Maps of Movies
The Accidental Spy (2001)
Where The Accidental Spy says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Hong Kong salesman's spy game runs through Seoul and Istanbul, but the film's famous chase is hard to pin to one street.
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Scenes and places
The attack on the scientists' village (2001)
A reporter covers a village where people are dying of an illness while scientists look for a cure. A terrorist group disguised as farmers attacks and kills the team, and sets the whole plot in motion.
Set in Anatolian village — A village in Anatolia where many people seem to have died of pneumonia and a team of scientists works on a cure.
The village is not named in the film's plot summary; Anatolia is the central Turkish region.
Filmed at Cappadocia, Turkey — Cappadocia is named as one of the film's filming regions; which village stood in for the scene is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A defector at the embassy in Istanbul (2001)
Days after the village massacre, a former North Korean spy shows up at the South Korean embassy. The scene links the Turkish plot to the Korean story that follows.
Set in South Korean embassy, Istanbul — A former North Korean spy walks into the South Korean embassy in Istanbul.
The embassy scene is set in Istanbul; no source names where it was filmed.
The bank robbery that makes Buck famous (2001)
Buck, an exercise equipment salesman, shoots to fame after inadvertently foiling a bank robbery. That night a stranger asks him to help a dying Korean man find his long-lost son.
Set in A bank and an exercise equipment shop, Hong Kong — Buck Yuen, an exercise equipment salesman in Hong Kong, foils a bank robbery by accident.
Hong Kong is named as a filming city; no source gives the exact bank or shop.
The dying father and the grave in Seoul (2001)
Buck meets Park and saves him from thugs, then accepts a game for Park's inheritance. After Park dies, Buck scatters his ashes at the grave of Park's wife and finds a message on the tombstone: wait for me.
Set in Military hospital and cemetery, Seoul — Buck meets the dying Park Won-sung in a Seoul military hospital, then visits the grave of Park's wife.
Seoul is named as a filming city; the hospital and cemetery themselves are not identified in any source found.
Filmed at Seoul, South Korea (city centre point) — Seoul is named as a filming city; the point is the city centre, not the exact hospital or cemetery. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The safe deposit box and the sights of Istanbul (2001)
Buck uses the crucifix as a stamp to open the box, then fends off robbers until the police arrive. While sightseeing he meets Yong, whose scarf carries the same words: wait for me.
Set in A bank in Istanbul, then the old city — Buck opens a safe deposit box in Istanbul, fights off robbers, then tours the city and meets Yong.
The sightseeing leg is the Sultanahmet area, home of the Blue Mosque.
Filmed at Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque), Istanbul — A Turkish film list says the film shows a view of the Sultanahmet Mosque; which scene is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Turkish bath fight and the chase (2001)
Attacked in a bath by thugs who want "the thing", Buck fights his way out and runs through the market streets. He escapes but arrives late to meet Yong.
Set in Turkish bath and the streets around it, Istanbul — Buck is attacked in a Turkish bath by thugs demanding "the thing" and escapes after a chase through the streets. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) is Istanbul's old covered market, a few minutes from Sultanahmet.
Filmed at Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı), Istanbul — NPR describes the fight and chase running through the Grand Bazaar stalls; the bath building itself is not identified. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The tanker on the road (2001)
Buck tries to stop Zen at the airport and the chase spills onto the roads. A car stuck to a tanker sets it on fire, and Buck saves the driver and his son before the tanker falls off an unused bridge.
Set in Roads and an unused bridge (location not named) — Buck chases the crime lord to the airport; the chase ends on a burning tanker that cannot stop moving.
A Turkish newspaper says the tanker jump was shot in Istanbul and took about eight days of shooting.
Characters
- Buck Yuen — A Hong Kong exercise equipment salesman pulled into a game left by a dying Korean man.