Around the World in 80 Days | | Cast : | Jim Broadbent, Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan | | Director : | | | Studio : | Walt Disney Video | | Format : | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Released Date : | June 16, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | November 02, 2004 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | October 14, 2005 | | Summary | Nice Action, Boring Story | Content
 | I hesitated getting this movie after reading some of the reviews, turns out the reviews were right. The original story is fascinating and exciting, if you enjoy reading. This movie only vaguely follows the book, frittering away its great potential while thoroughly boring this viewer. Jackie Chan's fight scenes are good, which provided me an opportunity to stop snoring enough to watch a bit of the movie. I have not viewed the old classic with David Niven, but just might since this movie was a complete (almost, thanks to Jackie) waste of time and electricity. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 16, 2005 | | Summary | TAILOR MADE RETREAD | Content
| This Disney version of Jules Verne's classic tale is not really a remake of the classic 50s film which featured David Niven. Instead, it is a retread made to suit the talents of Jackie Chan, who plays Passepourte as a Chinese bankrobber, a good thief though as he is stealing back a sacred Jade Buddha which was stolen from his village. Chan joins up with inventor Phileas Fogg (played with little relish by Steve Coogan) and a lovely artist (Cecile De France) in a quest to make it around the globe in 80 days as a bet with a nefarious academy curator (a devilishly fiendish Jim Broadbent). The movie has some fun set pieces and some lovely near animated segues into the various locales. It also features some clever cameos from soon to be governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Macy Gray, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Luke and Owen Wilson. The movie didn't live up to the boxoffice expectations and is considered one of the biggest independently made flops in recent history. But it is passably enjoyable entertainment; a stronger actor than Coogan might have made it more enjoyable, however. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 19, 2005 | | Summary | I don't usually agree with the critics but... | Content
| Just watched this movie and saddly that is 2 hours of my life I will never get back again.
I really enjoy Jackie Chan as an actor, but I have NO idea why he elected to act in this movie.
This movie attempts the recent sucess of remaking classic movies into 'modern-day' tales and capatilazing on people wanting to watch their favorite actors.
This movie is tedious and often blunders through guest appearances and trys to forcefeed the plot line down our throats.
If you are looking for a couple light laughs that will fill two hours... find it somewhere else... |
| Rating | | | Date | August 18, 2005 | | Summary | Entertaining movie that is worth watching | Content
| There is some truth in what the other critics commented here but if you sit down for this movie with the right attitude, it is certainly entertaining and worth watching. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | Safe, goofy fun | Content
| This isn't quite the story you remember. It's been updated to add Monique (lovely Cécile De France) added as romantic interest and occasional damsel in distress, to include Jackie Chan as Fogg's valet, and to give plenty of opportunity for Chan's incredible clowning.
The plot winds its way around the world, one step ahead of the bad guys. It's a basically light movie, and the light tone is reinforced by the amusing animated interludes that skip over the tedium of travel. Fogg is shown as an over-intellectual bumbler, saved (whether he knows it or not) by Passepartout (Chan). Mostly, though, the movie is a vehicle for Chan's brilliant physical humor. If you've never seen him - well, you have no idea just how funny martial arts can be made.
It's a safe kind of movie, with bloodless fights, chaste romance, and people keeping their clothes on. There's no great purpose here, just good fun. Hey, it works for me.
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