Johnny English Reborn: Movie Review
Johnny English Reborn
Rating: 4/10
Cast : Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic
West, Gillian Anderson
Director: Oliver Parker
Rowan Atkinson returns as the special agent Johnny
English in the sequel to the 2003 flick which saw disaster given a new face of
bumbling ineptitude.
When we first see English,
he's in a Tibetan monastery trying to recover some sense of self worth after a
disastrous mission he headed up in Mozambique ended up with the death of a
president.
But when a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier is
revealed, MI7, realizing their contact will only talk to English, is forced to
recall him into service.
And so it appears Johnny
English is the only person who can save the day - if he can pull his act
together.
So a strong contender for one of the
worst, most predictable films of the year emerges.
Johnny English Reborn feels like a throwback in so many ways; the
gags are predictable and at times cringeworthy; in the monastery, English stands
the opposite way to all the other monks during a work out; in an MI7 office, he
falls off an inflatable back support ball and in a hidden base, he leaps around
in a body bag only to jump into a wall. If you like that kind of humour, then
this is the film for you.
Granted, these kinds of
jokes were the sort of thing British film used to do some 20 years ago - and
while nostalgia's a good thing, the relative lack of any kind of sophistication
here feels like an insult to today's audiences.
In
fairness, Atkinson, channeling his deadpan rubbery face, gives it his all and
even manages a few laughs here and there - but even he can't save the
averageness of the script from rising up and swamping everything on screen.
However, I will concede there will be some who will enjoy this film - the
awkwardness and deadpan is worked to maximum effect here but after a while, it
starts to grate.
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