, the dynamic of the two main stars of Jackie and Owen is phenomenal. In general, I like the supporting cast. In general, the action sequences are sick and unique and absolutely baller. The pillow fight thing is hysterical and weird. The fact that, like we ended last time, we didn't really pick up where we ended and we don't know why we didn't pick up where we ended. never give us a reason. The fact that we have give them both love interests, but neither of the love interests make it into this movie. And even Jackie's working woman wife is like not in this. You know, there was just some things that felt like, oh, what, what kind of happened here?

Starting point is 00:04:13 Like, why, why couldn't we do this? You know, there's things like that. I know the audience gets mad at me when I bring the stuff up, but it's just how I feel. And I'm allowed to feel this way as a react as somebody watching movie. I also think the lines are that, like, 90% of this is so funny, but lines like Indian and Chinese, same thing. They just don't play for me. They're not funny, so it's kind of like a waste of space for some moments. But maybe they played in 2000, what years?

Starting point is 00:04:41 Three, I think. This was 2003. Pretty sure. Maybe they played in 2003. Yeah, it was. Good call. But in general, really fun. The first one, super fun.

Starting point is 00:04:52 The second one, super fun. recommend these to anybody yeah how about you i walked away feeling like i had a good time i had a hilarious time both from the movie and watching it with you i think this was definitely a nice movie to watch on my thursday afternoon slash early evening um give a little peek behind the scenes as to when we film these yeah it's 7-11 right now 7-11 make a wish make a wish oh peekie blinders he i watched him peeky blinders also was he even ever in revenge i i feel why did i feel like that's what i knew him from you don't know dude that was wrong that was wrong the whole time he was never in revenge i just know him as little finger i just mistakenly thought that he was also in other shows but i did know him from

Starting point is 00:05:40 peeky blinders too just a mysterious dude with a little finger and he was a maze runner that was so stupid of me you guys are yelling at me and i can feel it and i can see it and i can hear it and i hear you and I understand your pain and your hesitation. It's okay. You know, when you just like, you know a name and you're like, oh, is that that person? But then as we're halfway through, I was like, how do I know him from revenge? Who was even in that show? And then when you said Littlefinger, I was like, yeah, I just got my, sometimes I'd be having facial blindness.

Starting point is 00:06:12 That's the thing. I have named blindness. So I recognize his face, but I was like, I don't know that name. I was like, I know the name, but then I thought that it was somebody else. I don't know. It happens. Like how I've watched so many of Donnie's movies here, but it took me 20 minutes of looking at him to be like,

Starting point is 00:06:29 is that Donnie? I didn't want to say he was the wrong guy, but I also felt that. You were feeling him for a minute, too? I mean, once you said Donnie, I felt better about him. But I was like, I've seen enough of his work to feel confident to say that's what I have. But I've also, I'm a huge Game of Thrones fan.

Starting point is 00:06:46 I've watched Aiden for years. And I couldn't play. I don't know. Sometimes, even what was the most recent one that I did where it was a young Nicole Kidman and I did not know it was her. I just didn't place her. It was that. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:07:01 How did you know? She's unrecognizable in that. Some of her best work. Come to the movies. Heartbreak feels good in a place like this. It really does. I'm sad they changed it too. But then they didn't they change it back?

Starting point is 00:07:14 No, they didn't change it back. I thought they changed it and changed it back. No. I'd riot every time. internally not externally because i'm a respectful movie viewer but um yeah this movie made me feel happy and joyful for the fact that you know owen wilson and jacky chan were back reunited and it felt so good it did it did i had fun the music the music the music the setting i thought the the plot was it was interesting enough to have an excuse to get these two guys back together

Starting point is 00:07:48 I like the new setting Or worse? I think How do I say this? I think the first one's a better movie But I think this one was more fun I feel very similar to you Yeah

Starting point is 00:08:01 Because the first one's solid The first one's solid But I feel like it took a little bit To get going This one kind of jumped you in straight away From the action scene Where it started And then didn't really waste any time

Starting point is 00:08:10 From getting him from Nevada to New York And then from there We were just off with the races Getting them to England And yeah I thought it was a really solid time the action was a lot of fun. I think the way that they were able to utilize it as a way to give us insights to his character. But I feel like some movies do this thing where they're

Starting point is 00:08:29 guilty of having action scenes for the sake of action scenes where I feel like something like as I'm watching, you know, it's the most recent thing I've watched as a time of recording this, Mission Impossible movies with Tara is that in certain franchises, action is used to progress the story. And I feel like this is somewhere in the middle. This is action. that is fun that is entertaining that acts as another character in the movie but also there are certain sequences that do progress the story as well and you liked that i did like it yeah i feel like you have a favorite action sequence in this one that's a good question i think they're all a lot of fun um that's the pillow fight favorite action sequence i like one with the eyes through the painting

Starting point is 00:09:11 with the rotating wall that was a cheekiest one yeah that was really cool but there was a lot of great ones I feel like I have to, how do I even look up what, what was the deal with that pillow fight? Shanghai Knights, pillow fight scene. Yeah. Just put that and see what Google tells you. What is up with that? I don't wonder. I'm just so curious.

