2 cavalieri a Londra

Titolo originale: Shanghai Knights
Regia: David Dobkin |
Anno: 2003
Origine: Hong Kong | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Commedia Western
Tag: martial arts | london, england | indian territory | emperor | revenge | murder | arrow | duringcreditsstinger | action hero | imperial seal | good versus evil | wistful | disdainful | doubtful | dubious | frustrated | joyful |
Cast: Jackie Chan | Owen Wilson | Fann Wong | Aidan Gillen | Donnie Yen | Tom Fisher | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Alison King | Constantine Gregory | Anna-Louise Plowman | Georgina Chapman | John Owens | Richard Bremmer | Kim Chan | Gemma Jones | Daisy Beaumont | Stephen Fisher | Matt Hill | Tom Wu | Vincent Wang | Barbara Nedeljakova | Bùi Văn Hải | Oliver Cotton | Eric Meyers | Jonathan Harvey | Richard Haas | Terry Howson | Ryan James | Barry Stanton | Matthew Storey | Charlie G. Hawkins | Gerard Whelan | Rene Hajek | Ho Ban Le | Vladimír Hrbek | Jirí Mojzís | Marta Andresová | David Lištván | Petra Jezková | Eva Ruzicka | Hanka Scudlová | Hana Jouzová | Tom Klár | Jan Petrik | Milolas Cech | Karel Urban | Bradley James Allan | Mars | Robert Lin | Wu Gang | James Embree | Nicky Li Chung-Chi |

Londra 1880. Un ribelle cinese uccide il padre di Chon Wang, dignitario della corte imperiale e scappa in Inghilterra, ma Chon Wang e il suo amico Roy O'Bannon lo inseguono per vendicarsi. Una volta a Londra scoprono che c'è una cospirazione per sterminare i membri della famiglia reale...

Approfondimenti

This film is the first English-language role and Hollywood debut for Fann Wong (Chon Lin). D
When Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are entering the Jubilee party, the stri [...] D
When Lord Rathbone meets Chon for the first time, he mentions that he hasn't been to India since '81 [...] D
After catching Roy and Chon in the Pillow War, Lin escapes following a stone bridge where a man trie [...] D
When Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are crossing the street in London, Wang [...] D
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) played Sherlock Holmes in the motion picture series betwe [...] D
Director David Dobkin was personally chosen by Jackie Chan. D
Fann Wong (Chon Lin) trained for her stunts despite not having a martial arts background. She has a [...] D
In the film, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is portrayed as an Englishman, when in fact he was Scottish. D
During the fight with the ruffians, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) falls into a coffin. The sign on the wal [...] D
The old man bouncing in the pillow fight scene is first assistant director Mirek Lux. D
A final film in the trilogy, Shanghai Seas, was written by British writing team Tom Butler, Andy Fan [...] D
Princess Pei-Pei Lucy Liu doesn't appear in this film, nor has been offered to reprise her role. How [...] D
Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a young boy who supposedly grows up to be the actor Charles Chaplin. The [...] D
When Chon and Roy are attempting to leave the hotel in New York, Roy states that he's 30 years old. [...] D
Music from Cantando sotto la pioggia (1952) is heard during the fight with umbrellas. D
This movie marks the first on-screen battle between Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, who have had success [...] D
When Artie Doyle tries to break the lock of Madame Tussaud's, Roy compares his work to that of a sur [...] D
Artie Doyle looks nothing like the real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a plump man with bushy musta [...] D
At some points, Lord Rathbone (Aidan Gillen) and Wu Chow (Donnie Yen) speak in iambic pentameter. Mo [...] D
When Roy is fantasizing about his future family life, he mentions his kids' names as "Vera, Chuck, a [...] D
Alison King, who has become known for playing Carla Connor on Coronation Street (1960), appeared as [...] D
In the clock tower fight, Wang says "You go this way, I'll go that way." This is the same quote used [...] D
The scene where Wang gives Artie Roy's watch to see what can be learned from it is a direct allusion [...] D
When Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) meets Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) at the Ritz, the music playing in the [...] D
In the scene where Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) fights Rathbone's guards, they are constantly making sure [...] D
The barge/tugboat on the river during the fireworks scene is named "Resolve", which was the name of [...] D
Fann Wong wasn't Jackie Chan's first choice to play Chon Lin; Chan had originally wanted Hong Kong s [...] D
There are several references to Sherlock Holmes in this movie. One of them is that the "bad guy" is [...] D
Lord Rathbone in the movie is referred to as "the finest swordsman in England". Basil Rathbone was t [...] D
Director David Dobkin had a difficult time choosing a suitable Asian actress who could do movement w [...] D
Shot largely at the Barrandov Studios outside Prague in the Czech Republic with a predominantly Brit [...] D
Aaron Taylor Johnson was in the film Savages, where he played opposite a character also named Chon. D
Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) was the sheriff in Carson City, Nevada, which in 1887 had a population of ar [...] D
As they approach the palace and the yeomen warders, the introduction to "Winchester Cathedral" plays [...] D

