Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids (who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau). When one of the youngsters accidentally ...

For one thing, and this is key, The Spy Next Door doesn't star Vin Diesel ... Chan's character is Bob Ho, an undercover Chinese mega-spy who's been working for the C.I.A. and plans to retire ...

(See pictures of Jackie Chan, a life in action.) Bob Ho, Chan’s character in The Spy Next Door, has a double life too. He’s both Clark Kent — a bespectacled, mild-mannered pen importer in a ...

Chan plays Bob Ho, a Chinese spy who was loaned to the CIA and is now retiring so he can settle down and marry his girlfriend, Gillian (Amber Valletta), who lives next door and doesn't know he's a ...

But "The Spy Next Door" seems to constrict Chan more than it frees him. The plot is simple: Chan plays Bob Ho, a CIA spy who's anxious to retire and settle down. Having reinvented himself as a ...

Jackie Chan, boring pen salesman named Bob Ho – but really an ace CIA agent who’s retiring from the spy game to marry the single mom next door. Only her kids can’t stand him because they ...

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids (who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau). When one of the youngsters accidentally ...

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters ...

The best secrets are the hardest to find.

Which leads us neatly on to The Spy Next ... finds Chan as Bob Ho, a soon-to-retire secret agent posing as a pen importer who has a fledging relationship with attractive next-door neighbour ...

“The Spy Next Door” proves this ... On loan to the Central Intelligence Agency from the Chinese government, Bob Ho (Chan) is a superspy who, by day, masquerades as a mild-mannered pen importer.

Given that the role of Bob Ho was clearly written for Chan ... everything about the movie is sub-sitcom level. The Spy Next Door is that rare comedy that doesn't just insult the intelligence ...