An average movie

I don’t know if you have noticed it but I’m a not huge fan of Jackie Chan. The funny thing is that I have actually seen virtually all his US productions which are probably his worst work. With this in mind, I thought this movie would be completely terrible (it also has a genuine rather lousy reputation) but, to be honest, I ended up being relatively positively surprised. I mean, obviously, to have the movie somewhat focusing on Passepartout instead of Phileas Fogg was a rather weird and misguided choice and the whole thing was obviously nothing great but, still, I thought it was not too bad at all and, in fact, much more entertaining than most of the movies I have seen starring Jackie Chan. Eventually, it was another massive commercial flop for Disney who hasn’t been able to make a really profitable familly feature for at least a couple of decades. Lukily for them, they still own Marvel and even Star Wars, so they are pretty much safe financially. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, I thought it was rather enjoyable for what it is and I think it is actually worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10