Stars: Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Peter Stormare, Debi Mazar, Jody Racicot, Ritchie Coster, Mia Cottet, Romany Malco, Scott Wickware, James Brown

Director: Kevin Donovan

Summary: New York City cabby, Jimmy Tong, gets a new job as a limo driver for a multi-millionaire business man. Jimmy soon discovers that his boss is harbouring a secret - he works for a top security agency...

In THE TUXEDO, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). However, when Devlin is severely injured in an assassination attempt, Jimmy must don Devlin's suit--which just happens to be a state-of-the-art, two-billion-dollar weapon loaded with special capabilities and gadgets. Paired up with ambitious but inexperienced agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Jimmy must continue Devlin's mission, which involves foiling Dietrich Banning (Ritchie Coster), a power-mad bottled-water mogul.
Kevin Donovan's action-packed comedy gives the talented Chan an unusual opportunity to play a character not adept at martial arts. Of course, once he puts on the tuxedo, he's capable of amazing physical feats, but Chan revels in hamming it up as someone who's literally not in control of his actions. Meanwhile, Hewitt provides catty support, and Isaacs (the villain in THE PATRIOT) makes the most of his good-guy role. A goofy Bond-ish romp, THE TUXEDO also features Debi Mazar as a tough secret agent and Peter Stormare as a nerdy mad scientist.

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Jackie Chan looks spiffy in The Tuxedo, but the movie needs a tailor. No Jackie Chan movie could be a total misfire, however, and he's charmingly self-effacing here as a hapless chauffeur who inadvertently replaces his injured super-agent boss (Jason Issacs) and foils a madman (Ritchie Coster) who plans to infect the world's water supply and reap a fortune selling pure bottled water. Jackie's a bumbling superhero after donning his boss's high-tech, Inspector Gadget-like tuxedo (it even has a "Mambo" setting), and curvaceous co-agent Jennifer Love Hewitt coaches him in crime fighting while closing in on the bad guys. It's all as routinely ridiculous as it sounds--Jackie's faux James Brown act is the only real highlight--and as critic Roger Ebert observed, the climax hinges on an insect queen that doesn't exist in nature! So, while Jackie and Jennifer provide a few moments of stellar stunts and random amusement, you can blame this mess on screenwriters who didn't do their homework. --Jeff Shannon

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Deleted Scenes, Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical, Featurette - HBO FIRST LOOK: TAILOR MADE FOR JACKIE CHAN, Outtakes, Bloopers Reel, Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Biographies, Filmographies, Production Notes
Year:	2002
Release Date:	June 19, 2006
Runtime:	94 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D S L 1492
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Tuxedo
Genre:	Comedy