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Around the World in 80 days with Jackie Chan

Around the World in 80 days with Jackie Chan

Synopsis of the DVD Movie: Around the World in 80 days with Jackie Chan

An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even rollerblades, but the world has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, Fogg makes an outlandish bet with Lord Kelvin (Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science: to circumnavigate the globe in no more than 80 days! With his two sidekicks - Passepartout (Jackie Chan) and femme fatale Monique (Cecile De France) - Fogg is headed on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race that takes our heroes to the world's most exotic places by land, sea, and air. Along the way, our heroes face many adventures and obstacles from an all-star cast including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Owen and Luke Wilson, and Rob Schneider.

DVD Movie Rating for: Around the World in 80 days

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Movie Plot of: Around the World in 80 days

This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Jackie Chan), 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 (Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens' 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.

DVD Production Details of: Around the World in 80 days

Starring: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan,
Director: Frank Coraci

Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Rated: PG
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004

DVD Extra Bonus Features

Available subtitles: French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French, Spanish
Never-Before-Seen Director's Alternate Beginning
Deleted Scenes
"Discovering Around The World In 80 Days" Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
Cast And Filmaker Commentary
"All Over The World" Perfomed By Dave Stewart And The Sylvia School Children's Choir

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Reviews of the movie: Around the World in 80 days

The original `Around the World in 80 Days' had Michael Todd, famous producer and husband to Elizabeth Taylor; David Niven as the sophisticated but aloof inventor, Phileas Fogg; and Mexican cutie, Cantinflas, as servant Passepartout. The remake director, Frank Coraci, has some uneven comedies behind him (`The Waterboy' and `The Wedding Singer'); his Fogg is the unremarkable Steve Coogan (much television); Jackie Chan as Passepartout is better known than anyone else, probably Disney head Michael Eisner's raison d'etre for funding this disappointment, as he did the recent failure, `Alamo.'

Unfortunately Jackie Chan had only a few creatively choreographed martial arts scenes; the rest of the film for him is negligible. The remake also does not have a memorable melody for its score, as the original famously did (Imagine a remake of `Dr. Zhivago' without `Lara's Theme'?).

Besides Jackie Chan's considerable calisthenics, Cecile De France has noticeable charm as the gap-toothed Monique La Roche, love interest of the foggy Fogg. Fogg's backyard, by the way, looks like Willy Wonka's playpen, certain to keep the younger audience interested. Karen Mok as Passepartout's nemesis, General Fang, has Freddy Krueger's nails and Yu Shu Lien's dangerous beauty (Michelle Yeoh in `Crouching Tiger'). Not one of these actors can bring home the bacon for this misadventure.

Each time a shot, usually aerial, morphs into animation, I remember Baz Lurhmann's romantic `Moulin Rouge,' which often floated through Paris's windows and streets with much more wit and enthusiasm.

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