But bad guy Broadbent seems to spend much of his screen time shouting rather than being truly villainous, while Bremner reaches a career nadir as the Cocker-nee cop who forms the basis of a running gag that quickly wears thin. Coogan is engaging enough as the eccentric Fogg (although his cut-glass English accent soon gives way to a long string of Victorian-era Alan Partridge-isms), and De France does her best with the love interest role.
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On the plus side, it looks pretty, with Coraci making the most of the foreign locations and period detail. The poor script doesn't help either, littered with double entendres and borderline toilet gags that would be more at home in a high school comedy. But his antics feel oddly out of place in what is, after all, supposed to be a literary adaptation, and ultimately the action overshadows the central story rather than enhancing it.
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Of course, no Chan movie can get away without giving the man himself a chance to show off his stunt work, and here he gets to take on legions of Chinese warriors and other enemies using all manner of improvised weaponry. More than anything, it feels like yet another excuse for a frantic Jackie Chan kung fu-a-thon, only this time dressed up in 19th century costumes and set against various exotically painted backdrops. That, however, is a poor excuse for what Wedding Singer director Frank Coraci has come up with: a leaden version of Jules Verne's classic, which tries to turn up the comedy factor yet offers only occasional flashes of inspiration.
Titcher Screenwriter David Tichter Screenwriter Dean Humphreys Re-Recording Mixer Garry Freeman Supervising Art Director Hal Lieberman Producer Harvey Harrison Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director Of Photography Harvey Harrison Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director Of Photography Henning Molfenter Co-producer Ian Voigt Sound/Sound Designer Jackie Chan Lau Xing, Passepartout, Executive Producer Jeff Geoffray Co-Executive Producer Jille Azis Set Designer Jim Henson's Creature Shop Visual Effects Jules Verne Book Author Michael D.Given its status as a classic novel whose previous adaptation won the Best Picture Oscar in 1956, remaking Around The World In Eighty Days was always going to be a tricky task.
Sutton Crew Frank Coraci Director Aimee Keen Associate Producer Alex Leung Associate Producer Alex Schwartz Executive Producer Anna Sheppard Costume Designer Anne Seibel Set Designer Avy Kaufman Casting Billy Badalato Producer Christian Schäfer Set Designer Christine Parkin Set Designer Chung Chi "Nicky" Lee Stunts Coordinator Dallas Hartman Associate Producer David Andrew Goldstein Screenwriter David Benullo Screenwriter David N. Cast Jackie Chan Lau Xing, Passepartout, Executive Producer Jackie Chan Lau Xing, Passepartout, Executive Producer Steve Coogan Phileas Fogg Jim Broadbent Lord Kelvin Robert Fyfe Jean Michel Ewen Bremner Inspector Fix Cécile De France Monique de Grave Ian McNeice Colonel Kitchner Karen Joy Morris General Fang Roger Hammond Lord Rhodes David Ryall Lord Salisbury Mark Addy Steamer Captain John Cleese The Balloon Man Will Forte Young Bobby Sammo Hung Wong Fei Hung Luke Wilson Orville Wright Owen Wilson Wilbur Wright Daniel Wu Bak Mei Kathy Bates Queen Victoria Arnold Schwarzenegger Prince Hapi of Turkey Karen Mok General Fang Adam Godley Mr.
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