![]() ![]() He travels to San Francisco and is tricked out of his money. The jade Buddha is returned to the village temple.įogg desires to continue alone, disappointed and feeling used by his companions after finding out that through a picture of Lau and his family members in the village. At first, he fights alone and is defeated moments later, he is joined by his fellow " Ten Tigers of Canton" to defeat the Black Scorpions. Recognized, Lau Xing challenges the leader of the group to a fight. However, they are captured by the Black Scorpions. ![]() In a Chinese village where Lau Xing had came from, Lanzhou, they are welcomed by Lau's family members. Using Inspector Fix and a sextant as weapons, Fogg and Passepartout defeat their assailants and flee to China. ![]() Disguised as women they are attacked by Fang's warriors. Passepartout sees notice of the price on his head and warns his companions. He orders the British-colonial authorities in India to arrest both men. With Hapi in pursuit, the three travelers then escape. The men convince Hapi to release Monique or they will damage his personal statue of " The Thinker", which is accidentally smashed. Whilst initially hospitable, he soon orders the men to leave while Monique must become his seventh wife. However, in Istanbul, they are forced to become guests of Prince Hapi's banquet. The trio continue their journey by train. The two men and Monique depart in a hot-air balloon, chased by Fang's warriors. Passepartout fights the warriors while his boss discusses impressionism. Pretending to take Fogg to see Thomas Edison, Passepartout leads him to impressionist painting student Monique La Roche. Fang wants the jade Buddha previously given to Lord Kelvin but stolen by Passepartout. Passepartout and Fogg journey to Paris, where Passepartout must evade General Fang's warriors. Fogg and Passepartout take a carriage out of London after a confrontation with corrupt Inspector Fix, hired by Kelvin. If he wins, he will replace Kelvin as Minister of Science. ![]() Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days. At the Royal Academy of Science, Fogg is insulted by Baron Kelvin. Passepartout helps Fogg break the 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) speed barrier. Fogg hears "Passepartout" and hires him as valet. Lau Xing robs the Bank of England and hides in Phileas Fogg's house, giving his name as "Passport.too". The building doubles as a background building outside London's Royal Academy of Science. It also received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, mainly for lacking similarities of the original book.įilm set at Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt in April 2003. box office and $48 million worldwide, making it a box office failure. With production costs of about $110 million and estimated marketing costs of $30 million, it earned $24 million at the U.S. For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of anachronistic elements. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout (Chan). The film is set in the nineteenth century and centers on Phileas Fogg (Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel of the same name and remake of the movie of the same name of 1956. ![]()
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