Sean Newgent Jackie Chan is one of my favorite action stars and The Accidental Spy is not one of my favorite movies he's done. In fact, it's pretty low down the list. The story is that Jackie's father was a spy and left him an opium serum that everyone is after so Jackie's playing a little game to discover it. Along the way he fights bad guys in a couple of decent action scenes (the only good one in this movie has Jackie running naked through the streets of Istanbul), all leading to a half-assed, pointless conclusion where he's saving a family in a tanker truck about to explode. Rather than stop the truck and let everyone out while having the police tailing the truck quarantine the area, he instead decides to keep driving it until it flies off a bridge.Not recommended.

callanvass This review is for the Hong Kong version, and NOT the cut American one. I saw this a few years ago, and remembered enjoying it, but it was the Dimension version. I love Jackie Chan, so I felt like revisiting it. This is basically a quickie project for Jackie Chan. Too often does this movie alternate between heavy drama, and comedy, failing to find the proper medium like other successful Jackie Chan films. It starts off rather decently. We get one of Jackie's patented breathtaking stunts involving Jackie being on a huge crane as it collides with a tall building, which was pretty impressive. Then it bogs down into major tedium with a convoluted plot that failed to engage my interest. Another problem with Accidental Spy is, other than Jackie Chan, the characters are downright uninteresting. Even Jackie Chan isn't as interesting as he usually is. He does have a couple of great stunts, as I mentioned somewhat up above in the review, but this is not up to his usual standards. He seems unsure how to take on this diverse role, not that I blame him. It's a bit of a messy film. The finale pours on the action, and it revitalized my interest a little bit. Jackie takes on a truck to chase after the baddies, and it was actually pretty exciting, with a memorable stunt at the very end. But it was too little, too late for meNote: Keep the movie on after the end to see Jackie's stunt outtakes. They are always amusing to watchBottom line: This was rather mundane for me. I must have been really naive to enjoy this movie originally, considering it was the U.S Dimension version! This film is too convoluted and dull for its own good, with action here and there. Worth a watch once for big Jackie Chan fans, but that's about it. It's nothing special 5/10

TheHande 'Accidental Spy' continues with classic Jackie-film themes. International crime, hidden codes and silly kung fu. Everything that a Jackie-fan could wish for. The film has a bizarre contrast. Parts of it are funny enough to make you laugh your head off. Some are very severe and there's even quite a bit of gore. In all its silliness the ending was actually pretty good.In all this is your standard Jackie film. Not great, but not particularly bad. The problem is that it doesn't really offer anything new to anyone who's seen Armour of God, First Strike or Jackie's ultimate master-piece, Who Am I?. Not a bad film by any measure, but not outstanding either.

bob the moo Bei is a salesman and a pretty poor one at that, however he does have good instincts – instincts that lead him to act when he witnesses a bank robbery in progress. When his heroics bring him to the attention of the nation, he is approached by private investigator Liu who tells him that he may be the long lost son of a Korean businessman. With his father dying Bei has little time – time that is at an end when his father dies. His inheritance is dependant on Bei finding his way through a riddle; thinking money is his goal Bei is shocked to find himself drawn into an international conspiracy that puts him in harms way.Although any Jackie Chan film of recent years brings with it a certain amount of fear and hesitation given the sort of dross that he has been involved in over the past few years. While this film is far from being a classic it is actually a reasonable film that isn't terrible by any means. The basic plot is interesting enough and provides some globe trotting action with some good location filming. However this is not to say that it is that engaging because it does try to do too much and lacks real focus. This also takes away from action time and, while the action is mostly pretty good fun, you can't help but feel that there should have been more of it. Fans will maybe still enjoy aspects of it but it is unlikely to win over many new ones (although it is still much better than Tuxedo).Chan himself is pretty amiable and brings his usual comedy and physical antics to the film. Sure he is not all that he was but he still makes the film better than it deserves to be. Support is better than it often is in this sort of thing – normally Chan's support are rather vapid and are badly dubbed at best. Tsang, Hsu and others don't make much of an impression but at least they aren't that bad.Overall a pretty average film but remarkably is worth seeing if only because many of Jackie Chan's recent films have been so damn awful. The action is good but there needed to be more of it, the plot works well enough to provide movement but is perhaps too messy for its own good and, all in all, it is one for Chan lovers looking for relief rather than the wider viewing public.