Video Review

THE ACCIDENTAL SPY (2002)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Aug 13, 2002; Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Mystery and Thriller; With: Jackie Chan and Min Kim

Chan shocks his adversaries with a defibrillator. He contends with a burning runaway truck. And in a scene that would make Austin Powers jealous, the kung-fu-movie king runs naked through a Turkish bazaar while defending -- and covering -- himself with every ware imaginable. Such are the brilliant bursts of action that pump up the otherwise boringly convoluted story of an orphaned salesman whose fighting prowess -- displayed when he thwarts a robbery -- attracts a man who claims to know his long-lost father. His search for his past leads to an implausible plot full of double agents and drug lords. And worst of all, Chan's trademark humor goes largely undercover.

Originally posted Aug 16, 2002 Published in issue #667 Aug 16, 2002 Order article reprints
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