Shanghai Noon (film) The Wild West meets the Far East in a battle for honor, royalty, and a trunk full of gold when acrobatic Imperial Guard Chon Wang comes to Nevada in the 1890s to rescue a beautiful kidnapped Chinese princess. With the help of a partner he does not trust, a wife he does not want, a horse he cannot ride, and martial arts moves that no one can believe, Wang finds himself facing the meanest gunslingers in the West. Directed by Tom Dey. A Touchstone Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment production. Released on May 26, 2000. Stars Jackie Chan (Chon Wang), Owen Wilson (Roy O’Bannon), Lucy Liu (Princess Pei Pei), Roger Yuan (Lo Fong), Xander Berkeley (Van Cleef). 110 min. Doubling for Nevada was the Drumheller area, near Calgary, Alberta. Filmed in CinemaScope. Released on video in 2000.