The new Around the World in 80 Days is fun, and extremely silly. In tone it resembles a live-action episode of Clone High, starring Jackie Chan as Joan of Arc, and Phileas Fogg as JFK.
There's not really much more that can be said about it without jumping knee-deep into spoilers. There's a good number of director-level jokes - non-obvious jokes that aren't so much made as just exist. Guest stars include Richard Branson as owner-of-a-hot-air-balloon, and one of those narrow bench thingies as Jackie Chan's favourite weapon, borrowed from every old-style Jackie Chan movie there is.
"How about if we get your nipples replaced... at my expense?"
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