The Spy Next Door

Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour") just keeps making movies. Like other action stars before him, as his shelf life nears its expiration date, he tries other genres. Each one is a little sillier, a little dumber, a little more juvenile, but we just keep being entertained...a little...

This time Chan is retiring from the spy business. His boss, expressing regret for the whole team, gives him a high-tech CIA-designed wrist watch and extends everyone's best wishes. The boss is played by George Lopez ("Beverly Hills Chihuahua") and one of Chan's team members is played by Billy Ray Cyrus ("Hannah Montana").

Chan intends to court and marry his sweet-tempered next-door neighbor, played by Amber Valletta ("Premonition"). Of course, the folks in the spy business don't see him as retired. Of course, the neighbor has a family crisis and has to leave her three children with him. Of course, her three children want nothing to do with him!

This is mostly harmless, sort of entertaining, and has nothing new under the sun. No spies were harmed during the making of this movie....