The Accidental Spy
by TG on Mar.01, 2004, under Reviews
The Accidental Spy is an HK Jackie Chan film, meaning it is made in Hong Kong.
If you can get your mind around the dubbing, the movie is actually quite good, though some of the action scenes (the climactic action scene at the end of the movie particularly comes to mind) border on the ridiculous.
I can highly recommend this movie if you’re a Jackie Chan fan, however if you can’t handle dubbed movies, skip this one. I found the dubbing particularly distracting at first, but I got used to it after awhile, and since the movie is set in Istanbul for the most part, I kept having the refrain “Istanbul, it’s Constantinople” echoing through the recesses of my mind for the whole movie (Gah!).
An interesting bit: I looked up the movie entry in IMDB, and it says Jackie Chan’s character was called Buck Yeun, but I could swear he introduces himself to one of the characters as Jackie Chan. It was for that reason that I assumed his character in the movie was also named “Jackie Chan”, a bit unusual, but not impossible. Can someone confirm this?
In conclusion, there’s something to be said about Jackie Chan movies. They’re always worth watching, particulary for his trademark action sequences, and I especially love watching the outtakes in the end-credits.
March 4th, 2004 on 10:10 am
Ok, it was confirmed by my wife. He does introduce himself as Jackie Chan in the movie.
June 2nd, 2004 on 3:27 am
This has NOTHING to do with your movie, but about 1 of the books your reading. I too am reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I’m almost done with it actually. this is the 3rd of his 4 published books that I have read. Amazing author. If you have not read The daVinci Code or Angels and Demons you should. Both books had a profound effect on me. I discovered that i spent a lot of time on the web searcing out things he was talking about in the stories. Maybe you should do reviews of books as well. I read! Also if your a bit into the sci fi thing, try reading the entire Area 51 series by Robert Downey. Only available in paper back. I’m on number 5 of 7 right now. I began the series by reading The Rock first. Not in the series, but it gives a real good idea of how his mind works. to quote Spock…. “Fasinating!”