The Tuxedo (2002)

Director:

Kevin Donovan

Writers (WGA):

Phil Hay (story) &
Matt Manfredi (story) ...

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

He's Not Looking For Trouble... He's Wearing It.

Plot:

A hapless chauffer must take a comatosed secret agent's place using his special gadget-laden tuxedo.

Plot Keywords:

Tuxedo | Secret Agent | Chauffeur | Hospital | Water

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Jimmy Tong
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Del Blaine
Jason Isaacs	...	Clark Devlin
Debi Mazar	...	Steena
Ritchie Coster	...	Dietrich Banning
Peter Stormare	...	Dr. Simms
Mia Cottet	...	Cheryl
Romany Malco	...	Mitch
Daniel Kash	...	Rogers
Jody Racicot	...	Kells
Boyd Banks	...	Vic
Scott Wickware	...	CSA Agent Wallace
Christian Potenza	...	CSA Agent Joel
Karen Glave	...	CSA Agent Randa
Scott Yaphe	...	CSA Agent Gabe

Also Known As:

T.U.X. (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Parkwood Estate, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Blue Train Productions

Trivia:

Cheryl's (Mia Cottet) Room Number was Room No. 7268.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jimmy is fighting with the cyclist, Mitch comes over suddenly holding a tire iron and a hot dog. The cyclist forces the tire iron and to hot dog out of Mitch's hand. When the cyclist sees the officer, he walks away, and Mitch throws the hot dog at him. But at no time did we see Mitch pick up the hot dog after dropping it.

Quotes:

Clark Devlin: Jimmy, I hate to say this, but don't take advice from women about women.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Ring Two (2005)

Soundtrack:

Suenalo

disapointing

although both jackie and jennifer do well with this lazy, confused script ultimately this film falls flat. a jackie chan film first and foremost is a vehicle enabling us to see jackies martial arts talents and physical comedy. The premise was childish and at times i found myself cringing with embarrassment which is unheard of im a huge jackie fan and have been since battle creek brawl. Lets face it it doesnt take much to please us rush hour 1 and 2 shanghai noon mr nice guy etc have been fantastic. just put jackie in lots of imaginitive fight scenes with a comedy sidekick or indeed police story just imaginitive fight scenes. But with the tuxedo a lot of the fight scenes have been matrixed up and are cgi'd which we dont expect from jackie. the actual plot was like something from the english school film foundation. Lets hope shanghai knights and highbinders are better.