The Spy Next Door (2010)

Former C.I.A. spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau.

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers:

Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay), James Greer (screenplay)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Bob Ho
Amber Valletta	...	Gillian
Madeline Carroll	...	Farren
Will Shadley	...	Ian
Alina Foley	...	Nora
Magnús Scheving	...	Anton Poldark (as Magnus Scheving)
Billy Ray Cyrus	...	Colton James
George Lopez	...	Glaze
Katherine Boecher	...	Creel
Mia Stallard	...	Cute Girl
Maverick McWilliams	...	Chad
Quinn Mason	...	Carl
Margaret Murphy	...	Mom
Esodie Geiger	...	Principal
Arron Shiver	...	Scientist

Storyline

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids (who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau). When one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

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Plot Keywords:

cia | spy | single mother | terrorist | chinese | 

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Taglines:

Part spy, part babysitter, all hero.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sequences of action violence and some mild rude humor

Details

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Production Notes

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spy Next Door

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,877,043, 17 January 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$24,268,828, 28 February 2010

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media,Robert Simonds Productions,Spy Next Door

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While this movie is clearly aimed at a family audience, it still delivers on the action and stunts that fans expect from a Jackie Chan movie. In this case, Chan concentrated on turning suburban settings into places with extraordinary potential. Chan explained: "We are doing 'normal' things in this movie in a typical Jackie Chan style. I like to use the basic things around me for the stunts. The refrigerator, microwave, ashtray. We also wanted to make sure children can see it. I wanted this to be a PG movie."

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Goofs

During the fight scene at the abandoned warehouse, the bike is leaned over on the right, but then leaned over on the left before Bob kicks the bike.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nora: Mom! Jethro's eating my underwear!
[pronounced 'unduweahw']

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the film play during the end credits.

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Connections

References The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

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Soundtracks

The Way It Was
Written and Performed by Daniel May
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource

User Reviews

Jackie Chan's The Spy Next Door was a nice harmless diversion

All right, I'll admit right off the bat that I didn't expect a high quality movie when I picked this one and I didn't. What I did get was a harmless 90 minutes with Jackie Chan doing what he does best, which was executing his creatively funny stunts to entertaining effect. There's also a filler story of him being a retiring spy who falls for a divorced woman with three kids who, for the most part, don't think much of him since they mainly think of him as a loser. Oh, and some bad stereotypical Russian accents for the male and female villains too. Still, like I said, Chan provides the main reason one would watch and enjoy this movie and it's nice to occasionally see the supporting cast also get in on the action. Besides, any movie where Chan sings a lullaby to the youngest daughter in Chinese and a former resident of my current hometown of Baton Rouge (Johnny Rivers) is heard singing "Secret Agent Man" during the beginning can't be too bad...