- 0PercentDecember 8, 2025To try and keep this short this feels extremely watered down. Its called a comedy but there's more family drama than there is laughs (I didn't laugh) and the action is awkward because its almost entirely just a one-sided beatdown against the villains, even poldark played by magnus is absolutely useless which is a huge waste of his physical talent and the choreography just makes you think of better jackie chan films (especially when he briefly used a ladder). Characters come off as rather basic and the young boy is one of those jarring types that are supposed to be smart but don't actually do anything that smart while the little girl just sorta exists to add more quirkiness on top of how over the top the villains are played as. You definitely don't care for the mother that's for sure. This is going to be one of those movies I will only remember when I stumble on it in some watched list in a couple years, its mindboggling that 3 writers can team up and still end up with something so bland.
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The Spy Next Door was released on January 15, 2010.
The Spy Next Door was directed by Brian Levant.
The Spy Next Door has a runtime of 1h 34m.
The Spy Next Door was produced by Robert Simonds.
Ex-CIA operative Bob Ho accepts a challenging task, which involves overseeing his partner's three children. These children haven't shown much fondness toward their mother's significant other. A situation unfolds where one child mistakenly obtains a classified formula, leading to an encounter with Bob's old adversary, a Russian terrorist, who decides to approach the household.
The key characters in The Spy Next Door are Bob Ho (Jackie Chan), Gillian (Amber Valletta), Farren (Madeline Carroll).
The Spy Next Door is rated PG.
The Spy Next Door is a Comedy, Action, Family film.
The Spy Next Door has an audience rating of 4 out of 10.
The Spy Next Door had a budget of $28M.
The Spy Next Door has made $66.2M at the box office.