AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS(2004)
I didn't expect much outta this one! However with Jackie
Chan, it had possiblities. And it was a Disney film. I was
pleasantly surprised by how good it was! Very much worth
watching! B+
A review from Amazon:
The 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days is an entertaining
hodge-podge of adventure, comedy, and scenery from across the
globe. Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan, 24 Hour Party People), an obsessively
precise inventor, bets that he can circumnavigate the planet in 80
days--considered impossible in the Victorian era. In this version, Jackie
Chan plays a Chinese peasant who retrieves a stolen idol from the Bank
of England, then convinces Fogg to hire him as a French valet so that
Chan can get back to his village. Chan supplies numerous spectacular
fights against the forces trying to stop Fogg or get the idol, while Coogan
is both funny and a surprisingly appealing romantic lead (he flirts with
a fetching French painter who joins them). The various episodes--featuring
cameos by Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Cleese, Owen Wilson, and
Sammo Hung--are uneven, but a goofy good cheer prevails. --Bret Fetzer