Tuxedo
The Tuxedo ê ê ê ( PG-13 )
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Reviewed By Demetrius Payne
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Every girl's crazy `bout a SHARP DRESSED MAN!!!
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Jimmy Tong-Jackie Chan
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Del Blaine- Jennifer Love Hewitt
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Clark Devlin-Jason Isaacs
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Ritchie Costner- Diedrich Banning
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Director- Kevin Donovan III
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30 Second Bottom Line: A good-hearted nice guy gets a lesson in life and a much needed ego boost by virtue of some good luck, good advice, and a two billion dollar tux!
Story Line: Jimmy Tong is a cabby who is pretty happy with his life, except for the longing he has for "that special girl." He thinks he's found the girl of his dreams, but he doesn't have the nerve to talk to her. His reputation in the streets as a lead-footed driver with some skills lands him a job as the personal driver of Clark Devlin.
As you might imagine anyone who can afford a personal driver has some money, and Devlin walks the walk and talks the talk (British accent included) of someone who has forgotten more about money that some folks will ever know. Jimmy is immediately enamored by Devlin's smooth, confident style. Devlin gives Jimmy the best advice any real wealthy person could give someone who isn't filthy rich and looks up to them, "90 percent of it is the clothes, the other 10 percent, is in here." Of course the 90 percent he refers to is his tux, the other 10 percent is the heart. An unfortunate turn of events leaves Devlin laid up in a hospital bed and forces Jimmy to break the one and only rule Mr. Devlin placed on him: "NEVER TOUCH MY TUX." It's a good thing he did or else this would have been one short movie.
Turns out Devlin works for one of those ultra-secret, super-duper, government spy agencies and was working on a serious case when he was put out of action. Now, of course, it's up to Jimmy to save the world.
Tell me more about it: Jennifer Love Hewitt puts on a pretty good performance as Jimmy's partner from the agency. And in addition to looking believable in the more physical scenes where she had to split booty-kickin' duty with Chan, she looked breath-taking in almost every scene. A li'l bit on the skinny side, but that's just me (I like big butts and I cannot lie!!). Only problem I had with her character was she was soooo snide! It got on my nerves towards the end, but that's just my beef with the character, not the performance.
Watching Jackie Chan's movies you would think that his influences were Bruce Lee and other great martial artists, but Chan himself would tell you the list of his influences contains the names of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplain. Jackie's an entertainer and storyteller at heart; it's just his body that's the martial artist. Both realities are apparent in this movie. The story line is fairly juvenile, which may be a problem for some, but rarely is for me. Even I have to admit the script is a bit on the lame side. But the fight choreography combined with Chan's "likability" and amazing physical feats (especially for a guy who's 2 candles away from his 40th birthday) along with Love-Hewitt's beauty and comedic performance, make this an enjoyable movie for the (inner) pre-teens and teenagers in your life.
Rated PG-13 for action violence, sexual content and language
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Demetrius Payne
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