A remake of the Jules Verne circumnavigatory adventure, converted into a vehicle for a Jackie Chan plot about a stolen jade Buddha. (The voyage is a mere getaway from the police and a passage to China.) No doubt the Mexican comedian Cantinflas, in the 1956 version, was no more faithful a piece of casting as Phileas Fogg's French manservant, Passepartout. But nor did he command top billing and a complete retailoring. With Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Cécile de France as a very un-Vernean liberated woman, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a cameo as a polygamous Turk; directed by Frank Coraci. (2004) — Duncan Shepherd
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