The Accidental Spy (2001) Te wu mi cheng (original title)

Director:

Teddy Chan

Writers:

Rod Dean (English adaptation)
Ivy Ho

Release Date:

18 January 2001 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Ordinary guy. Extraordinary spy

Plot:

This action movie unfolds with the story of Bei, a salesman at a workout equipment store, who harbors dreams of adventures...

Plot Keywords:

Fighting | Spy | Opium | Warrior | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Buck Yuen
Eric Tsang	...	Many Liu
Vivian Hsu	...	Yong
Min Kim	...	Carmen Wong (as Kim Min Jeong)
Hsing-kuo Wu	...	Lee Sang-Zen (as Wu Hsing Kuo)
Murat Yilmaz	...	Celik
Alfred Cheung	...	Cheung the Lawyer
Lillian Ho	...	Candice
Tat-Ming Cheung	...	Tsui / Stan
Vincent Kok	...	Moving Worker
Poon Hang Sen	...	Rich Man
Paulyn Sun	...	Rich Man's Wife
Ping Ha	...	Cleaning Lady (as Ha Ping)
Ken Chang	...	Cop at Mall
Glory Simon	...	TCN Field Reporter
Vahdet Çakar	...	Police Officer
Ahmet T. Uygun	...	TCN News Crew (as Ahmet Uygun)
Rakela Kunyo	...	TCN News Crew
Cheung Tat Chuen	...	TCN News Crew
Erdem Kaya	...	TCN News Crew
Emre Tannverdi	...	TCN News Crew
Abrim Gurgen	...	TCN News Crew
Faith Koroglu	...	TCN News Crew
Wai Hung Chan	...	TCN News Crew
Eric Lee	...	Lee's Bodyguard
Bradley James Allan	...	Lee's Bodyguard
Paul Andreovski	...	Lee's Bodyguard
Anthony Carpio	...	Lee's Boydguard (as Carpio Anthony)
Gordon Milne	...	Lee's Bodyguard (as Gordon William George Milne)
Siros Niaros	...	Lee's Bodyguard
Scott Adkins	...	Lee's Bodyguard (as Scott Edward Atkins)
Raven Choi	...	Lee's Bodyguard
Taner Barlas	...	Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rezzak Aklar	...	United Nations Scientist
Sirma Bradley	...	United Nations Scientist
Man-Ching Chan
Sai-Tang Chan
Dang Chiu-Yau	...	Robber
Wilgun Cinal	...	United Nations Scientist
Burak Damah	...	Turkish Family - Son
Ipek Deger	...	Turkish Family
Hervé Décalion	...	CIA Agent (as Herve Decalion)
Dana Flynn	...	Girlfriend of Mafia Boss (as Didem Erol)
Orhan Güner	...	United Nations Scientist (as Orhan Guler)
Fatih Haciosmanoglu	...	United Nations Scientist
James Hills	...	Beggar
Anthony Rene Jones	...	Philip Ashley (as Tony Jones)
Choo Gyne Jung	...	Buck's Mom
Yan Kin-Wai	...	Robber (as Yan Gin Wai)
Selim Kocak	...	Fishing Village Prayer
Joh Young Kwan	...	Park Won Jung
Yung Kwan	...	Robber
Kennedy Lau	...	Korean Officer
Lemon Liu	...	Korean Offical
Yildinm Ocek	...	Bank Manager
Erdinç Olgaçli	...	Turkish Family
Ray Pang	...	Bartender
Figen Amber Senbas	...	Bank Clerk
Pamela Spencer	...	Fishing Village Woman
Alay Stailmis	...	United Nations Scientist
Hamit Suzen	...	Fishing Village Kid
Paxton Winters	...	United Nations Scientist
Ming-Sing Wong	...	Salesman (as Wong Ming Sing)
Stephanie Wong	...	Korean Officer
Gordon Alexander	...	Hitman (uncredited)
Teddy Chan	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Athena Chu	...	Woman Interested in Gym Equipment (uncredited)
Mustafa Presheva	...	Italian Mob (uncredited)

Directed by
Teddy Chan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rod Dean		English adaptation
Ivy Ho

Produced by
David Chan	....	executive producer
Jackie Chan	....	producer
Raymond Chow	....	producer
Stephen Chu	....	executive producer
Neung-yeon Joh	....	line producer
Candy Leung	....	line producer

Original Music by
Peter Kam		(as Pui Tat Kam)

Cinematography by
Wing-hang Wong

Film Editing by
Chi-Leung Kwong

Production Design by
Kenneth Mak

Art Direction by
Ziya Ulkenciler
Oliver Wong		(as Oliver Wong Yui Man)

