Frank Coraci directs Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France in this brash kids film adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure.

Soft play steampunk with creaky stunt work. Watched for Jackie. And Coogan. And Arnie’s cameo. But I stayed for Cécile de France’s saucy tooth gap. Filler movie, unguardedly made for lowest common denominator international audiences. But to everyone’s credit they never give up… even after the point of no refund.

5

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