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Here, Chan gives us a few impressive fights and stunts, but mostly he plays a character part, in keeping with his new career direction.

Taking the place of his injured super-spy boss, Clark Devlin, Chan takes on the bad guys in Devlin's place. Along the way, he hooks up with another agency spy (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who falls in love with him. The bad guys are planning to corner the world's bottled water supply using a very unlikely method, and Chan must use Devlin's impressive super-spy tuxedo to stop them.

Oh, it was dumb, no question about it. But, regardless, I just plain liked it anyway. There was a lot of slapstick, and for some reason, a lot of non-PC humor. Frankly, it was just plain funny.

Probably the best thing here is the Clark Devlin character. Devlin is the perfect Bond-ish agent; suave, sophisticated, irresistable to women, and super-cool. In fact, it makes one long to see actor Jason Issacs play 007 for real in a new Bond film (sorry, Pierce).

While this would be just fine as a renter, I think you should try to catch it in the theater if possible. Dumb or not, it was a fun movie, and it may be interesting for Chan fans to see a sampling of the new direction the actor/stuntman/martial artist is trying to grow in.

Say it ain't so! A bad Jackie Chan movie!
Being a huge Jackie Chan fan, it pains me to say that The Tuxedo is probably his worst movie. And the funny thing is, the premise was pretty cool. Jackie is a cabbie-turned-chauffeur who is very shy and basically an average guy. When fate throws him a chance to be a superspy, he dons a top-secret billion dollar tuxedo that gives him the ability to fight, climb up the side of buildings and even dance.

I thought the premise of Jackie being a regular guy who could suddenly become a fighting machine wearing this tuxedo was clever. Unfortunately, the lame script and jokes really hurt what could have been a pretty fun movie. Jennifer Love Hewitt's character gave me a headache. She could fight and then she couldn't and many times howling like an idiot seemed to be her way of acting tough.

The movie doesn't play to Jackie's strengths either. They may be able to foist hyper quick-cut Hollywood editing on us in action movies, but it's out of place and annoying in a Jackie Chan film. Even Jackie Chan's weaker movies like Mr. Nice Guy had some nice fighting scenes. The plot, which is filled with gigantic holes, about water striders infecting reservoir water supplies is just plain silly. And then the screenwriters seem to write themselves in a corner when lo and behold, another tuxedo magically appears when the original one is stolen.

Even the blooper reel that normally accompanies Jackie Chan's movies, seemed interested in just showing us Jennifer Love Hewitt blowing her lines by laughing hysterically all the time.

On paper this movie sounded like it could have worked, but on almost all levels (bad script, directing, casting AND dialogue) it's a dud. Even if you're a huge Jackie Chan fan, I'd still suggest leaving The Tuxedo off your list.

Jackie Can't Fight
If you don't go to see a Jackie Chan movie for his fighting style, or the comedic entertainment he brings using his fighting skill, then this is the movie for you.

Forget the plot, and forget whatever the story is supposed to be - comedy, action, whatever. I think most people want to see Jackie Chan use his fighting skills in a movie, not "rely" on a Tuxedo to do it for him.

Now, Jennifer Love Hewitt lends nothing to the story. Her character is beyond trite and common, but we are all used to the female's role being lame. This premise is too pathetic to give any enjoyment. I think the major flaw of this movie is that we know Jackie Chan doesn't need the Tuxedo. We don't see him as a bumbling fool who cannot pull off a roundhouse kick without falling on his behind. I know this is the major flaw because The Medallion was slight on plot, but still entertaining because watching Jackie Chan is fun.