Johnny English Strikes Again
Rowan Atkinson returns to save the world, for the third time, as secret agent buffoon Johnny English. When a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, English is the secret service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, and with few skills and analogue methods, he must overcome the challenges of modern technology to track down the hacker.
- Director:
- David Kerr (TV's 'That Mitchell and Webb Look')
- Writer:
- Robert WadeRowan Atkinson
- Cast:
- Rowan AtkinsonOlga KurylenkoBen MillerEmma ThompsonJake LacyMiranda HennessyDavid MumeniSamantha Russell
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksIf you liked the first two, here’s another. If you didn’t, well you should know better by now. This being the third instalment in the kids' comedy spy-spoof series says a lot for the enduring engagement of family-friendly slapstick. There’s little new here that Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau didn’t trip over in The Pink Panther, or Leslie Nielsen didn’t knock down in The Naked Gun, but the script sticks to the slapstick schtick.
Funny in parts but time to let this series die
As a big fan of the first two Johnny English films, I was really looking forward to this. While there were the usual very funny bits (especially for those of us who love British slapstick), it felt like that this was carrying the Johnny English series too far. The plot was utterly ludicrous, and while they took a while to establish the situation and...
The Age
pressScreenwriter William Davies has to tread carefully, not pushing the implicit conservatism too far: English is skeptical about women in the military, for instance, but eventually learns to move with the times.
Stuff
pressThe pace is brisk, the jokes make up for in quantity what they lack in quality and the film never resorts to sleaze or meanness to earn its laughs. Knock yourself out.
Screen Daily
pressTry as he might, Rowan Atkinson's slapstick pratfalls and rubbery expressions can't stretch over the feature's brazen attempt to rehash past glories.
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksIf you liked the first two, here’s another. If you didn’t, well you should know better by now. This being the third instalment in the kids' comedy spy-spoof series says a lot for the enduring engagement of family-friendly slapstick. There’s little new here that Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau didn’t trip over in The Pink Panther, or Leslie Nielsen didn’t knock down in The Naked Gun, but the script sticks to the slapstick schtick.
The Age
pressScreenwriter William Davies has to tread carefully, not pushing the implicit conservatism too far: English is skeptical about women in the military, for instance, but eventually learns to move with the times.
Stuff
pressThe pace is brisk, the jokes make up for in quantity what they lack in quality and the film never resorts to sleaze or meanness to earn its laughs. Knock yourself out.
Screen Daily
pressTry as he might, Rowan Atkinson's slapstick pratfalls and rubbery expressions can't stretch over the feature's brazen attempt to rehash past glories.
Funny in parts but time to let this series die
As a big fan of the first two Johnny English films, I was really looking forward to this. While there were the usual very funny bits (especially for those of us who love British slapstick), it felt like that this was carrying the Johnny English series too far. The plot was utterly ludicrous, and while they took a while to establish the situation and...
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