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This is one of those films you can just about sit through without being bored to tears--it's lively and colourful enough without ever challenging anything. The humour isn't funny. The action isn't suspenseful. The filmmaking itself isn't even remotely competent. It simply lumbers ahead on the charm of its cast members, who all seem to have quickly dashed off their roles during a long layover between London and Los Angeles. The most entertaining part of the film is trying to figure out who it's aimed at. The violence is actually far too gruesome for children; anyone else will find it a silly waste of time. Chan has a few energetic action scenes, but most of them are complicated with crazy effects that have something to do with this all-singing, all-dancing suit (literally, as seen when Chan takes the place of James Brown on stage). It's just a bit of fluff; ignore it and it'll go away.