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Shanghai Knights Movie Review

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Actors: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shanghai Knights
When the guardian of the imperial seal is killed and the seal is stolen, the guardian's daughter sends word to her brother, a former guard and current cowboy in America.
The cowboy and his partner travel to England to join his sister to retrieve the seal and avenge the guardian.
They discover that the killer and thief is a member of the royal family who intends to kill everyone ahead of him in line for the throne.
The cowboy enlists the help of a Scotland yard inspector.
Together, the good guys recover the seal. Then, they deal with the killer's henchman and thwart his plan. They kill the killer and save the royal family.
Grateful, the queen knights the cowboy, his partner and the inspector.

--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%



Time/Era of Movie: - 19th century
Combat acrobatics/martial arts? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type - average (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - castle

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets? - 1 ()
Kind of violence: - karate chop
Any profanity? - None
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