On the bright side, there is at least one amazing stunt (Jackie jumping from the roof of a building to the road below using three umbrellas as parachutes!), there is a nice international flavor (the locations include Hong Kong, Seoul and Istanbul), there are two pretty Chinese women, and of course there is always Jackie. Enjoyed this review Get early access to fresh indie books and help decide on the bestselling stories of tomorrow. The climactic 'Speed'-like sequence of a tanker that must not slow down or it will explode is spectacular, but has nothing to do with the main plot. The fighting is unremarkable if you've seen any of Jackie's previous outings, and some of the action scenes have a 'been there, done that' feel to them.

The tone swings wildly from light spy comedy to serious spy drama - the movie never seems sure of itself. But it does not fully explain why it is so dull. McCracken is enamored of the girl, but when her husband returns from the American front, he flees and falls in with a band of British spies. This certainly offers a reasonable explanation as to why the plot of this movie in its cut form seems so disjointed. Wounded and on the run from a sheriff, hes rescued and nursed back to health by the lovely ward of Benedict Arnolds. Wounded and on the run from a sheriff, he’s rescued and nursed back to health by the lovely ward of Benedict Arnold’s procurement officer in Philadelphia. Apparently there are two versions of 'The Accidental Spy' in circulation, the most commonly found cut one (which runs about 90 minutes) and the harder to find long one (which runs about 110 minutes).

The Accidental Spy by J.R. Lindermuth