Remember the days when Jackie Chan was famous for hard boiled action movies where he did his own stunts, and fought armies of mobsters and ninjas? I barely do either.

This is where Jackie officially sold out. When he decided that he will start doing action/"comedies" for the entire family. "Rush Hour" and it's sequel were not bad, but that was thanks to a clever script and a good director. "The Tuxedo" is just a bad movie. While not nearly as bad as the suicide-inducing "Medallion," "The Tuxedo" will still leave a horrible taste in your mouth and cause Jackie to loose 56 respect points.

The story is about a clumsy chauffer (Chan), who is hired to drive a famous secret agent (Jason Isaacs) around. When the agent is wounded, Jackie must put on his gadget equipped title clothing and fight a crazy man and stop him from poisoning the world's water supply.

TO give you just an idea as to how misconceived and stupid this movie is, I'll describe you the first shot of the film: we see a deer peeing in a river. Why? No reason. It just is. (Shudder). Then we meet Chan's character, who gets involved in some very stupid slapstick humor. Once the suit comes into play, we are treated to CGI action scenes that are terribly choreographed and don't make a lick of sense. This leads to the most depressing thing about the movie: what happened to the days when Jackie was always in magnificently choreographed fights that required to CGI, but only his amazing athletic skills? The CGI here is a crutch, and a bad one. It's not as bad as "The Medallion" (which set a new low for visual effects), but they look outdated. Films ten years before this look better.

Without his action, Jackie's really weak acting comes into full view, and Jennifer Love Hewitt and an immensely annoying heroine. I did like Jason Isaacs, but his presence is canceled out by an astoundingly bad James Brown cameo.

While by no means the worst movie of all time, "The Tuxedo" is the perfect example of a generic bad movie. Stay away.

© Written by Jacob Hall

How We Rated This Film TC Candler - D Richard Propes - C- Jacob Hall - D

TC Candler's Comment

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Richard Propes' Comment

It has been reported that Jackie Chan wishes to do more "family" films with acting involved. Stop! Stop, right now! Stay away, Mr. Chan! Mr. Chan...Move away from the stage. You are not an actor. I'm sorry, I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...but, well, you're pretty damn fine as an action star. You can kick major butt. But, well...you can't act...sure, you've had a couple decent buddy flicks...I mean, after all, you are a pretty nice guy from what I hear...so, that sort of chemistry does work. But, in case you haven't gotten the point. You can't act...stay away from films that require it.

Like this one, for example...a sub-par outing for Jackie Chan along with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Who dreamed this sucker up? They should be working at McDonald's Drive-Thru right now.

Sadly, this film made money...which only encourages Mr. Chan that he should be doing films like this...so, I beg of you American public...stay away from garbage like this...for the sake of our country.