The Tuxedo (2002)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Kevin Donovan

Writers (WGA):

Phil Hay (story) &
Matt Manfredi (story) ...

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

He's Not Looking For Trouble... He's Wearing It.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Tuxedo | Secret Agent | Chauffeur | Hospital | Water

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

T.U.X. (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Parkwood Estate, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Blue Train Productions

Trivia:

The "high tech" sniper rifle featured in the movie, is really a scoped competition air rifle from Steyr. Nothing is done to hide this fact, the gun is in its original state.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jimmy is fighting with the cyclist, Mitch comes over suddenly holding a tire iron and a hot dog. The cyclist forces the tire iron and to hot dog out of Mitch's hand. When the cyclist sees the officer, he walks away, and Mitch throws the hot dog at him. But at no time did we see Mitch pick up the hot dog after dropping it.

Quotes:

Jimmy Tong: That's definitely not a rental.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: 'The Tuxedo': Tailor Made for Jackie Chan (#9.14)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

At Last

This tuxedo is barely worth renting

This movie is occasionally funny if you don't get bogged down in trying to figure out the plot holes. Jennifer Love Hewitt is attractive and charming, but absolutely nothing her character does makes sense. Is she a secret agent, a secret double agent, or a secret triple agent? Does she have a sly sense of humor or is she merely tolerating someone else's sexist humor? Is she a skilled martial combatant or an incredible lucky newbie? The script never makes any of this clear. It's like this movie was written to make her look stupid (attractive, but stupid).

Jackie Chan's moves are entertaining, but as an action flick this is probably one of his worst. The problem is that in the story he's wearing a near-magical tuxedo that gives him superhuman powers. Instead of knowing that everything you see is Jackie busting his butt doing his own stunts, you're watching special effects ginned up with wires, blue screen, and computer enhancement. It's more like watching a Superman movie than a Jackie Chan flick.

Overall I'd give this movie a 3/10. Watching it is better than doing nothing for 90 minutes, as long as you're not paying much for the privilege.