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Alfred Cheung, Anthony Rene Jones, Eric Tsang

Jackie Chan returns to dazzling form! If you've watched Chan's Hollywood movies (Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon) and been unimpressed, The Accidental Spy is a good introduction to the...( read more  read more... ) astonishing fights and extraordinary stunts that make Chan's Hong Kong films such events. Chan plays an exercise-equipment salesman who turns out to be the missing son of a Korean double agent who's connected with drug lords in Turkey who have developed a super-addictive opium--got all that? The plot is largely nonsensical, a series of implausible escapades that frame the action; but what the movie lacks in logic, it makes up for in spectacle, ranging from a burning runaway truck cascading off a bridge to a stark-naked Chan pursued by thugs in a Turkish bazaar, defending himself with every implement in sight. This is why Jackie Chan is the biggest movie star in the world--check it out. --Bret Fetzer

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Directed by: Teddy Chan

Release Date: August 13, 2002

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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001

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  • AgentLexi2132
    August 16, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    Chan u poof!
  • natedawg09
    July 13, 2009
    natedawg09
    REALLY GREAT CHAN FLICK.
  • JimG944
    June 21, 2009
    JimG944
    A good strong Jackie Chan movie. Jackie Chan's stunt work is unique and exciting. Nice to see real action not CG.
  • TheTaskmaster
    April 20, 2009
    TheTaskmaster
    Amazing bits but the look is so drab, it brings it down. Nothing drew me in emotionally.
  • steven544
    April 1, 2009
    steven544
    I just saw it last night, and after reading about the "serious tone" of the film I was surprised to see what looked like the usual "happy-go-lucky" sort of stuff we'd expect....silly robbers, some mugging, Jackie running naked through the streets of Turkey. But about halfway thro...( read more)ugh things took a turn toward darkness. I liked this...not everything needs to be sugar-coated, and we get to see Jackie act, with some good supporting players. There's a pretty vicious plot twist or two, which I felt made things even more interesting, and though I'd read about the film, it still kept my attention. On the obvious side there's some really awesome stuntwork, some of the coolest things I've seen done, and the fighting, though short is as usual fun to watch. My only complaint is that I felt things wrapped up waaaay to quickly with the major villains, and though the ending was neat, I was sort of distracted by this. All in all though, good story, good acting, and the seriousness was much appreciated.
  • regenial
    January 22, 2009
    regenial
    well I always loved movies when Jacki Chan is in them, it always gets funny and cool in the same time when he fights! xD
  • dtayl93
    October 10, 2008
    dtayl93
    Pretty good film but the ending was really lame.
  • ryanbahl
    July 10, 2008
    ryanbahl
    i loved the action and fight sequences in this movie. the storyline was pretty cool as well, in which jackie tries to stop a drug lord and avenging his fatehrs name. some of the scenes were just so insane in which jackie displays his pure strength, such as in the gym at the beggi...( read more)ning, the entire port fight scene, and many others. the movie was pretty much action packed the entire time which new and creative moves from jackie.
  • zOMBie3184
    June 30, 2008
    zOMBie3184
    Jackie Chan will always get a high rating.
  • drjones202
    April 17, 2008
    drjones202
    Jackie most watch movie

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