The Spy Next Door

The Spy Next Door is written by Jonathan Bernstein, directed by Brian Levant, and stars Jackie Chan. The movie starts out with secret agent Bob Ho (Jackie Chan) living undercover as a pen importer and boyfriend to his next door neighbor Gillian (Amber Valletta), a single mom raising three kids, Nora (Alina Foley), Ian (Will Shadley) and Farren (Madeline Carroll). When Gillian’s dad gets hurt and needs a hip replacement she goes to Bob and asks him if he can watch the kids while she goes to check up on her father. So now, not only does Bob have to deal with his life as a secret agent, but on top of that he has to take care of three kids while trying to make sure that two jobs don’t interfere with the other one.

In my opinion this movie is sort of mediocre. I mean the fact that Jackie Chan is a secret agent isn’t really a new role for him. I think that most of his latest movies are becoming the same act. Its always secret agent this, or FBI agent that. I’m just saying that he should pick a movie that doesn’t have some sort of action or adventure in it. I mean besides that the movie itself was good at best. One of my favorite parts was when Ian was at school and got pulled up by his underwear and carried off by some bullies. Other than that, I would give this movie a six out of ten, and encourage only those who think it is good to go see it.