Kirpianuscus A comedy. and interesting hommage to the novel by Jules Verne. this is its meaning. and source of charme. good cast, nice performances, a lot of delightfull surprises. and Jules Verne for a new generation. surprising for the perfect balance between martial arts and original story and for the great fun. and, sure, not the last, for inspired courage to propose something a bit extravagant and...expected. because it is more than an adaptation in ordinary sense. it is a splendid show. so, the new "Around the World in 80 Days" !

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Arnie movie in order, I come to his cameo in Around The World In 80 Days.Plot In A Paragraph: A bet pits a British inventor (Steve Coogan) a Chinese thief (Jackie Chan), and a French artist (Cecile De France) on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.A lot of your enjoyment of this movie will depend on how funny you find Jackie Chan's slapstick routine and Steve Coogan. I love Coogan as Alan Partridge, but most of his other stuff is hit and miss at best. As for Chan, I have not enjoyed anything he has done in a long time.Arnie turns up about 40 mins in, as Prince Hapi, the man with 6 wives and whose favourite thing in the world, is a giant statue of himself. Hamming it up more than he ever has, Arnold is clearly enjoying himself and is a lot of fun. He is the only bright spot in an otherwise dull affair.Around The World In 80 Days is strictly for people who don't go to the cinema, and stay at home watching movies on DVD and TV. Around The World In 80 Days grossed $24 million at the domestic Box Office and ended the year the 97th highest gross in movie of the year.

SnoopyStyle Lau Xing (Jackie Chan) steals the Jade Buddha from the Bank of England and escapes from the police. He finds shelter with inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan) taking the name Passepartout. Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent) demands the Buddha's return from General Fang before supporting her in China. Kelvin laughs at Phileas and his ideas in the Royal Academy of Science. They bet Phileas traveling around the world in 80 days. Kelvin hires bumbling inspector Fix (Ewen Bremner) to stop them and then orders their arrest. In Paris, Moonique La Roche (Cécile De France) joins them.I don't like the addition of the Chinese story although the fight in Paris is great fun. It distracts from the basic story which is the adventure of traveling the world. The movie diminishes the drama of the ticking clock. The best moment in the story is when they think they lost the race at the finish line. This movie makes it an after-thought. Lots of the movie makes no sense time wise although logic is not a necessity. Coogan and Chan could have chemistry but their characters take a long time to connect. I don't know who Cécile De France is but she was OK. Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance is horrible and he puts the movie on a downward trend that it never recovers from.

OllieSuave-007 Based on Jules Verne adventure novel, adventurer Passepartout (Jackie Chan) teams up with time-traveling inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan) and French artist Monique La Roche (Cécile De France) on a journey around the world in 80 days to win a wager with a London Clumb members.During the trio's journey, there is an endless supply of wacky adventures, good guy vs. bad guy action, cheesy romance and dialog, historical fun and breathtaking sceneries of the many countries featured, including England, France, Turkey, India China and the USA. Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan make a great heroic and comedic team in their win-seeking bet and I've also enjoyed seeing the many cameos in the movie like Luke and Owen Wilson in the USA and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Papi in Turkey. He was extremely hilarious in his attempts to woo Monique and to protect his humongous statue of himself from being crushed to pieces by Passepoartout and Fogg.The martial arts seen were a treat and exciting to watch and it was an added bonus to see actor Sammo Hung as martial artist legend Wong Fei Hung and he leads the "Five Tigers" in attempts to defeat the "Black Scorpians" to save the trio. It was also enjoyable to watch each of the trio's different adventures in each of the different countries, giving us a taste of the different cultures, historical settings and people.It's a wild and crazy adventure from start to finish, which I thought gave the plot momentum. The movie's not Oscar material, but it's pure entertainment! Grade B