The Tuxedo
(2002)
action comedy
directed
by : Kevin Donovan
featuring
: Jackie Chan - Jennifer Love Hewitt - Jason Isaacs - Debi Mazar - Ritchie
Coster
running
time : 1 hour 38 minute
Clothes make the superspy in this high-energy
action comedy. Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is a well-meaning but clumsy New
York City cab driver who is tapped by Steena (Debi Mazar), associate to
multi-millionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), for a new job as Devlin's
personal limo driver. After a mysterious accident lands Devlin in the hospital,
Tong learns that his new boss has a secret -- when he's not wheeling and
dealing in high finance, Devlin is also a secret agent for the CSA, a top-level
security agency. The secret to Devlin's success as a spy is his trademark
tuxedo, a suit which is loaded with special gadgets which turns him into
a high-tech fighting machine. After Tong dons the tuxedo and is transformed
into a martial arts master, he takes over for Devlin and discovers that
the agent's injuries didn't happen by accident. As Tong tries to chase
down a handful of international super-villains bent on world conquest,
he has to deal with Devlin's new partner, Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt),
a CSA rookie who is just as baffled by her new assignment as Tong. The
Tuxedo marked the feature-film debut for director Kevin Donovan, who had
previously won international acclaim for his work in television commercials.