Hong Kong Synopsis
特務迷城
“Ordinary Guy, Extraordinary Spy.”
A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.
Audience Engagement
410 audience reviews — more than 93% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (74th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Accidental Spy. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Accidental Spy itself).
The 2000–2002 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 2000-2002 Hong Kong release window, The Accidental Spy sits at #32 of 41. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Accidental Spy premiered alongside 12 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $238K per minute on screen and earned $7K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2001.
The 516th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Accidental Spy, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- turkey · 2
- action hero · 25
- fighting · 22
- robbery · 20
- organized crime · 20
- reporter · 14
- martial arts · 369
- south korea · 97
- hong kong · 73
- spy · 46
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #542 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #358 of 516 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Turkey |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Korean, English, French, Turkish, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Panfilm, Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | January 18, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0271946 |