Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
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A retired MI7 agent must return to action after a cyber attack exposes every undercover operative.
The story
Seven years after the second film, a cyber attack exposes MI7’s field agents, forcing the agency to reinstate inactive agents, including Johnny English. Now a geography teacher, he secretly trains his students in espionage. Accidentally incapacitating the other retired agents, English is the sole agent left to accept the mission. He insists on his old sidekick and MI7 clerk, Jeremy Bough. Collecting their equipment, including explosive jelly babies and a tracker disguised as a Sherbet Fountain, English and Bough leave behind their mobile and drive an Aston Martin V8 Vantage to France to investigate.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Seven years after the second film, a cyber attack exposes MI7’s field agents, forcing the agency to reinstate inactive agents, including Johnny English. Now a geography teacher, he secretly trains his students in espionage. Accidentally incapacitating the other retired agents, English is the sole agent left to accept the mission. He insists on his old sidekick and MI7 clerk, Jeremy Bough. They drive to France to investigate the source of the attack at the Hotel Magnifique in Antibes. Undercover as waiters, they steal a mobile with a photo of the next target, the Dot Calm yacht, and English accidentally sets fire to the restaurant. They are caught by Russian operative Ophelia Bhuletova but escape. After a series of mishaps where English inadvertently parries Bhuletova's assassination attempts, they discover a Silicon Valley billionaire, Jason Volta, is behind the cyber attack. English attempts to infiltrate Volta's mansion but fails to convince MI7 of the scheme. After being fired, Bough enlists his wife, Lydia, a Navy captain, to help. During a G12 meeting in Scotland, English and Bhuletova intervene to stop Volta from extorting leaders. A series of accidents leads to a ballistic missile destroying Volta's server. English eventually knocks Volta out and stops the attack, though he accidentally disrobes before the press. He returns to his school, only to see the headmaster about to eat an explosive Jelly Baby.
- First release year
- 2018
- Runtime (minutes)
- 89
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; France; Australia; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Kerr
- Writers
- William Davies · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Rowan Atkinson · Johnny English, Esq.; Ben Miller · Jeremy Bough; Olga Kurylenko · Ophelia Bhuletova; Jake Lacy · Jason Volta; Emma Thompson · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Adam James · Pegasus; Amit Shah · Samir; Matthew Beard · P
- Genres
- spy action comedy; parody
- Themes
- Espionage; Technology vs. Tradition; Incompetence
- Tone and mood
- Comedy; Action; Satirical
- Setting
- France and Scotland in the present day
- Premise and plot tags
- Spy Parody; Cyber Attack; Secret Agent
- Franchise connections
- Johnny English
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $159 million against a $25 million budget.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 39 · scale: 100 · review count: 22
- Awards and nominations
- British Film Designers Guild Awards · designs · 2019 · win
- Production trivia
- The car driven by Johnny English was personally owned by Rowan Atkinson.; The film is the second spy film starring both Rowan Atkinson and Edward Fox.; The production designer won an award for the film's designs.
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