When Jackie Chan gave up on acting and decided to retire, he didn't issue a press release, he made The Spy Next Door. The message is poignant and unmistakable: I give up. I have been defeated. My career no longer means anything to me.
It's sad to see a once-vital star burn out, especially one as likable as Chan, but that sadness wears off quickly while watching The Spy Next Door. It is replaced by exasperation, and then annoyance as you realize that what you are watching is the same movie as The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel, which you didn't like then, either.
Chan plays Bob Ho, a Chinese spy who was loaned to the CIA and is now retiring so he can settle down and marry his girlfriend, Gillian (Amber Valletta), who lives next door and doesn't know he's a spy. She thinks he's a pen importer. Around her, Bob acts like a boring geek, wears eyeglasses, and hides his super-spy abilities. Gillian loves that he's normal and reliable, not like her ex-husband, who ran off and left her with three kids.
Oh yes! Gillian has three children: Farren (Madeline Carroll), 13, who still thinks Dad is going to come back; Ian (Will Shadley), about 10, a science nerd and a target for bullies; and Nora (Alina Foley), 4, whose job is to be adorable. The kids don't want Mom to marry Bob. They think he's a doofus. They may also object to the 20-year age difference between them, although this is not expressed outright.
So Gillian has to go out of town because her father's in the hospital, and Bob volunteers to babysit so he can bond with the children. This is where we learn that, for all his many talents in the field of espionage, Bob is incompetent as a cook and nanny! Why, he dumps the entire box of Quaker oatmeal into the pot! And he tries to take muffins out of the oven with his bare hands -- yowch! It isn't until he starts using spy gadgets that he gets the household in order: a tracking device on Nora so she won't get lost, and a miniature flamethrower to cook the toast and bacon. (Why this is easier than simply using a toaster and a frying pan, I do not know. Just remember that a SPY having to do MUNDANE KITCHEN THINGS is HILARIOUS.)the best video over, Jacky are more on pro stuff check it out
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