The Spy Next Door
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| Directed by | Brian Levant |
| Produced by | Robert Simonds |
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| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | Lawrence Jordan |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $45.2 million |
The Spy Next Door is a 2010 American spy comedy family film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer and Gregory Poirier, produced by Robert Simonds with music by David Newman and starring Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Magnús Scheving, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez. Filming started in late October 2008 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and was finished in late December 2008. The film was released on January 15, 2010 in the United States by Lionsgate. The film was released on DVD, and Blu-ray on May 18, 2010. The film tributes Chan's films by showing clips, references and even referencing Chan's real life childhood. The film received negative reviews from critics and it earned $45.2 million on a $28 million budget.
Bob Ho is a CIA undercover agent who decides to retire after completing his last mission i.e. putting Anton Poldark behind bars and marry Gillian who has three children from previous relationships. Bob and Gillian then start dating but Bob feels he should tell Gillian about his job. Gillian suddenly leaves to visit her father in the hospital and leaves Bob to take care of her step-daughter, Farren, and her two kids, Ian and Nora, who all despise him, and start plotting to get rid of him. Bob is then shortly informed by his partner, Colton James that Poldark has escaped prison and that they suspect that there is a mole in the CIA. Ian accidentally downloads a file for a top-secret formula on Bob's computer onto his iPod while looking for things that might cause Gillian to break up with Bob. Poldark then discovers that Bob has downloaded the file and has his people go to his house to retrieve the file but Bob overpowers them.
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