The Tuxedo (2002)

A hapless chauffer must take a comatosed secret agent's place using his special gadget-laden tuxedo.

Director:

Kevin Donovan

Writers:

Phil Hay (story), Matt Manfredi (story),

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs

2 wins & 1 nomination.

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

Storyline

Jimmy Tong is just a lowly chauffeur for millionaire Clark Devlin, until Devlin has an accident that puts him in the hospital. Tong is sent back to fetch some things for Devlin and unknowingly tries on Devlin's tuxedo and finds that it gives extraordinary powers to anyone that dons the suit. This discovery thrusts Tong into world of international intrigue and espionage and pairs him with an inexperienced partner.

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Plot Keywords:

tuxedo | hospital | chauffeur | secret agent | fiancee | 

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Taglines:

Class. Action. Suit.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action violence, sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

T.U.X.

Filming Locations:

Parkwood Estate, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$288,760 (Japan) (14 March 2003)

Gross:

$288,760 (Japan) (14 March 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Train Productions, DreamWorks SKG, Parkes/MacDonald Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Jimmy goes through Mr. Devlin's address book looking for "Walter Strider", he finds phone numbers for Claudia Schiffer, Norman Schwarzkopf, Stephen Sondheim, and George M. Steinbrenner III (first names added). All of the numbers have special characters inserted to ensure that they are not real numbers that people might try to call.

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Goofs

The cable pulling Jimmy up the silo is visible.

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Quotes

Jimmy Tong: You are very smart. Good speller.
Cheryl: Thanks, I graduated top two-thirds of my sixth grade class.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes are shown during the first part of the end credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Eulogy (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Screw Up"
Written by Robert Howes
Performed by Overseer
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Put into 'Discard' mode

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.