The Accidental Spy
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Movie Reviews of The Accidental Spy
Movie Review: The Accidental Spy (2000)
Summary: 5 Stars
I am Jackie's biggest fan and i've watched and enjoyed all of them! This film is not what fans might expect. It is uite serious and quite word but the stunts and fighting scenes are terrific!!!!!! Highlight: when Jackie runs around butt-naked in Turkey!Movie Review: His best one yet!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is definitely a classic. His American-made movies lack the charm and choreography of his HK ones. This is an HK one and SHINES moreso than his other treasures.And his "nude run through the bazaar" is hilarious as well!
Movie Review: The Chan Man
Summary: 5 Stars
Jackie is back with his usual draw dropping "in your face death" stunts. Non stop action and comedy on a roller coaster ride. A must for any Chan fan.Movie Review: An utter delight
Summary: 4 Stars
Jackie Chan makes Kung Fu movies, and this is his latest. If that turns you off, then, just as I did, you have a delightful surprise in store for you. You see, I thought Kung Fu movies were like American action movies. You know the type: what limp excuse there is for a plot is just an excuse to tie together as many fight scenes, car chases, and explosions as possible in under an hour and a half. The good guy is a little dark, but that's just because he's misunderstood. The bad guys are disgusting, evil caricatures just begging to be removed from the gene pool. Jackie Chan is quite different. For one thing, his tough guy characters are not so much dark and misunderstood as bewildered and bumbling. (How can a guy who does Kung Fu moves like Chan does appear bumbling? I don't know, but if you can imagine a cross between Bruce Lee and Jerry Lewis, Chan is that guy.) Instead of staging everything to make himself look as tough as possible, Chan invites you to laugh at him as he somehow bumbles his way through to victory. For instance, near the end of this film, there is a hilarious sequence I call "the fan dance" where Chan's character, chased out of a Turkish steam bath, tries to fight off the bad guys and keep his private parts covered at the same time. If the sequence doesn't make you gasp at Chan's amazing moves, you will be gasping for breath, simply from laughing so hard. And, yes, Chan's moves are simply amazing. He uses props extravagantly, bouncing and rolling off stairways, balconies, escalators, and other characters. Even knowing that all the moves are choreographed, I find myself amazed that anybody can move like that. And, well, yes, there are fights, car chases, and explosions, but there is this tremendous sense of fun running through it all which makes Chan's films an utter delight.Movie Review: Classic Jackie Chan
Summary: 4 Stars
Jackie Chan is back again in this fast paced action comedy. The action starts in Hong Kong, where Jackie works as a sales assistant selling exercise equipment. The viewer is immediately thrown into an action packed chase scene where Jackie pursues robbers in a shopping mall. Jackie Chan always makes good use of the props surrounding him, which is always a delight to witness. The action is then tranferred to Korea where he meets his missing Korean father, who worked as a double agent for the Koreans and the Turkish drug lords. Jackie is now involved in the unwrapping of the mystery which surrounded his father. The decoding of a telephone number leads him to a bank in Turkey. Here he is pursued by both Turkish and Korean drug barons who are looking for the Opiate Maxe, a highly addictive drug. Although the plot is nothing to shout about, the action scenes more than make up for it. The best chasing/fighting scene had me in fits of giggles, when Jackie is chased through a Turkish market naked with nothing but props he picks up on the way to cover his modesty! This is classic Jackie Chan, where the fight scenes are brilliantly orchestrated and with dashing of humour thrown in. One thing I can't figure out is who are the girls on the cover of the DVD. They certainly weren't featured in the film as the two main girls who do paly in the film are orientals.
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