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The Tuxedo
2002
In THE TUXEDO, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). However, when Devlin is .. Read more
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Peter Stormare |
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| Director | Kevin Donovan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
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The Tuxedo
In THE TUXEDO, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). However, when Devlin is severely injured in an assassination attempt, Jimmy must don Devlin's suit--which just happens to be a state-of-the-art, two-billion-dollar weapon loaded with special capabilities and gadgets. Paired up with ambitious but inexperienced agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Jimmy must continue Devlin's mission, which involves foiling Dietrich Banning (Ritchie Coster), a power-mad bottled-water mogul.
Kevin Donovan's action-packed comedy gives the talented Chan an unusual opportunity to play a character not adept at martial arts. Of course, once he puts on the tuxedo, he's capable of amazing physical feats, but Chan revels in hamming it up as someone who's literally not in control of his actions. Meanwhile, Hewitt provides catty support, and Isaacs (the villain in THE PATRIOT) makes the most of his good-guy role. A goofy Bond-ish romp, THE TUXEDO also features Debi Mazar as a tough secret agent and Peter Stormare as a nerdy mad scientist.
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Peter Stormare |
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| Director | Kevin Donovan |
| Studio | DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, English, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 07 Jul 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Energetic action star Jackie Chan usually gives good value, but in this James Bond-style adventure the mechanical gadgets are given precedence over his physical prowess, leaving the martial arts maestro with little to do. Chan plays Jimmy Tong, a chauffeur to millionaire super-spy Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs) whose hospitalisation leads Chan to try on Devlin's hi-tech dinner jacket. Our hero soon finds it imbues him with incredible acrobatic powers that confusingly lead to his involvement in an international espionage plot. Jennifer Love Hewitt, as an inept CIA agent, provides the best comedy moments in the film, otherwise it's just a bunch of special effects, liberally poured on by director Kevin Donovan, that obscure Chan's true gifts — after all, the man practically is a special effect. It may have been made to measure, but this Tuxedo just isn't big enough for him.
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Ludicrous comedy thriller that wastes Jackie Chan's talents and an audience's time.
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7 out of 10 people found this review helpful
The Tuxedo
This is an excellent film and I suggest that anybody who enjoyed the rush hour 1 & 2 films will love this. Jackie Chan stars as the movie's main charecter and throughout the film he provides some comical contributions to the movie i.e. when he ''shakes his booty'' after pressing the wrong button on his watch after he dons the tuxedo. Also co-star Jennifer Love-Hewitt is fantastic in this film, especially with her sarcastic charecter. Overall this film is fantastic and I would recommended to everybody.
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Really Good, VERY Entertaining !
About as goods as Rush Hour one and two I would say possibly even better in a couple of places. Definitely worth a rental possibly will add this to my collection. If you want to be entertained and have a good time rent this !
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Chan in talks for earthquake film
- 27 May 2008
Jackie Chan is in discussions to make a film about the Chinese earthquake, which will raise money for its survivors. The Tuxedo star said he was in meetings with directors and scriptwriters to get the project off the ground "I want to make the movie about the earthquake because there's so many touching stories," he said. The actor said he had already donated $1.4m (£700,000) to help the victims of the quake, which killed around 60,000 people on May 12th. "I believe there are Read more
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