A deadly tool.
| Cast |
Rowan Atkinson, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson, Jake Lacy, Ben Miller, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Adam James |
| Director |
David Kerr |
| Screenplay | William Davies |
| Music | Howard Goodall |
| Cinematography | Florian Hoffmeister |
| Editing | Tony Cranstoun, Mark Everson |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Perfect World Pictures, Studio Canal, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | There are infrequent instances of mild impact use of crude language used in the contexts of swearing, insults and the expression of frustration. |
| Nudity | There is an isolated, low impact scene of partial nudity with buttocks shown in a non-sexual comedic context. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | The film contains frequent scenes of mild to moderate impact action-based violence resulting in destruction of property. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | The action adventure comedy “Johnny English Strikes Again” is a sequel in the Johnny English franchise, featuring Rowan Atkinson as former MI7 agent Johnny English. The film explores themes of cyber attacks and compromised government systems, double identities, deception, global take-over, investigation, assassination attempts, threats to national security and secret missions. The themes dealing with assassination attempts, cyber attacks, advanced technology, double identities, threat to national security (which can be seen as acts of terrorism and treason, although not referred to as such), are complex and mature and may be confusing to young children under 10 years. There is also a sense of drama, threat and menace as contained in secret agents risking their lives to defeat the bad guys, even when their lives are threatened, as well as in the threats to national security. This may be upsetting, disturbing and distressing to viewers under 10 years, who may not yet be able to effectively regulate their emotions. Themes of deception may also be morally harmful to very young viewers who do not have the ability to comprehend the function of it within the storyline. However, no one is killed in the film, and the themes are presented light-heartedly and comically in the context of an adventurous over the top manner which pokes fun at traditional English spy films like James Bond, containing humorous unrealistic scenarios, which results in particular entertainment value. There are also positive themes and pro-social messages about good overcoming evil, teamwork, heroes defeating villains, justice prevailing, saving ones country and the world, forming alliances and companionship, as well as positive resolutions with the heroes (or good guys) ultimately defeating the evil villain with their selfless bravery. More mature children of 10 years and older, are likely to benefit from, and appreciate the mitigating factors contained in the humour, unrealistic scenarios and positive pro-social considerations. Parental guidance is recommended for children of 10 to 12 years to decide whether the film is appropriate for children in their care, to explain the context, and to provide comfort and reassurance if required. |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for some action violence, rude humor, language and brief nudity |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 9 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane  English is at it again. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Moenie verder soek vir lagterapie. | 10 | |
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky Even if Johnny English 3 is an entirely innocuous and not unenjoyable light comedy, the fact that there’s something much funnier, edgier and nuttier lying underneath its far too well-behaved surface makes it something of a frustrating experience for us dyed-in-the-wool comedy fans. | 5 |  |
| Metacritic.com 22 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 97 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Johnny English Strikes Again might get a few giggles out of viewers pining for buffoonish pratfalls, but for the most part, this sequel simply strikes out. | 7 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 11 |  |
| CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Spy comedy misses the mark; loads of action violence. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 30 users | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 1258 users | 13 | |
| IMDB 17733 Netizens | 14 |  |
| The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 49% | 10 | |