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Errori

After being Knighted the three of them turn to face the audience, thus turning their backs to the mo [...] D
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted in 1902. D
When Lord Rathbone revealed an automatic Gatling gun and said it was British ingenuity he was partia [...] D
The machine gun clearly uses tracers. Tracers were not available until World War I. D
Lord Rathbone would not have had to kill 10 members of the Royal family, but at least 50 to gain the [...] D
Queen Victoria is shown as ambulatory. But, in fact, by the time the story takes place, she was whee [...] D
When Roy and Chon are escaping from the Boxers and Roy is in danger of drowning one of the Boxers us [...] D
The first commercially available automobile did not appear until 1888, and it looked very different [...] D
When Lord Rathbone is talking to Chon, who is pretending to be an Indian Maharaja, at the party, he [...] D
Blue flashes in the fireworks at the end. Firework makers could not make strong blue colors at the t [...] D
During the fighting scene in the study, the man caught in the ladder changes from a British guard to [...] D
The Palace guards are shown holding Lee-Enfield rifles. These were not accepted by the British milit [...] D
The facade of Buckingham Palace shown in the movie wasn't created until the 1930s. D
While a modern American would be grossed out at the thought of eating something made with sheep blad [...] D
Charlie's face is dirty when Wang and O'Bannon meet him. But a few minutes later, when Charlie, hidi [...] D
One of the Roy O'Bannon's book features zombies, but zombies weren't popularized until the 1930s-196 [...] D
During the fight with Rathbone, Roy's knocked outside of the tower onto the hands of the clock. Whil [...] D
The weapon shown to be a "Gatlin" gun is not a Gatlin gun of the period. It is mounted on a tripod, [...] D
During the fight in Rathbone's study one of the attackers is wearing chest armor. When the fight esc [...] D
Aircraft contrails visible over 19th century London, and again at Stonehenge. D
When Roy is sitting with his back to the revolving fireplace, we can see a crewmember actually movin [...] D
One of the film's many "historical cameos" is made by Jack the Ripper. The film is set in 1887; Jack [...] D
The London street urchin that O'Bannon chases turns out to be Charles Chaplin. The film is set in 18 [...] D
The film incorrectly shows Big Ben's minute hand moving in clunky steps. The clock also chimes the q [...] D
The real Stonehenge is located in the middle of flat grassland with roads on two sides, not amongst [...] D
Work began on Tower Bridge in 1886, but it was not completed until 1894. D
At Stonehenge, modern rubber radial tires can be seen on the automobile that Wang and O'Bannon stole [...] D
The shot of Buckingham Palace includes the Victoria Memorial in front of it, designed by Sir Thomas [...] D
During the fight in Rathbone's study, we can see the Chinese stuntman that is obviously doubling for [...] D
When Roy and Chong are at the Royal Palace, the red uniforms the guards are wearing didn't come arou [...] D
The film, which is set in 1887, and ends with Roy O'Bannon talking about Hollywood and the new fasci [...] D
