The Accidental Spy
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| The Accidental Spy | |
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 The Accidental Spy DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Teddy Chan |
| Produced by | Jackie Chan Raymond Chow |
| Written by | Ivy Ho |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Eric Tsang Vivian Hsu |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 18 January 2001 (Hong Kong) |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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The Accidental Spy (original title: 特务迷城) is a good introduction to the astonishing fights and extraordinary stunts that make Jackie 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. 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.
Despite having a fairly serious and in some parts a dark plot, it features a lot of humour as is typical of Jackie's movies.
[edit] Box Office
The Accidental Spy grossed HK $30,009,076 during its theatrical run in Hong Kong, and was Hong Kong's third biggest domestic release of the year.
[edit] External links
- The Accidental Spy at the Internet Movie Database
- Review from HKCuk.co.uk
