The Accidental Spy (2001)

At a Hong Kong shopping center, Buck Yuen's (Jackie Chan's) intuition warns him. He saves a robbery's loot and gets on television, ends up in Istanbul via South Korea, and accidentally becomes a spy. Fortunately, he knows Kung Fu.

Director:

Teddy Chan

Writers:

Rod Dean (English adaptation), Ivy Ho

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Min Kim, Eric Tsang

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Hang-Sang Poon	...	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

Storyline

This action movie unfolds with the story of Bei, a salesman at a workout equipment store, who harbors dreams of adventures. It all starts when on one normal dull day, Bei follows his instincts to trail two suspicious looking men into an alley. When he realizes that these men are robbing a jewelry store, he jumps into action to foil their plans. Soon after Bei meets Liu, a private investigator who convinces Bei that he may be the long-lost son of a rich Korean businessman. In no time, Bei is on his way to fulfill his dreams of adventure and fortune traveling to Korea and even exotic Turkey. As Bei is drawn deeper into the game of cat and mouse, he realizes he has become the key to locating a new, highly addictive narcotic. With an assortment of characters fighting him along the way, will Bei succeed in finding the drug himself?

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Plot Keywords:

slender legs | standing on a roof | chick | thin attractive girl | slim attractive girl | 

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Taglines:

Ordinary guy. Extraordinary spy

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene of Buck's disguising while escaping from thugs was reproduced in Bollywood movie Thank You (2011), wherein Akshay Kumar's character, detective Kishan, also hides by twisting hanging materials around himself.

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Goofs

When Jackie is attacked in the Turkish bath house and he runs up to the roof and around the domes, the shadow of the camera is visible in the lower right corner of the picture.

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Crazy Credits

After the outtakes, Buck accepts a mission in Verona, Italy. He sets someone up to get arrested.

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Alternate Versions

The US version is cut by 20+ minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Rush Hour 2 (2001)

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Soundtracks

Gong Don Ci
(uncredited)
Written by Liu Xue An and Cao Xue Qin
Performed by Vivian Hsu

User Reviews

Chan's 'decent film period' with international appeal

I'm a big Chan fan and have watched most of his films.

This one seems to be a forerunner (except the Aussie-based ones) to his attempt to internationalize himself by appearing with Western co-actors and filming on international locations. I would say that A.S. is the better of this group of films. It has a resonable plot with more purpose than most of his other films. It also has a decent filming location in Turkey, and his co-stars also have some degree of character. We also still manage to savour some good quality stunt antics before they are about to all but disappear in Chan's most recent films of Tuxedo etc.

Worth selecting out of Chan's collection.

Details

Official Sites:

Golden Harvest Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin English Korean French Turkish

Release Date:

18 January 2001 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Te wu mi cheng

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

HKD200,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$790,144

Company Credits

Production Co:

GH Pictures, Golden Harvest Company, Golden Harvest Pictures (China)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1