When Rathbone and Chon are sword fighting, Rathbone takes Chon's collar off with his sword and Chon [...] D
While swimming under water, streaks of fired rounds go through the water missing the swimmer (Jackie [...] D
When Roy is sitting in the hotel talking with the mayor's daughters, we hear "Ain't misbehavin" bein [...] D
The Union flag is hanging the wrong way round on the Big Ben Tower. D
When Chon, Roy, and Charlie are relaxing in the fancy house, Charlie pours Roy some brandy. When Cha [...] D
All the gears in the Tower Clock are moving much too quickly. Most gears in a clock move very slowly [...] D
The machine gun appears to be a modified Browning 1919a4. The spade grip has been added to the rear [...] D
A wide shot of Old London Town shows Portcullis House next to the Houses of Parliament, completed in [...] D
The chimes of Big Ben at 12.00 were wrong. They don't immediately start with the 12 "bongs", but wit [...] D
Stonehenge only has 1 road running past it. D
In the "Kung Pow Chicken" scene, when Chan is fighting with the thugs, he traps one of the thugs' ha [...] D
The particular Lee Enfield Rifles shown with the Buckingham Palace Guards are Number 4 rifles which [...] D
As the gun on the boat twirls around, it continues to fire even though it is belt fed. It makes seve [...] D
There was no one who could vindicate the main characters. There was no one who could corroborate the [...] D
The Statue of Liberty is shown surrounded by scaffolding as the ship leaves New York harbor. The sta [...] D
Time on Big Ben is 12:30 when Chon and Roy fall. It is 12:24 when guys are repairing it the next day [...] D
When Roy, John and Charlie are in the fancy house, the level of the brandy in the serving cup change [...] D
(at around 1h 14 mins) When the machine gun is revealed, the cartridge box is incorrectly labelled ' [...] D
Lord Rathbone addresses Queen Victoria as "Your Highness". The correct form of address is "Your Maje [...] D
Spotted Dick is a steamed pudding (cake) containing fruit. It is not what was shown. D
When one of the men stabs at Chon Wang during the Fleet Street fight, he hits a wooden box instead. [...] D
Roy screams at Lin that there is a "serial killer on the loose" when speaking about Jack the Ripper. [...] D
When Chon and Roy are talking following being picked up by Lin on the way from Stonehenge, Chon call [...] D
Non-British citizens, such as Chon and Roy, would be not dubbed with a sword when knighted, and woul [...] D
In the ceremony when someone is made a Knight or a Dame, the Monarch speaks that person's full name. [...] D
Ferdinand von Zeppelin did not seriously consider building his airship until 1890. Even though he ha [...] D
Haggis is not black and shaped like a hot-dog. It is grey, fat and usually weighs about 500 g to 1 k [...] D
When John and Roy are leaving on the steamship, a bridge can be seen on the left crossing over the H [...] D
After the escape from the burning barn in London, Roy and Chon crash at Stonehenge. Stonehenge is, i [...] D
Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish doctor by trade, and not an English detective working for Scotland [...] D
The gun on the boat is twirling around as it fires automatically. Double thumb triggers can not jam [...] D

