Don't expect to sit there quietly in the back row during this film - this is a laugh-out-loud kind of movie.

Two men who just don’t get on, but through a series of comic mishaps come to appreciate each other’s flaws and foibles and become friends. Homer-esque in quality - well maybe not, but it’s the basis of this (and every other) buddy movie. What lifts it above this status is Chan’s slapstick take on all those old wild west clichés.

I told you to wake me when we reached Mansfield Woodhouse

Yes, this is the wild west Chan style - the stereotypes are there, including the obligatory ride into the sunset at the end - but they’re only fodder for jokes you see a mile off but still have you laughing out loud along with everyone else.

That's not to say there isn't plenty of action.

Chan's the man

Chan is a bumbling Chinese Imperial Guard in the 1850’s sent to the States to help free Princess Pei Pei (AllyMcBeal's Lucy Liu) from the clutches of evil slave trader Lo Fong.

His thoughts of pulling off a daring rescue are dashed when he finds himself working as little more than a bagboy to three other Guardsmen who are there to rescue the princess too.

Cue the comic escapades as Chan dons his "one man against the world" persona. He sets off to free the Princess by himself - until he runs into his future buddy Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson) and the two become dubious allies. Wilson, however, is more concerned about getting his hands on the ransom gold than actually freeing the princess.

I would be giving too much away if I said that Chan gets the girl/princess in the end so I’d better just say that the movie is great fun to see. It’s probably all that you would expect a martial arts/western/comedy/romance to be.