Black Omega
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Just saw Shanghai Knights last night, and I have to admit it was..different.
Almost no carry over from the previous movie, the Princess is mentioned briefly at the start and Roy O'Bannon's wife simply disappears for the sake of the plot.
The action is excellent, as you'd expect. At times the sound track is a little goofy, working in the Keystone Cops theme for the fight with the NY Cops, then Singing in the Rain for the umbrella fight with the London street thugs.
Fann Wong as Wang's sister was very good. I was a bit surprised to do a search a find she's been in movies and TV shows for a decade, though mostly in Singapore.
The injokes were more of the usual from the first, this time in a more Sherlock Holmesian vein. The main villain being named Rathbone and being a masterswordman, for example.
The drawbacks. The bit of wire-fu they worked for Wu Yip's fight with Wang just seemed jarringly out of place. Jack the Ripper was comic relief was just weird. My only disappointment was Owen Wilson's character not really doing much. He's funny and has great chemistry with Jackie Chan, but unlike Shanghi Noon he mostly just stays out of the way for the action scenes. I really thought he'd end up fighting Rathbone.
Minor quibbles though, it was good mindless fun. I'm looking forward to more from Fann Wong.
Almost no carry over from the previous movie, the Princess is mentioned briefly at the start and Roy O'Bannon's wife simply disappears for the sake of the plot.
The action is excellent, as you'd expect. At times the sound track is a little goofy, working in the Keystone Cops theme for the fight with the NY Cops, then Singing in the Rain for the umbrella fight with the London street thugs.
Fann Wong as Wang's sister was very good. I was a bit surprised to do a search a find she's been in movies and TV shows for a decade, though mostly in Singapore.
The injokes were more of the usual from the first, this time in a more Sherlock Holmesian vein. The main villain being named Rathbone and being a masterswordman, for example.
The drawbacks. The bit of wire-fu they worked for Wu Yip's fight with Wang just seemed jarringly out of place. Jack the Ripper was comic relief was just weird. My only disappointment was Owen Wilson's character not really doing much. He's funny and has great chemistry with Jackie Chan, but unlike Shanghi Noon he mostly just stays out of the way for the action scenes. I really thought he'd end up fighting Rathbone.
Minor quibbles though, it was good mindless fun. I'm looking forward to more from Fann Wong.