Starting point is 00:09:36 I think this is the epitome of an action comedy. You know, we had a lot of great action. We had the dynamics between Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, creating the comedy. solid stuff do i like it more than the rush hour movies no but i think the fact that we're playing with this setting of you know having the stuff with sherlock homes having making not making fun of i guess poking fun a little bit at you know the the guards for the england and the royal so you like the rush hour movies better i would say i do i think that the chemistry between jacky chan and chris tucker is a little stronger i feel like it's just a difference

Starting point is 00:10:16 sort of dynamic between the two of them, but I like the historical aspects of what this has to offer, but Aaron Taylor Johnson was a fun little addition to the story. The fact that he was Charlie Chapman was crazy was crazy, insane. Like, I didn't even know he's been acting since that age. I didn't know he's been acting that age, and I didn't know I could get scared from pure joy. No, don't apologize. It was great. I'm thrilled because normally when people try to scare me, it doesn't work.

Starting point is 00:10:41 I was not trying. I was just excited that I finally recognized. Anybody could. I never get it right. And I felt you're excited. Everybody always makes fun of me on here because I always am like, I know that person. And then I can't place how or who or why. But I watch so much television that I know a lot of actors, but I don't know them. I just have seen them.

Starting point is 00:11:02 There's a lot of those faces, but I'm happy that his face is recognizable enough that even in his childhood state, you knew that that was him. But only because we saw his name, we saw Aaron Johnson at the beginning. And I was like, is that going to be? You think if you didn't see his name, you never know. No way. No way. Zero shot. I was kidding too. It still took me 30 minutes. Yeah. Grand, if you had not said anything, I probably wouldn't put it together. I'll be honest. Reject Nation, the basketball playoffs are heating up. And if you want to turn your takes into something real. You've got to check out prize picks. Our go-to in the Daily Fantasy Sports World. If you've never tried it, here's how it works. It's relatively simple. You pick two to six players and you guess whether or not they'll get more or less than the stat line price picks.

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Starting point is 00:12:39 Again, that's code Rejects, $50 instantly after your first $5 lineup. Prize picks. Run your game. It was crazy. Okay, I'm looking at trivia because I wanted to try to find anything about the pillow fight. Okay. I haven't found anything about the pillow fight, but I have found some things if you want me to tell you about it. Yeah, hit me. Okay, let's see.

Starting point is 00:13:02 When Artie Doyle tries to break the lock of Madam Tussaud's, Roy compares his work to that of a surgeon. This is probably a reference to the fact that the real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician, even though in the movie he's a detective. I didn't know he was a physician I didn't know a goddamn thing about this man That's cool Arthur Conan Doyle

Starting point is 00:13:22 Sorry I didn't know This movie marks the first on-screen battle between Jackie Chan and Donnie N who have had success in Hong Kong But had never fought each other on screen before That's cool Hey That's really cool

Starting point is 00:13:36 Breaking New Ground Lord Rathbone in the movie Is referred to as the finest swordsman in England Basil Rathbone Was the star of many swashbuckling movies and was considered the finest swordsman on the silver screen interesting oh yeah oh okay fawn wong trained for her stunts despite not having a martial arts background so that answers that question about that she had a background in ballet which helped to a certain

Starting point is 00:14:03 extent that's interesting let me see if i can get to some spoiler ones spoilies Spoiling. Um, okay. During the fight with the ruffians, Chaum Wang falls into a coffin. The sign on the wall behind him reads, Sowerberry. Mr. Sowerberry is the funeral director and mortician from the book

Starting point is 00:14:25 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. During the scene, the first four notes of the theme to the Adams family are heard. Because the coffin, that's interesting. Ah, I didn't catch that. After catching Roy and Chon Pillow War. Let's see. Uh-oh. Lynn escapes following a stone bridge where a man tries to attack her, which she possibly kills.

Starting point is 00:14:47 It is speculated that that man is Jack the Ripper, later confirmed. I didn't realize that. It doesn't tell me anything about the pillow fight. They don't want you to know what the pillow fight. They don't want you to ask about it. I feel like it had to be a reshoot or something. Okay, Princess Pipe, which Lucy Liu, doesn't appear in this film, nor has to be. has been offered to reprise her role.

Starting point is 00:15:12 However, she is mentioned in the deleted scenes. Mm, okay. I wonder why she wasn't offered to reprise her role. Yeah, that's a good question. What was up with that movie? Yeah, what's up with that? Huh. Aaron Taylor Johnson's character, Charlie Chaplin,

Starting point is 00:15:28 bears some resemblance to a younger Angus Young. I don't know what it is. I've ever heard of Angus Young. Sorry, sorry. Is that Charlie Chapman's real name? Big British people that I don't know. Sorry if they are. We probably sound like stupid Americans at times.

