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Title: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jackie Chan | ... | Passepartout / Lau Xing | |
| Steve Coogan | ... | Phileas Fogg | |
| Cécile de France | ... | Monique La Roche (as Cécile De France) | |
| Robert Fyfe | ... | Jean Michel | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Lord Kelvin | |
| Ian McNeice | ... | Colonel Kitchener | |
| David Ryall | ... | Lord Salisbury | |
| Roger Hammond | ... | Lord Rhodes | |
| Adam Godley | ... | Mr. Sutton | |
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Howard Cooper | ... | Academy Member #1 |
| Karen Mok | ... | General Fang (as Karen Joy Morris) | |
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Daniel Hinchcliffe | ... | British Valet |
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Wolfram Teufel | ... | Belgian Dignitary |
| Tom Strauss | ... | Academy Member #2 | |
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Kit West | ... | Academy Member #3 |
Set in 1890, the story focuses on Passepartout, a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg, who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemen's club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA. Written by austin4577@aol.com
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The credits roll, and I sarcastically turn to my friend, and whisper, "Dude, 3 screenwriters, and they're all named Dave."
Oddly enough, that turned out to pretty much sum up the whole movie.
It's not BAD. It leans toward good, except it's not so much a remake as it is a Disney-fication. Like 'Cinderella' and 'The Little Mermaid' before it, Disney takes the title of the story and a few major characters, and just turns it into a theme-park attraction with emotional and dramatic resonance to match.
Frank Coraci is solely responsible for making Adam Sandler's star stick. "Happy Gilmore" was cute, but it didn't have the style of a REAL movie, like his two films with Coraci, "The Wedding Singer," and "The Waterboy." Those films work as FILMS, not just Adam Sandler vehicles.
I had high hopes for this one, and for that reason, it splatted. Amusing lines here and there, and great kung-fu choreography ruined by the same poor photography that screwed up "Rush Hour." This is martial arts. DO NOT shoot your actors from the waist up. Things happen too fast, people are moving in too many directions. So in "80 Days," like in "Rush Hour," I had a sense that there was martial arts taking place, but could barely see it. Coraci does pull the camera back a few times, down to the ankles maybe, so a few scenes are reasonably well-shot. But not as well as they could have been. In fact, the entire movie feels rushed, like they're trying to cram the whole script into the alotted time frame. Some "Indiana Jones"-type pacing would have worked wonders, even if it made the movie 30 minutes longer. We're still talking about the book 100 years later for a reason, you know.
What could have been fun for everyone turns into Disney-video wackiness that will barely appeal to anyone over 13, and not at all to any fan of Jules Verne. And thus the old rule applies once again.... the more screenwriters, the worse the film. Even if they're all named Dave.