Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard trails Princess Pei Pei when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.
Gough and Millar pepper the story with enough silly gags and droll one-liners that it's easy enough to stay alert between Chan's chest kicks and balletic twirls.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
It's hard to imagine why anyone of any age would find other elements of this movie's attempt at a comic text even mildly amusing.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Unstintingly funny.
– Jessica Winter,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
This is almost Mel Brooks territory: The frontiersmen think the Chinese are Jews, while the white settlers think it's the Sioux who are. This is equal-opportunity nuttiness, and there's a method to it.
– Bob Graham,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Much of its strength comes from the central clash between Jackie's indomitable energy and Wilson's knowingly anachronistic cool, while lots of visual and verbal gags keep things whistling.