Starting point is 00:15:44 Forgive us, please. Artie Doyle looks nothing like the real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a plump man with a bushy mustache. However, Artie does possess a striking resemblance to Sherlock Holmes, especially according to the famous Sydney Paget's illustration. Sorry, I don't know how to pronounce probably very famous people names. I like that they did that homage, though, to make him... Like, housing somebody who looked like the character.

Starting point is 00:16:11 That's fun. Yeah, that is fun. Okay, Aaron Taylor Johnson plays a young boy who supposedly grows up to be actor Charlie Chaplin. The real Charlie Chaplin was born in 1989, 2 years after the movie is set. So this was set in 87. When Roy is fantasizing about his future family life, he mentions his kids' names, Vera, Chuck, and Dave. These names are actually the grandchildren of Sir Paul McCartney, fantasy from the Beatles, song when I'm 60 when I'm 64

Starting point is 00:16:41 all of them are way past 64 now in the scene what I mean? In the scene where Chom Wang fights Rathbone's guards they are constantly making sure no priceless antique urns are broken this is the same

Starting point is 00:16:59 action by Jackie Chan's character in the climax of rush hour yeah the first one right? Yeah 1998 I called that. So those were successful before these. This is him coming off of Rush Hour.

Starting point is 00:17:15 I know Rush Hour 3 was after both of these movies. I think I was 7, if I remember correctly. So he was doing both franchises at once. That's interesting. Yeah, he was killing it in the 2009s. That's what I got for you, my dude. Well, okay. All right, I want to guess the Rotten Tomatoes.

Starting point is 00:17:30 Unless you want to guess rotten tomatoes. No, you can guess. Yeah. Okay, yeah, hit me. I don't even remember what the first one was. do you want me to tell you it's so hard for movies like this rotten tomatoes really isn't relevant yeah because i feel like they were really hard

Starting point is 00:17:45 and critics were and also it didn't have the same like kind of critic um participation uh then as it does now like usually i feel like scores here have like 50 people as opposed to 300 critics or whatever so it's just such a smaller i feel like rotten tomatoes didn't really get big until like the 2010s yeah i feel that way too let's see shanghai noon when did it even start What do you mean? Rotten Tomatoes. I imagine it was just not as popular, but it's been around since then.

Starting point is 00:18:13 I don't know. I don't know when Rotten Tomatoes started. Let me look. Shanghai Noon on Rotten Tomatoes had an 80. Okay. How many reviews? 133. Wow.

Starting point is 00:18:24 Okay. Small. All right. I'm going to guess the Shinghai Nights. Okay. Is it up already? What do you mean? Do you have Shanghai Nights up?

Starting point is 00:18:31 Yes. Okay. Like, do I have, do I know the answer? Yeah. Yes. Okay. I'm going to guess for critics 69. 66.

Starting point is 00:18:45 Oh, I was close. You were really close. But what do you think for the tomato meter? Oh, the audience? Yeah, sorry, the, what's that called? The critics one is the tomato audience. What's the audience one called? The popcorn meter?

Starting point is 00:19:01 Popcorn meter. That says it right here. I guess 89 54 damn I know y'all hate of this yeah they must not have been fans what do you think they gave Shanghai noon

Starting point is 00:19:15 popcorn 89 65 really so at least that's fresh but or you know up not certified fresh but still popcorn bud bucket calling me shocked yeah

Starting point is 00:19:29 yeah but you know what okay so let's see for this one 150 reviews. Well, I'm curious. When did Rotten Tomatoes start? Yeah, why not? Find out here.

Starting point is 00:19:40 Behind the scenes. As we discover. Do you want me to tell you or do you want to guess? Okay, yeah. Let me guess. Let me guess. 1996. So close.

Starting point is 00:19:54 Really? 98. Damn. Oh, man. That's my second guess. Okay, Rotten Tomatoes. It's been around for a minute. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:20:03 awesome all right roxy do you have any parting thoughts before we wrap this up just i know i mentioned it quickly but i thought that the music choices and this was excellent from the singing the rain um mike the the needle drops that they did to the actual not just the score but the soundtrack also uh really complimented this and i like when they are in one time period but they use things from a different time period and it works sometimes it doesn't so i was really happy with that uh and in general this franchise is a win for me yeah i had a lot of fun with it i don't know if they over do a third one but i would be down if they do it a third one this kind of harkens back to a time where movies were just fun for the sake of being fun i imagine if they were to do a third one

Starting point is 00:20:43 it'd be a lot more mix of the drama and the heart and infuse the comedy and the action um with those things totally no contemporary stuff has to have a degree of of artis to it but i like that we 824 presents shanghai uh afternoon shanghai now. Shai now. They time travel. That would be great. Oh, man.

Starting point is 00:21:09 But yeah, this has been a lot of fun. We love you guys. Appreciate you for watching. And we will see you guys in the next one. Duceus.

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