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The fastest feet and fists of the irrepressible Mr Chan star with him in this salesman-to-spy adventure. He's bored with working in a sports shop and by chance his appetite for adventure leads him to get embroiled in a whole barrage of fighting thrills and spills and good versus evil. Read more

Starring Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang
Director Teddy Chen
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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The Accidental Spy

The fastest feet and fists of the irrepressible Mr Chan star with him in this salesman-to-spy adventure. He's bored with working in a sports shop and by chance his appetite for adventure leads him to get embroiled in a whole barrage of fighting thrills and spills and good versus evil.

Starring Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang
Director Teddy Chen
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 23 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 08 Dec 2003
Production year: 2001
Format DVD
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Sports equipment salesman Jackie Chan becomes the pawn in a hunt for missing phials of ultra-addictive opium in this pedestrian action adventure. Notable for its horrendous dubbing, this is one of Chan's least exciting projects. Though there's no denying his amazing physical abilities, the plot is patchy, the obligatory slapstick inappropriate, and the fight sequences tediously repetitive. In re-editing for a Western market after the post-11 September anthrax scare, the distributor not only changed the story (originally the phials contained a lethal lung cancer virus) but also destroyed the actors' performances with laughable, wooden English voices and corny new dialogue. This detracts from the tale's darker and emotional elements, wasting tragic heroine Vivian Hsu and making Chan seem a total buffoon.

    • Radio Times
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  • 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    I like Jackie Chan, but this film was not his best. Though the story was there it did not flow. I didn't get the spy bit as there was no spying just a bloke caught up in trouble whilst pursuing his inheritance. There where some good trademark fight scenes, but not enough to make you want to buy it.

      • Mike#33 from ST AUSTELL
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  • 4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Got to the first 10 minutes and switched it off as it was dubbed. Very disapppointed as I'm a Jackie Chan fan.

      • michelle#44 from MILLHOUSE GREEN
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    • The fastest feet and fists of the irrepressible Mr Chan star with him in this salesman-to-spy adventure. He's bored with working in a sports shop and by chance his appetite for adventure leads him to ...