Detective Chinatown 1900 vs Without a Paddle

Detective Chinatown 1900 has the higher audience score (6.3/10 against 5.6/10 for Without a Paddle). Without a Paddle is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 2h 15m. Without a Paddle is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are action, comedy, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Detective Chinatown 1900 posterDetective Chinatown 19002025 VS Without a Paddle posterWithout a Paddle2004
Detective Chinatown 1900Without a Paddle
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 5.6/10
Year20252004
Length2h 15m1h 35m
GenresAction, Comedy, MysteryAction, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country––
DirectorChen Sicheng, Dai MoSteven Brill
Main castJohn Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, Tai Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Sean KohnkeAntony Starr, Rachel Blanchard, Seth Green, Ethan Suplee, Ray Baker

Synopsis

Detective Chinatown 1900

In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.

Without a Paddle

Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon…

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