Set Decoration by
Haluk Ünlü

Costume Design by
Shirley Chan

Makeup Department
Yun-Ling Man	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ali Akdeniz	....	production manager: Turkey
Jo Jo Hui	....	production supervisor
Ken Park	....	executive in charge of production
Wing Yee Alice Tse	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lemon Liu	....	second assistant director
Yasemin Samdereli	....	third assistant director
Ahmet T. Uygun	....	first assistant director
Man-ching Wong	....	assistant director (as Wong Man Ching)
Liu Yick Man	....	assistant director

Art Department
Hulya Karakas	....	assistant art director
Na Young Kim	....	assistant property master: Korea
Eda Tutuk	....	assistant art director
Nergis Çaliskan	....	prop buyer

Sound Department
Joe Barnett	....	sound re-recording mixer: 2002 US re-release
Steve Chan	....	sound recordist (as Steve Chan Wai Wung)
Matt Dubin	....	sound recordist: 2002 rerelease
David Knauer	....	sound recording engineer
Val Kuklowsky	....	supervising sound editor
Wai Hung Kwong	....	foley artist
Kinson Tsang	....	sound designer

Visual Effects by
Stephen Ma	....	special visual effects supervisor
Wai-Yuk Tang	....	special visual effects supervisor
Chuen Cho Ting	....	special visual effects supervisor (as Ting Cho Chuen)

Stunts
Scott Adkins	....	stunts
Gordon Alexander	....	stunts
Bradley James Allan	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Bradley James Allen)
Paul Andreovski	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alain Bour	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Anthony Carpio	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Carpio Anthony)
Jackie Chan	....	stunt coordinator
Philipe Dailler	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Cyrille Dufaut	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Hervé Décalion	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Jean-Benoit Guillon	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	car stunt coordinator: Turkey
Benny Lai	....	stunt coordinator
Rocky Lai	....	stunts
Laurent Mulot	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Siros Niaros	....	stunt performer
Daniel Patrick O'Neill	....	stunt performer (as Daniel O'Neill)
Pascal Roblin	....	stunt driver: Turkey
Wei Tung	....	stunt coordinator
Jack Wong Wai Leung	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Wong Wai Leung)
Ming-Sing Wong	....	deputy stunt coordinator
Bradley James Allan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Andreovski	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jackie Chan	....	stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kam-Chuen Chan	....	still photographer (as Chan Kam Chuen)
Durmus Demirezen	....	gaffer
Chin-cheng Fung	....	electrician
Yuen Chun Ming	....	focus puller
Man-Ching Ng	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yu Ho Tang	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Rod Dean	....	editorial consultant

Music Department
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer (US score)

Transportation Department
Menderes Demir	....	transportation captain: Turkey

Other crew
Bahadir Atay	....	location manager: Turkey
Chan Mang Chin	....	assistant to director
Erhan Ozogul	....	production accountant
Ebru Pilten	....	production coordinating assistant
Wei Tung	....	action choreographer
Cheung Sun Yee	....	script supervisor
Garson Yu	....	title designer

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company
• Panfilm

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (Argentina)
• Dimension Films (2002) (USA) (dubbed)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Highlight Film (Germany)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Miramax Films
• Panasia Films (2009) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (remastered version)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• TFM Distribution
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2001) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Veronica (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Cubists (visual effects)
• Fantasy Digital Limited (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Cinecascade  vehicle stunts
• Cinerent  camera equipment supplied by
• Filmtech Camera Services  camera equipment supplied by
• Jackie Chan's Stuntmen Association  stunts
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film stock supplied by
• Media Business Service Limited  post-production sound services
• STM  grip and lighting equipment
• Salon Films  crane and grip equipment supplied by
• yU+Co.  main title design

Also Known As:

"Te wu mi cheng" - Hong Kong (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for strong action violence, some drug content and nudity

Runtime:

108 min | Argentina:92 min | USA:87 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin | English | Korean | French | Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS (English version) | SDDS (English version) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:14 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Jackie is on the arm of the crane during the bank robbery sequence at the start of the movie, his safety line can be clearly seen as he moves around.

Movie Connections:

References Speed (1994)

Forget the tux, watch this

So last week I caught the Tuxedo. It was very disappointing.

I then really wanted to see a good Jackie Chan film, I remembered reading about this on IMDB, and was happy to see it at my local video store.

I don't understand why they did not release this movie in Theatres here in the US. (it is a good film, unlike some of that other direct to video crap) I enjoyed it, and think it's one of Jackie Chans best. Sure, Kung Fu hungry fans will want more fighting. But overall this movie hits the mark. Everyone should watch this one if your a fan of Jackie Chan.

9 out of 10 for me.