The Spy Next Door

Visible crew/equipment: When Bob, and the children go to the Chinese restaurant, a crew member and boom mic appear in the reflection on the car.

tirta

Continuity mistake: When Gillian throws her headband at Bob, it then appears back on her head then disappears between shots. (01:16:30)

Revealing mistake: The handheld device that Bob uses to adjust the satellite antennae is actually a very common label maker and printer sold in most Walmart stores.

Audio problem: In the last fight scene in the movie the children's mother slams the female Russian spy with a half-empty (she shakes it first) plastic bottle of bleach. When she finally hits the "spy" the sound effect played is the exact same sound effect that they used when Jackie Chan was slamming the male Russian spy with cast iron skillets.

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Continuity mistake: When Larry comes into the house, Bob's girlfriend sees him and runs back behind the wall, but moments later you see her run through the front door and go upstairs.

Poldark: Where is the file?
Ian: It's on my iPod on my desk at home.
Bob Ho: Now, see, you want to be a spy - never tell the truth to the bad guy.
Ian: Sorry. I'm new at this.

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Trivia: When Jackie confesses that he was orphaned and lived in a group home, this is true for both his character and in real life. Jackie's parents gave him up to the Peking Opera House because they could not afford to raise a child. There he learned how to sing and acrobatics along with his "brothers and sisters."

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