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Meanwhile...
Jimmy Tong ([[Jackie Chan]]) is a New York taxi driver. After escorting a mysterious woman to her destination at breakneck speed, she recruits him to be the chauffeur of [[James Bond]] [[Expy]] Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), who is hot on Banning's trail. After an attempt on Devlin's life lands him in a hospital, he tells Jimmy to [[I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin|take his tuxedo]] and [[Take Up My Sword|stand-in for him]]. Jimmy promptly finds that Devlin's tuxedo is a $2 billion dollar [[Clothes Make the Superman|power suit]] that allows the wearer to do kung-fu, [[Wall Crawl|walk on walls]] [[Ceiling Cling|and ceilings]], and dance really well (among other things). He and CSA agent Del Blaine ([[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]), who presumes him to be Devlin and is thus more than a little confused at his ineptitude, team up to bring Banning down.
Alas, what this means is that this movie, instead of showcasing Chan's personal skills and stuntwork, showcases a whole lot of [[Special Effects Failure|more-or-less unimpressive special effects]] pertaining to the suit's abilities. On the rare occasions that some actual stuntwork is done, it's performed not by Chan but by as many as 7 stand-ins. Whereas in other Chan films the [[Hilarious Outtakes]] during the end credits showed failed stunts, the ones in this film show mucked-up dialogue.
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* [[As Himself]]: [[James Brown]]!
* [[Badass Driver]]: Jimmy.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Banning.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Parodied.
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(''instead, Banning's thugs drag Jimmy in after his rescue failed'') }}
* [[Brick Joke]]: The shoulder-grab-reversal gimmick is closer to this than [[Chekhov's Gun]].
* [[Bullet
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: when Jimmy's taxi screams across the city with Debi Mazar in the back seat, still able to apply her makeup.
* [[Ceiling Cling]] / [[Wall Crawl]]: Interestingly; after Jimmy discovers these abilities when trying on the tux for the first time, he hardly uses them afterwards.
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* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: The whole point.
* [[Comically Small Bribe]]: Jimmy attempts to get himself and Del into a club with seven bucks.
* [[Cool, Clear Water]]: Parodied. Opens with a shot of a pure mountain stream, and then shows a deer urinating in it.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Banning.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: As pointed out by [[Roger Ebert]], [[You Fail Biology Forever|there are no species of water strider that possess queens]].
* [[Fan Service]]: from Jennifer Love Hewitt, with Debi Mazar thrown in for good measure.
* [[Fridge Horror]] / [[Fridge Logic]]: If Banning's [[Evil Plan]] had actually succeeded (and worked as described), it would shortly lead to [[Apocalypse How|the extinction of most life on Earth.]] Guess he [[Didn't Think This Through]].
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2. ???
3. PROFIT! }}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Harry Potter (
** The art museum's director has... [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|questionable]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMlpeMLqCxQ&t=3m45s credentials.]
** The [[Peter Stormare|dorky scientist]] is [[Constantine
* [[IKEA Weaponry]]: Has a sequence where Jackie Chan's character must assemble a rifle used to plant a listening device at long distance. Arguably justifies the 'use right away' scope due to the nature of his high tech tuxedo. Also the fact that the scope itself seems to be high tech as well, since it appears to have something like an auto targeting system [[Fridge Brilliance|intended for fatal hits (when planting bugs, it takes down a Mook with a headshot]]).
* [[Kung Shui]]: When he first tries the tux on, he activates "demolition mode" and destroys Delvin's mansion.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Colin Mochrie]] as the art museum owner. Seeing him not as over-the-top, but particularly douchey is a weird change from what he's normally known for, being the zany nice guy on Whose Line.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: the scene where Banning's girlfriend tries to get into Jimmy's pants.
* [[Red Herring]]: The deer peeing at the beginning has no importance to the plot, despite considerable focus on the water making its way from the stream to the bottling plant during the opening credits.
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