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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release2001

Runtime1h 43m

StatusReleased

Budget$33,000,000

Revenue$18,914,307

Production

DreamWorks Pictures

VCL Communications

Gravier Productions

Movie

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001

1h 43m

6.6

Comedy

Crime

Romance

Synopsis

CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.

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