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The Tuxedo (Widescreen)
Stars: Jackie Cha, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Debi Mazar, and Peter Stormar
Writers:
Michael J. Wilson and Michael Leeson
Based
On A Story By: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, and Michael J. Wilson
Director:
Kevin Donovan
Feature
length: 99 minutes
Extras:
Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes, Blooper Reel, Featurette, Trailer, Cast And
Filmmaker Bios, Production Notes
Languages:
English DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround Sound, English and French Language
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and English Dolby Surround
Subtitles
English Captions and French and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 20
Sound:
DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and
Dolby Surround Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 2002/DVD Release: 2003
Theatrical
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures
Home
Video Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: PG-13
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Jackie
Chan is a cab driver who gets a higher paying gig driving what appears to be on
the outside, a normal wealthy man, but who is really a secret agent trying to
prevent a madman from controlling the world’s fresh water supply by poisoning
everything, but his brand named bottled water people will have to buy. When the
agent goes down in an accident, Chan steps into his boss’ tuxedo, which gives
him extraordinary powers and with the help of a young field operative (Jennifer
Love Hewitt), sets out to save the world.
The
story paradigm for “The Tuxedo” is very much like “The Mask” in which we
have a normal guy with a bit of low self esteem transform into a superhero with
through extraordinary powers granted to him through in this case a tuxedo and
subsequently we watch him defeat a criminal organization and boost his own self
esteem before realizing that he doesn’t need a tuxedo at all to get a girl,
all he needs is to be himself. We even get a climactic fight scene where the
villain and hero go head to head in super tuxedos that is somewhat reminiscent
to the closing confrontation in “The Mask” where wee see the mask jump from
the villain, to the hero, and even the hero’s dog in the final reel. Jackie
Chan is in his element with the stunts and all, but he doesn’t quite come off
right as the “ordinary” guy in extraordinary circumstances in this film.
There is also no chemistry between Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jackie Chan though
there are some amusing smaller roles with Jason Isaacs as the fallen secret
agent, who Chan fills in for, and a cameo by the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr.
James Brown.
DreamWorks
is releasing both a widescreen and a pan & scan version of “The Tuxedo”
to DVD-Video with identical special features. The widescreen edition features a
good anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio presentation with a fine grain,
but nothing obtrusive. The English DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround
Soundtrack is edgier than the English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack, but
both are well mixed and discrete. A French Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Soundtrack and an English Dolby Surround Soundtrack are also provided along with
English Captions for the hearing impaired and French and Spanish Language
Subtitles as options.
The
deleted scenes, extended scenes, blooper reel, trailer and featurette all
include optional English Captions for the hearing impaired and French and
Spanish Language Subtitles as well. The deleted scenes and extended scenes as
well as the blooper reel (7:44) are presented in a nice (1.85:1) widescreen
aspect ratio with English Stereo Sound. There are 9 deleted scenes that are
presented under the following headings, which include “Mistaken Identity”
(1:23), “Drowning In A Limo” (2:00), “Sex Machine,” which features the
complete stage performance sequence with Jackie Chan and James Brown (2:27),
“Eliminate Him” (: 35), “Arrival At The Mansion” (: 58), “Dusting”
(: 52), “Clothing Theft” (3:04), “Professional Ambition” (1:01), and
“Del Gets Captured” (1:08). The three extended scenes consist of “A Botched Mission”
(1:26), “Information From A Girlfriend” (2:53), and “Meeting Of Water
Company Executives” (1:39).
The
promotional HBO Special “Tailor Made For Jackie Chan” (13:02) and the
widescreen (1.85:1) theatrical trailer (2:26) wrap up the extra features
included on this DVD along with onscreen cast and crew biographies and
production notes. The interactive menus are mostly fully animated with full
motion scene selections and all are easy to navigate.
“The
Tuxedo: Widescreen” will debut on DVD-Video on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 from
DreamWorks Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.