Frase

Roy: So what did your dad do? Was he an imperial g [...] D
Roy: And just to set the record straight... Roy O' [...] D
Shotgun: Sorry, Sheriff. No princess. D
Roy: You got any ideas? [looks down] Chon Wang: [...] D
Roy: I'm guessing by your hasty retreat, that you' [...] D
[why Chon should sleep with the woman for money] [...] D
Chon Wang: Wu Chow. Roy O'Bannon: Wu who? Chon L [...] D
Server: Spotted dick, sir? Roy: What? Server: Sp [...] D
Roy: Hey, Chon, you're lucky I didn't invest in th [...] D
Charlie Chaplin: I'm just lookin' out for number o [...] D
Roy: Roy, you're about to die. You're on the minut [...] D
Charlie Chaplin: [reading an invitation] "Lord Nel [...] D
Roy: I'm gettin' ready to launch a little thing ca [...] D
Roy: Can I tell you something? Chon Wang: What? [...] D
Jack the Ripper: Nice night for a walk. [Attack C [...] D
Roy: [to Chon Lin] You have a GREAT body. There! I [...] D
Roy: Wait, there's something different about this [...] D
Chon Wang: We are wasting time. Roy: What do you [...] D
Roy: [to a palace guard] The queen, look, the quee [...] D
[Handing Doyle Roy's watch] Chon Wang: What else [...] D
Roy: [in London] Hey, I'm walking here! You're dri [...] D
Lord Rathbone: [Startled] Must you keep doing that [...] D
[Lin slaps Chon Wang] Chon Wang: I just saved you [...] D
Lord Rathbone: Perhaps you could explain to me how [...] D
Roy: [about Lin] Put her down! Put her down! Lord [...] D
Chon Wang: If you break her heart, I break your le [...] D
[after opening the puzzle box] Roy: It's just a r [...] D
[last lines] [workers are repairing Big Ben] Wor [...] D
Chon Wang: Wu Chow! Roy: Wu who? D
[last lines in outtakes] Chon Wang: Roy! Roy! My [...] D
Roy: [line in outtakes] And, Jackie? I'm not Roy O [...] D
Roy: That's a terrible name for a detective. Sherl [...] D
Roy: Lord, help me. Just let me know you're there. [...] D
Roy: Artie, Lin is not a killer. She's just a real [...] D
[first lines] Chon Wang's Father: You are not per [...] D
Roy: [as it starts raining] Oh, this country blows [...] D
Roy: Just go ahead and drown me! I don't care anym [...] D
Chon Wang: Roy! There you are. Need anything, budd [...] D
Chon Wang: Who would leave a pile of stones in the [...] D
Doyle: You look ridiculous. Roy: I think we look [...] D
Roy: [to Charlie] Ever heard of parents? We have p [...] D
Chon Wang: For father. Chon Lin: For father. Roy [...] D
Chon Wang: Who loves you, baby? D
Roy: Hold it right there, Rathboner! D
Roy: Well, what's in it for you? Lord Rathbone: Y [...] D
Roy: Why did you let us out? Charlie Chaplin: Why [...] D
Roy: Chon, I have a confession to make. Chon Wang [...] D
Roy: I call that my kung pow chicken. D
Doyle: I think you gentlemen should accompany me b [...] D
Chon Lin: [after kissing Roy] Be careful. Roy: Te [...] D
Roy: There's this new thing they're starting out i [...] D
Chon Wang: You know what I call him? Not Roy O'Ban [...] D
Doyle: [to Nelson] No matter how far you are from [...] D
Roy: She's gonna fight my battles for me. D
Roy: Guys, do whatever you want to the kid, but th [...] D
Roy: Hey, Rathbone! I was just thinking of a title [...] D
Roy: You just smashed my puzzle box. I'll never fi [...] D
Roy: I see a lot of myself in that kid. It's kinda [...] D
Prostitute: [trying to woo Roy] I'll give you a di [...] D
Charlie Chaplin: Did you just take the last Chocol [...] D
Roy: Roy O'Bannon will not go quietly. You hear th [...] D
Chon Wang: It's a puzzle box. I don't know how to [...] D
[Roy sees the eyes in the painting move] Roy: Ah! [...] D
Chon Wang: Slow down, slow down! Roy: I'm a bat o [...] D
Roy: Look at you! Chon Wang: Look at you! Roy: W [...] D
[to Charlie] Roy: I am gonna break your neck. D
Chon Lin: Once, I sent him over the Great Wall. He [...] D
Roy: So what are we gonna do? Come on, think! I'm [...] D
[Wang is trying to save Roy who is tied up under w [...] D
Chon Wang: The English are not very friendly. Roy [...] D
Roy: [after waking up to a sheep licking his face] [...] D
Chon Wang: Roy! The painting! It's looking at me! [...] D
Roy: Ooooh... You think you're so cool with your k [...] D
Roy: Ok, Chon, ya little Chinese otter. Let's play [...] D
Roy: [Seeing the Imperial Seal] That diamond is as [...] D
Roy: I'm a thirty year old waiter/gigolo. Where's [...] D
Chon Wang: What do you see? Roy: He just pulled a [...] D
Roy: You decadent Philistine! D
Chon Wang: I look like a fool. Roy: What? You're [...] D
Doyle: It's hopeless. We'll never get past the gua [...] D
Chon Wang: Roy come on! D
Roy O'Bannon: [eats a sausage] This is good. I tho [...] D
Roy: Damnit, Chon. Remember your puzzle box. Patie [...] D
Roy: We come from America. You might have heard of [...] D
[repeated line] Lord Rathbone: One more. D

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