One great thing about the release of older movies on Blu-ray is rediscovering movies you enjoyed when they came out, but now rarely get a chance to see them unedited and without commercial interruptions. One, or rather, two such movies now available on Blu-ray are Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights, brought to you together in this two-movie collection. It's been at least ten years since either of these films were released, so it was a genuine pleasure to review them and relive the zany buddy comedies starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Hit the jump for my review. This two-for is a steal for fans of Chan and Wilson who want to relive the fun on Blu-ray. In addition to both feature films, there are a total of 19 deleted scenes, nine featurettes and three audio commentary tracks. The real deal is in getting to see Chan do his unprecedented stunt work in 2000 and 2003. It's also fun to take a look back and spot actors who are not only still around today, but who are still on the upswing in their careers. And with any Jackie Chan film, you're sure to get a credits sequence that's chock full o' bloopers and these films don't disappoint. Although this is a fair amount of content, both movies and their bonus features are all crammed onto one Blu-ray disc. Normally I'd give them the pass on this if the quality was up to snuff, but even though the description says the films have been ...
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