Any resemblance between Jules Verne's marvelous science fiction novel or Mike Todd's enjoyable 1956 movie is pure happenstance. When Verne's hero, stalwart British sporting gentleman Phileas Fogg, gets turned into a second banana to his French valet played by Chan, and Indian Princess Aouda and her dramatic rescue by Fogg get replaced by a French hat-check girl, you know the filmmakers have pretty much chucked old Jules out the window. Which would be all right if the all-David writing team of David Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein sticks to any coherent story or director Frank Coraci ("The Waterboy") establishes a consistent tone.

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