Psst - This section will contain some inside trivia about the film.
Quotes - Good one liners from the movie.
Oops - Goofs From the movie.
Director - David Dobkin
Screenplay - Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
Its 1887. Chon Wang (Jackie Chan)’s father (Kim Chan) who is the keeper of the Imperial Seal has been murdered by Parliament and distant UK Royal family member Nelson Rathbone (Aidan Gillen). Rathbone teals the Imperial Seal and is followed to London by Chon Wang’s sister, Chon Lin (A very beautiful Fann Wong) who has witnessed the murder. She writes a Letter from London to Her Brother Chon in United States to inform him about the murder. Wang decides to go To New York and ask his friend Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson) to give him the gold they had got from the previous assignment to cover his trip to UK. Roy is a born looser who has made a few bad investments so he has lost most of the gold but still somehow both of them manage to go to London. We come to learn that Nelson Rathbone has stolen the seal to give it to Wu Chow (Donnie Yen). Wu in return gives him the then state of the art machine gun so that Rathbone can assassinate all the members of the UK royal family and he gets to become the king. What follows is a cliche movie about how Chon Wang and his no good friend Roy Saves the day. Amazing performance by JAckie Chan and Owen Wilson. Watch out for a wonderful fight scene in the market. One of those rare sequels which is better then the first part. A must watch for Jackie Chan Fans.
Psst -
1) Lots of references are Made to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Jack The Ripper, The First Feature Film, Charlie Chaplin.
2) This film marks the first on screen confrontation between Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen. Both have had success in Hong Kong Action but never been together on screen. They Share just about 5 minutes of onscreen time together.
3) Jackie Chan is one of the producers of this film.
Quotes
1) ’’I am just a 30 year old Waiter who is a part time gigolo. I mean where is the future in that ?’’
2) ’’Think about your sister in London.’’
3) ’’Oh, come on, Confucius, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.’’
4) ’’What’s wrong with these people, their driving on the wrong side of the road ?’’
5) ’’Hey, I stole that watch from my Uncle.’’
6) ’’What do you think I’ve been doing? Sitting here and drinking expensive hooch?’’
7) ’’I see by your hasty retreat that you’re still twentieth in line; Tenth.’’
8) ’’My uncle stole that watch from President Lincoln.’’
9) ’’I look like a fool; What? You’re a Maharajah. That’s Indian royalty; But I’m Chinese; It’s the same thing.’’
10) ’’Just Nod Your Head.’’
11) ’’That’s what I love about China. Everyone’s job description is so damn cool.’’
12) ’’You Break Her Heart, I will break your legs; Sounds fair.’’
13) ’’For father; For father; For Old Man Wang.’’
14) ’’There’s this new venture in California. Moving pictures. They’re silent so we won’t have to worry about the language problem but I think people would really go for that action stuff.’’
15) ’’ That Tea Drinking Psycho.’’
16) ’’Hey you lost one war this way don’t make the same mistake twice.’’
Oops
1) The Major Goof Of the movie is the use of automobiles. Automobiles weren’t around till atleast Start of the 20th Century.
2) In the start when Chon Wang is the Sheriff he sees his deputy reading a book in a glossy paper edition. Books didnt come in that form till atleast a good 75 years later.
3) Ferdinand von Zeppelin didn’t start building airships until 1900.
4) Towards the end when Roy Talks about investing on Motion Pictures, even that is ahead of its time as moving pictures didnt come into existence till atleast 1896.
5) After her husband Prince Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria wore a black dress for the rest of her life. In the movie, she is wearing a blue dress.
6) The Stonehenge is NOT surrounded by Hills as shown in the movie.