Jackie Chan's new film "The Tuxedo" is a disheveled mess, with a wide array of misapplied techniques that simply don't fit. This movie manages to make mistakes in every way, from minor details to the basic plot of the movie.

The movie stars Chan as clumsy cabbie Jimmy Tong. Tong becomes chauffeur for millionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), whom it turns out is an American secret agent.

When Devlin is taken out, Tong becomes his reluctant replacement.

Teamed with rookie partner Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and some impressive formal wear, Tong must stop Diedrich Banning (Ritchie Coster), a bottled water tycoon, from poisoning the world's water supply.

Jackie Chan is a likeable guy and he can be pretty funny at times, but people go see a Jackie Chan movie for his martial arts.

This movie features Chan in a super-tux doing his thing at Matrix-style speeds, and that's where "The Tuxedo" dies.

Anyone can play this part. Throughout the movie, many people who don't know the first thing about martial arts perform them at the same super-quality as Chan's character.

Jackie Chan is the drunken master. He knows martial arts. Why make a movie where that doesn't make a difference?

Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty, a fact that provides a couple of laughs in the film. Unfortunately, that's all she does.

There is no "Rush Hour" back and forth comedy between her and Chan. Her character hates Tong for some unknown reason and she extrapolates on her hatred with unfunny insults that leave the audience waiting for her to shut up.

First-time director Kevin Donovan does a serviceable job, considering the script he has to work with.

The movie occasionally suffers from over-dramatized camera work, but with a decent film it wouldn't make a difference.

The movie starts with a deer urinating in a stream; a scene with no connection to the rest of the movie and a premonition of the ludicrous plot that fills the rest of the movie.

It ends with the usual Chan bloopers reel, but most fans of previous Chan films will be disappointed here too.

The reel consists of Chan and Hewitt flubbing lines and cracking up. That's it. No scenes of Chan breaking his ankle or falling on his butt after a failed martial arts move.

Maybe that's because he doesn't perform the moves in the first place.
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