leonblackwood Review: This movie sees Chan, Buck Yuen, play an over enthusiastic salesman who struggles to get sales in a fitness store and is constantly pushed around by his boss. Whilst going out for lunch in the shopping complex were he works, he witnesses a robbery and all of a sudden, he becomes an action hero by recovering the money from the robbers and getting the culprits captured by the police. His name is then plastered all of over the media and he is tracked down by a private investigator who is looking for a rich man son whose last wish, on his death bed, is to reunite with him. After his father passes away, he is left with these random clues which point to a lot of money and a priceless formula for liquid opium. He then follows the clues which lead him to Turkey but he is hunted down by various spies who also want the priceless formula. With the help of undercover agents, he tackles through the various hit men that want to kill him for the formula and, as usual, he manages the stop the baddies and saves the day. I liked the first half of this movie because you get to see a normal side to Chan, without all of the superhero abilities but when he switches to a Bond type character, it just ends up to be your everyday action movie which we have seen Chan star in, many times before. Half of the time, he did look a bit dazed and confused through the film and it really amazed me how he had the ability to fight off the baddies after being such an average salesman in a shop. Anyway, there are some good stunts throughout the film and Chan really does push the action to the limit by running through a market naked whilst fighting off the baddies. The showdown at the end was quite impressive but when I found out that the whole film was based around a agent who wanted to catch the top dog, it all seemed a bit pointless. Anyway, it's worth a watch just to see the action scenes and a everyday Chan but it's nothing that we haven't seen before. Watchable!Round-Up: This movie was directed by Teddy Chan whose known for the 2014 movie, Kung Fu Killer starring Donnie Yen. This is the first movie that he has made with Chan and you can see that he didn't really give this movie his all by the way that he is acting throughout the film. After watching some of the movies that Chan has directed himself, like the Police Story franchise, I really did notice a difference between the two movies and the glum look on Chans face proves that he doesn't like to be directed by people who he hasn't worked with before. Don't get me wrong, he does show some true emotion through the film and the attention to detail in the action scenes were spot on but he just seemed a bit distant throughout the film. Chan was 48 when this movie was released and he still was able to pull of those amazing stunts with ease. You wouldn't believe that he was pushing towards 50 whilst watching it. Now at 61 there's no sign of him slowing down and with another Rush Hour and Karate Kid in the pipeline along with the recent release of Dragon Blade with John Cusack and Adrien Brody, he really is a true action hero.I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/thriller/martial arts/comedies starring Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang. Vivian Hsu and Min Kim. 4/10

Sean Newgent Jackie Chan is one of my favorite action stars and The Accidental Spy is not one of my favorite movies he's done. In fact, it's pretty low down the list. The story is that Jackie's father was a spy and left him an opium serum that everyone is after so Jackie's playing a little game to discover it. Along the way he fights bad guys in a couple of decent action scenes (the only good one in this movie has Jackie running naked through the streets of Istanbul), all leading to a half-assed, pointless conclusion where he's saving a family in a tanker truck about to explode. Rather than stop the truck and let everyone out while having the police tailing the truck quarantine the area, he instead decides to keep driving it until it flies off a bridge.Not recommended.

George Clarke I remember there being a lot of 'hush' when this show was in production, which made me all the more concerned as to what the outcome was going to be like.And when I finally got it on DVD, I have to say the outcome… was worth the wait.The Accidental Spy is quite different from the usual Jackie Chan vehicle, and as his number one fan (aren't we all?) I get a tad concerned when one of these 'different vehicles' is on the way.I blame Stanley Tong!His attempt to make Jackie's movies look more 'Hollywood-like' seemed to also include the loss of the infamous end battle which we all live for in a HK movie. And this seems to have carried over to this movie – not directed by Tong, but by Teddy Chen (Purple Storm, Downtown Torpedoes). Once again, the idea of a non-fighting, yet action-packed ending seems to have been the choice of the day for what could have been, another Chan classic.It's not all bad… But instead of a fantastic end fight, we get to see our hero try and control a speeding oil tanker down busy roads, through people filled streets, and, oh yeah – it's ass is also on fire. This means that if that truck slows down, the flames will move forward and light the oil.Sounds exciting? Well, I guess it is. But enough negativity, let's focus on the good stuff this Chan flick has to offer!Well I guess we should start with the man himself… Jackie has played most and all characters on screen over the last 30 years, so it's strange, but nice, to see him play – a sports store sales assistant. Yes… that's right. In a nice introductory scene, we get to see him try and flog some gym equipment to a rich man and his wife (which doesn't work too well) before he heads out to lunch and gets caught up in a major bank robbery. And this is where the fun starts!After a tight fight in an elevator, Jackie takes a ride on a runaway crane, smashing through office blocks before being deemed a hero by national television and newspapers. Quite a fun little opening I must add, and then things start to turn a little darker.This is were fans of the usual Jackie Chan fare got divided.Low on laughs, slow on action, but there's still something in it that makes me go back to watch it again and again. This is one you need to see to decide for yourself… Avoid the American release at all costs!*Spawned a TV series in China without JC...

TheHande 'Accidental Spy' continues with classic Jackie-film themes. International crime, hidden codes and silly kung fu. Everything that a Jackie-fan could wish for. The film has a bizarre contrast. Parts of it are funny enough to make you laugh your head off. Some are very severe and there's even quite a bit of gore. In all its silliness the ending was actually pretty good.In all this is your standard Jackie film. Not great, but not particularly bad. The problem is that it doesn't really offer anything new to anyone who's seen Armour of God, First Strike or Jackie's ultimate master-piece, Who Am I?. Not a bad film by any measure, but not outstanding either.