The Tuxedo

2002 "He's not looking for trouble...he's wearing it."
5.4| 1h38m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 27 September 2002 Released
Producted By: DreamWorks Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.

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BA_Harrison Taxi Driver Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is given the job of chauffeur to smooth secret agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), but after a bomb blast almost kills Devlin, Jimmy enters the world of espionage posing as his boss. With the help of sexy scientist Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and the use of Devlin's top secret, gadget laden tuxedo, Jimmy tries to defeat Dietrich Banning, a maniac plotting to poison America's reservoirs.I've been promising to show my 8-year-old son something from my kung fu collection for quite some time now, but due to the high level of violence in most of my martial arts DVDs, the majority were not really suitable; in the end, I gave him the choice between two Jackie Chan films: Twin Dragons or The Tuxedo. Unfortunately, he chose the latter, one of the Jackie's more recent films which I had avoided so far thanks to its being mainstream Hollywood fare aimed at a family audience. Still, I was willing to give it a go since it co-starred Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose looks and magnificent cleavage make even the lamest movies easier to endure.As I expected, this film features very little in the way of decent action or story: the plot is awful, the comedy weak, the fight scenes far too reliant on special effects and wire work, and Peter Stormare and Debi Mazar are totally wasted in a throwaway roles. As I had suspected, curvacious Jennifer Love Hewitt is easily the breast thing... err, I mean the best thing about the whole rather sorry affair.I rate The Tuxedo a miserable 2/10, plus a generous extra pair of points for JLH's extra-generous pair of points.
Bradley Wong Unlike most people on here, I found "The Tuxedo" to be one of Jackie Chan's funniest films since the "Rush Hour" films! For the first time in Jackie Chan's film career, his unique fighting ability, that he displays so flawlessly, is attributed to a formal dining ensemble(the tuxedo)! Chan has also showed his uncanny ability to play well on screen opposite just about anyone who is paired with him regardless of race or gender as he does here with the very beautiful and talented Jennifer Love Hewitt! I really enjoyed the non-stop romp of laughs as well as Chan's signature arsenal of stunts in this one! Chan and Hewitt deliver the kind of chemistry that should have led to a sequel if the movie had done well at the box office. Unfortunately, it didn't! The special effects come off dazzling and flawless! If you're a fan of Jackie Chan's, then you need to continue to support his efforts with your viewing of this film! You will not be disappointed.
TheLittleSongbird I personally think The Medallion is worse than the Tuxedo, but the thing is The Tuxedo I was left cold by. Jackie Chan is always watchable, and he is one of the best things of this mediocre effort having a lot of charisma and doing what he can do. Jason Issacs also gives a strong performance, the first twenty minutes are actually great, the Macguffin is fun and the film does look good and doesn't look as though it was edited on a bacon slicer.However, despite these good things, The Tuxedo does fall downhill quickly. The storytelling on the whole is incredibly clunky complete with cardboard cut-outs for characters, poor dialogue, stunts that suffer from a lack of energy and unnecessary(not to mention sloppy) CGI effects that miss the point of everything Chan stands for. The film is badly paced, with a lot of rushed and slow spots that dispand from any more believability the film could have had, and the direction is bland. While Chan and Issacs are good, Jennifer Love-Hewitt is terrible. She in general is not a great actress but she is one with warmth and endearment, but with such a poorly written and undercooked role she tries way too hard.Overall, not Chan's worst, but rather weak. 4/10 Bethany Cox
VolleyFlick Note: I don't read other reviews before I write my own.Well, I just watched this movie for the first time and it was a blast! Good action, not a bad plot, very funny at times, and it really moves along. It's a good no-brainer, fun movie to watch with your kids say of about 12 years old and up.I've never liked JLH but in this movie her acting fit.The plot could have been stronger, Jackie was often difficult to understand and the acting wasn't the greatest, but for this kind of movie that's not the point.Overall good. I'd recommend it if you're looking for a fun action movie.