History Film / TheTuxedo

** The BigBad's [[PeterStormare dorky scientist]] is [[{{Film/Constantine}} SATAN.]]

* RapeAsComedy: the scene where Banning's girlfriend tries to get into Jimmy's pants.

Jimmy Tong (JackieChan) is a New York taxi driver. After escorting a mysterious woman to her destination at breakneck speed, she recruits him to be the chauffeur of JamesBond {{Expy}} Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), who is hot on Banning's trail. After an attempt on Devlin's life lands him in a hospital, he tells Jimmy to take his tuxedo and stand-in for him. Jimmy promptly finds that Devlin's tuxedo is a $2 billion dollar [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman power suit]] that allows the wearer to do kung-fu, [[WallCrawl walk on walls]] [[CeilingCling and ceilings]], and dance really well (among other things). He and CSA agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who presumes him to be Devlin and is thus more than a little confused at his ineptitude, team up to bring Banning down.

Jimmy Tong (Chan) is a New York taxi driver. After escorting a mysterious woman to her destination at breakneck speed, she recruits him to be the chauffeur of JamesBond {{Expy}} Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), who is hot on Banning's trail. After an attempt on Devlin's life lands him in a hospital, he tells Jimmy to take his tuxedo and stand-in for him. Jimmy promptly finds that Devlin's tuxedo is a $2 billion dollar [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman power suit]] that allows the wearer to do kung-fu, [[WallCrawl walk on walls]] [[CeilingCling and ceilings]], and dance really well (among other things). He and CSA agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who presumes him to be Devlin and is thus more than a little confused at his ineptitude, team up to bring Banning down.

** The art museum's director has... [[WhoseLineIsItAnyway questionable]] [[ credentials.]]

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** The art museum's director has... [[WhoseLineIsItAnyway questionable]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMlpeMLqCxQ&t=3m45s credentials.]]

* RapeAsComedy: The funniness of the scene where Banning's girlfriend tries to get into Jimmy's pants... [[YourMilageMayVary varies]].

-->Del: "This is the part where 50 CSA agents come storming in to haul you, your pretentious accent and those jackass sideburns to prison!"\\

* FridgeLogic: If Banning's EvilPlan had actually succeeded (and worked as described), it would shortly lead to [[ApocalypseHow the extinction of most life on Earth.]] Guess he [[DidntThinkThisThrough Didn't Think This Through]].

Jimmy Tong (Chan) is a New York taxi driver. After escorting a mysterious woman to her destination at breakneck speed, she recruits him to be the chauffeur of JamesBond {{Expy}} Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), who is hot on Banning's trail. After an attempt on Devlin's life lands him in a hospital, he tells Jimmy to take his tuxedo and stand-in in his place. Jimmy promptly finds that Devlin's tuxedo is a $2 billion dollar [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman power suit]] that allows the wearer to do kung-fu, [[WallCrawl walk on walls]] [[CeilingCling and ceilings]], and dance really well among other things. He and CSA agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who presumes him to be Delvin and is thus more than a little confused at his inepitude, team up to bring Banning down.

Alas, what this means is that this movie, instead of showcasing Chan's personal skills and stuntwork, showcases a whole lot of [[SpecialEffectsFailure more-or-less unimpressive special effects]] pertaining to the suit's abilities. On the rare occasions that some actual stuntwork is done, it's performed not by Chan but by as many as 7 stand-ins. Whereas in other Chan films the HilariousOuttakes during the end credits showed failed stunts, the one in this film shows mucked-up dialogue.

--> 1. Turn all water on the planet into [[strike:[[CatsCradle ice-nine]]]] a dessicant.

Alas, what this means is that this movie, instead of showcasing Chan's personal skills and stuntwork, showcases a whole lot of [[SpecialEffectsFailure more-or-less unimpressive special effects]] pertaining to the suit's abilities. On the rare occasions that some actual stuntwork is done, it's performed not by Chan but by as many as 7 stand-ins. Whereas in other Chan films the BlooperReel during the end credits showed failed stunts, the one in this film shows mucked-up dialogue.

* BlooperReel

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You killed James Brown!"

* SoBadItsHorrible: The general consensus.
** SoBadItsGood: For some.

* IKEAWeaponry: Has a sequence where Jackie Chan's character must assemble a rifle used to plant a listening device at long distance. Arguably justifies the 'use right away' scope due to the nature of his high tech tuxedo. Also the fact that the scope itself seems to be high tech as well, since it appears to have something like an auto targeting system (which ironically causes him to mess up the shot horribly).

* SimpletonVoice: Lampshaded. Hewitt does a perfect impression of the Banning's bimbo girlfriend's voice.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: As pointed out by RogerEbert, [[YouFailBiologyForever there is no species of water strider that possess queens]].

* DidNotDoTheResearch: As pointed out by RogerEbert, there is no species of water strider that possess queens.

* RedHerring: The deer peeing at the beginning has no importance to the plot, despite considerable focus on the water making its way from the stream to the bottling plant.

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* ThirdPersonPerson: Lampshaded. When Jimmy sees a case of insects, he inadvertedly remarks "Mr. Devlin liked insects too", and tries to remedy this slip by claiming that "I like to refer to myself in the third person". Del counters thus: "Del Blaine thinks you're an idiot."

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You killed James Brown!"

Arguably JackieChan's worst film.

If this film does have a redeeming feature, it would be that it is one of the few mainstream Hollywood films to feature an Asian man hooking up with a white woman; albeit only ''just'', in the last 20 seconds or so, after Jimmy tries and fails to hit on an Asian woman.

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