When Chon Wang learns that his father has been murdered, he leaves his peaceful life in Carson City to reunite with his best friend, Roy O'Bannon. While the general story is about honor and revenge, it also expands into a long series of funny escapades as the two friends soon become tangled in a plot to kill the royal family of England.
Since the story takes place there are tons of gags and references to the country, starting with the usual Royal Guard one we would come to expect but also find a couple that are a bit more fun later on near the end of the film. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson are back and at their best as their characters, also joining them in the action is Chon's sister played by Fann Wong. Rounding out the cast are our two villains played by Donnie Yen and Aidan Gillen. All of the newcomers do a rather good job in their roles, and easily hold their own with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.
The story itself is a pretty basic one, though it is still rather enjoyable thanks to the cast. All of the choreography for the fight scenes is well done, though it has nothing on films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. As far as the humor goes, it really depends on what you enjoy. I myself didn't overly care for a lot of that, and didn't have too many laugh out loud moments. It doesn't surpass the first film, but it isn't terrible either and is a well done sequel.
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