The Accidental Spy is a 2017 English-language Action motion picture written by Ivy Ho and directed by Teddy Chan and produced by Jackie Chan and Raymond Chow under the banner of Golden Harvest. When IT specialist Emmanuel Prince gets blindsided by his cheating girlfriend, his world comes crashing down. While wallowing in his sorrows, his best friends encourage him to take a trip to America to breeze out and refocus his energy. In the meantime, Nigerian news outlets have been buzzing about a new experimental energy source invented by a Nigerian national studying abroad. The Green Light Source promises to provide natural sources of electricity to Nigerian citizens for next to nothing. This prospect however does not sit well with the Nigerian Power Cartels who are currently manipulating and abusing the energy system for their own personal gain. Unwilling to have their reign hampered by a meddling outsider, The Chairman as he is called, hires a professional hit man to kill the inventor before the unveiling. Fast forward a few weeks and Manny is settling into life as a single guy, exploring America and what it has to offer. While lying in his hotel one night, he comes across an advertisement for a reality show called What's your Fantasy. The reality show offers participants to act out real life documented experiences for pure entertainment. With childhood dreams of becoming an SSS, Emmanuel decides to sign up for the heck of it. Unfortunately for him, his first assignment takes a wrong turn and he ends up taking the place of an actual assassin. While dodging bullets and risking his life, Manny thinks he's simply acting out his character for the reality show. Will Manny the IT Wiz figure his way through the show and save his life? Or will he fall to the deadly arms of the Viper?. The accidental spy features Jackie Chan in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Eric Tsang, Vivian Hsu, Wu Hsing-kuo, Scott Adkins, Judith Akuta and Christine Allado. The music was composed by Peter Kam. Cinematography was done by Horace Wong and William Yim and editing by Kwong Chi-leung. The movie has a running time of 108 minutes. The Accidental Spy was made on a budget of $200 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Golden Harvest.