Shanghai kid II

SYNOPSIS

Jackie Chan's Chinese sheriff and Owen Wilson's slacker outlaw reteam and relocate to what is meant to be Victorian London (actually Prague) for this spry sequel to the immensely successful action comedy Shanghai Noon. After a brisk intro involving the theft of an Imperial seal and the murder of Chan's father, the action slows a little so they can plod through some unimaginative gags about the English (they drive on the wrong side of the road, have bad teeth and give strange names to food). However, Chan's action sequences are as spectacularly inventive and meticulously choreographed as ever - a fight scene that pays tribute to Singin' in the Rain is the real crowd-pleaser - while Wilson's trademark laid-back delivery remains amusingly off-beam.