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It's a Western! No! It's an Eastern!!
It's both. It's also loads of fun!

Western fans, comedy fans and martial arts fans alike will unite in high praise for this wacky, feel good romp set in the old west. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson display a playful chemistry between them that's perfect for the zany plot and action packed pratfalls the two wind up in.

The thin story has Chan playing a woefully incompetent and disobediant Chinese Imperial Palace Guard demanding he help bring back the Emperor's daughter, Princess Pei-Pei (Lucy Liu) whose run off to America. In short course, Chan meets a bumbling gang of bandits led by the always hyper relaxed Owen Wilson. Before long, the two are engaging in bar brawls and visting the ladies of the evening at the local cathouse. Meanwhile, Princess Pei-Pei has ended up in human bondage - enslaved to a former Imperial Palace Guard who has big, diabolical plans for her.

Don't expect anything more than fun, fantastic action sequences and slick comedic set-ups and this movie will grow on you. It's not the typical western, nor is it the typical martial arts eastern. It's a great hybrid of both and I can definitely see why a sequel followed.




Panoramic
Lots of beautiful scenery provides a brilliant backdrop for this hillarious comedy. Chan and Wilson are at their best in this movie and it's hard to imagine a more perfectly executed comedy-western. The movie is filled with great gags and it's really hard to pick a favorite scene, but the gun-fight/martial arts fight at the end in the Spanish mission out in the middle of nowhere was classic. I've seen plenty of movies featuring both Chan and Wilson and I'd say that both are at the top of their form in this movie!

Somehow Stupid and Brilliant at Once!
This movie was hilariously stupid. I don't know whether to love it or hate it, thus the three stars I gave. But I am, however, able to give some sound advice. Don't buy this DVD -- watch it on tv first!

While the actors played their roles very well, it is my belief that the writer of this little comedy is the one who should be shamed. The whole time I was watching this, I kept thinking, "This is good, but it's missing something -- Oh, yeah! Good writing!" To me, there seemed to be loopholes in the feeling of romance and character background. Some of the characters seem to come out-of-the-blue, and Chon Wang's (John Wayne's) love for the princess of China also seemed generic.

But here's the good side of the film: it had some really hilarious moments. There were times when I couldn't stop laughing. This is one of those made-for-tv movies that seem to exist only as a moment's pick-me-up in the course of our otherwise mundane lives.

So in conclusion: it's not something to own, just something to watch on tv every now and then.

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