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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Phil Hay (story) &
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Release Date:
27 September 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's Not Looking For Trouble... He's Wearing It. more
Plot:
A hapless chauffer must take a comatosed secret agent's place using his special gadget-laden tuxedo. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jackie Chan ... Jimmy Tong

Jennifer Love Hewitt ... Del Blaine

Jason Isaacs ... Clark Devlin

Debi Mazar ... Steena
Ritchie Coster ... Dietrich Banning

Peter Stormare ... Dr. Simms

Mia Cottet ... Cheryl

Romany Malco ... Mitch
Daniel Kash ... Rogers
Jody Racicot ... Kells

Boyd Banks ... Vic
Scott Wickware ... CSA Agent Wallace
Christian Potenza ... CSA Agent Joel
Karen Glave ... CSA Agent Randa

Scott Yaphe ... CSA Agent Gabe
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Also Known As:
T.U.X. (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for action violence, sexual content and language.
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98 min
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Cameo: [Bill Murray]Can be seen in the final gallery scene as a customer. more
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Continuity: When Jimmy and Clark go into the store and Clark looks at the bug, the sales girl is clearly wearing hazel contacts. Later on she has brown eyes. more
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Jimmy Tong: The name's Tong, James Tong. more
Soundtrack:
Used to Be Bad more

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Put into 'Discard' mode, 26 March 2003
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Author: Lester Mak (leekandham) from London, UK

Despite the numerous failures Jackie Chan had in trying to break into Hollywood, and now that he has, it still seems that he never quite learnt the moral of is conquest. Simply put, this was equal, nay I correct myself, can be classed below some of his other failures in terms of quality. But fortunately he has become a big enough star for the film to be pulled off - but only just

I won't try to sum up the plot, partly because it's be done by others already, and partly because it is so disjointed and skewed that it struggles to make any sense. Frankly, the intelligence level of the characters appeared to be equivalent to that of a carrot, and indeed the writers seemed to share that intelligence. Even Saturday morning kids cartoons (including Jackie's own) have much greater knowledge than this!

After the success of the Rush Hour films, and Shanghai Noon/Knights, this film was a sheer disappointment. I love seeing Jackie Chan as part of a double act in his English language films, but The Tuxedo shows he can't quite pull it off alone. Jennifer Love Hewitt appeared as simple window dressing for Chan, and despite the miniscule amount of chemistry that did appear (better than none), Chan looked desperate in trying to pull of his one-liners.

It is hard to understand how the script left the storyboard as it did. The plot isn't the worst in the world, but the way the film was constructed left very little artistic and entertainment value. It was almost too rushed. And written without Jackie Chan in mind, I feel. It's too formulaic, too 'let's make a quick buck'.

I am a devoted Jackie Chan fan and one of my life's joys was the fortune to meet him and to organise his appearance at Oxford University in 2000. It's hard for a fan to criticise his hero, but sometimes he must, especially when, as in this case, his loyal fans pay money only to be disappointed.

The Tuxedo has to be one of Jackie's lowlights. I very much hope that the man can continue to work on good scripts such as Rush Hour and leave behind the non-comical, formulaic scripts such as the Tuxedo that seem to have been written while on the toilet seat.

Sorry Jackie, but one I have to advise to avoid.

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