The Spy Next Door Review

Directed by brian levant.

The spy next door review.

The spy next door is a 2010 american action comedy film directed by brian levant written by jonathan bernstein james greer and gregory poirier produced by robert simonds with music by david newman and starring jackie chan amber valletta magnús scheving madeline carroll will shadley alina foley billy ray cyrus and george lopez filming started in late october 2008 in rio rancho new. Mom goes to be with her sick dad. Jackie known as bob in the film in love with his next door neighbor offers to look after her three children during her absence to visit an ailing. Jackie chan as an undercover chinese spy on loan to the cia don t think about that stretch too long who has to convince the children of the.

Spy bob ho takes on his toughest assignment to date. Robert hanssen s 25 year job at the fbi gave him access to carefully guarded national security secrets. We re just lucky that the film doesn t end with someone pulling a lever and dumping a ton of sugar on the badguys heads. While the story is different from the usual cops robbers type movie the talented mr.

If you like jackie chan you ll love the spy next door. The badguys slip up and the kids learn to fight in a way that only a six year old would appreciate. The spy next door is an astonishing easy reading story about a common man with an uncommon ability to elude. Evil russians have a plot to control the world s oil supply and this requires them to chase jackie and the kids through shopping malls large empty factories and so on.

Brian levant in theaters. Looking after his girlfriend s three kids who haven t exactly warmed to their mom s beau. The spy next door is a kids fantasy in the same way that disney films from the 1970s were. When gillian suddenly has to leave town bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval.

Jackie chan family flick high on stunts but low on laughs. The spy next door pg 1hr 34min action adventure comedy. Chan stars in this one is a very good family movie. Ann blackman and elaine shannon are investigative reporters that give a biography of a man whose life is unbelievable yet true and.

Jackie chan is a spy working for china and the cia who falls in love with a widow with three kids. Jan 15 2010 wide. The spy next door movie reviews metacritic score. But when one of the kids mistakenly downloads a t.

He retires to be with them but his job follows him home.