”AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS” did not do well at the box. Ling also became aware of warriors under the command of a female warlord named General Fang (Karen Mok), who also happens to be an ally of Lord Kelvin. ![]() However, upon their arrival in Paris, they met an ambitious artist named Monique Larouche (Cécile de France), who decides to accompany them on their journey. Unbeknownst to both Fogg and “Passepartout”, Kelvin recruited a corrupt London police detective named Inspector Fix to prevent the pair from completing their world journey. If Fogg wins, he would become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place if not, he would have to tear down his lab and never invent anything again. Kelvin pressured Phileas Fogg into a bet to see whether it would be possible, as his calculations say, to travel around the world in 80 days. The pair also discussed the bank robbery and in a blind rage, Phileas declared that that the thief could be in China in little over a month, which interests “Passepartout”. Kelvin expressed his belief that everything worth discovering has already been discovered and there is no need for further progress. After Fogg hired “Passepartout”, he clashed with various members of the Royal Academy of Science, including its bombastic member Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent). To keep the latter from turning him in to the police, Ling pretends to be a French-born national named Passepartout, seeking work as a valet. Ling managed to evade the police by hiding out at the home of an English inventor named Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan). It opened with a Chinese man named Xau Ling (Jackie Chan) robbing a precious statuette called the Jade Buddha from the Bank of England. This adaptation of Verne’s novel started on a different note. ![]() Released by Disney Studios and directed by Frank Coraci, this adaptation starred Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile de France, Ewan Bremmer and Jim Broadbent. The year 2004 marked the umpteenth time that an adaptation of Jules Verne’s travelogue novel, "Around the World in Eighty Days" hit the movie screen. "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" (2004) Review Below is my review of Disney's 2004 adaptation of Jules Verne's 1873 novel called "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS":
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