Former C.I.A. spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, but things take a turn when a russian terrorist takes aim at the familyFormer C.I.A. spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, but things take a turn when a russian terrorist takes aim at the familyFormer C.I.A. spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, but things take a turn when a russian terrorist takes aim at the family
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Magnús Scheving
- Anton Poldark
- (as Magnus Scheving)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe picture's opening montage is made up of several of Jackie Chan's other spy movies, which include Giờ Cao Điểm (1998), Bộ Vest Tuxedo (2002), Giờ Cao Điểm 2 (2001), and Operation Candor--original title Fei ying gai wak (1991).
- GoofsEarly on in the film when Bob rescues the cat, it's 2 completely different cats. The cat on the roof, and the cat the little girl is holding are different.
- Crazy creditsOuttakes from the film play during the end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Trailer Failure: A Christmas Carol, Spy Next Door and Wolfman (2009)
- SoundtracksSecret Agent Man
Written by Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan (as Phil Sloan)
Performed by Johnny Rivers
Courtesy of Soul City Records, Inc.
Featured review
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...
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Spy Next Door
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,307,086
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,726,056
- Jan 17, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $62,574,241
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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