The Accidental Spy (2001) on Netflix
PG-1320011h 47mActionComedyThriller
Buck Yuen sells exercise equipment in Hong Kong until he foils a bank robbery and becomes famous. A stranger arrives with news that a dying Korean businessman may be his father.
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- IMDb5.8/1020,235 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes25%
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Plot summary
Buck Yuen sells exercise equipment in Hong Kong and dreams of something more eventful. When he inadvertently stops a bank robbery, the publicity makes him a hero. A stranger named Manny Liu then approaches him, saying a terminally ill Korean businessman, Park Won-sung, is searching for a long-lost son of Yuen's age and description. Yuen travels to Seoul and meets Park in a military hospital, where Carmen, a reporter, is also on hand. Thugs come for Park at the hospital, and Yuen drives them off. Park then proposes a game: if Yuen wins, he inherits what Park leaves behind; if he loses, he has still had the adventure he wanted.
Cast
- Murat Yilmazas Celik
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Accidental Spy (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Accidental Spy was made for HK$200 million but grossed only HK$30 million in its Hong Kong theatrical run, even though it was the territory's third biggest domestic release of the year.
- It was the last Jackie Chan film produced under Golden Harvest, after roughly 22 films the company had made with him.
- For its international release by Dimension Films, scenes were cut, foreign dialogue was dubbed and the music score was changed; the plot was also altered so the biological weapon Anthrax II became "Opio Maxa", a more potent form of opium.
- The scene where Jackie Chan's character hides by wrapping himself in white cloth to escape thugs was reproduced in the 2011 Bollywood film Thank You, with Akshay Kumar's character hiding by twisting hanging materials around himself.
