Chan, Wilson: Keystone Cops and 'Shanghai Knights'

By Scott Simon

Published February 8, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Action star Jackie Chan is back in Shanghai Knights -- and he's reunited with American sidekick Owen Wilson. This time they're after a killer in old England. Entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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