Johnny English Strikes Again

"His licence renewed. His intelligence restricted."

2018 1h 28m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 2,858

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Synopsis

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Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

“His licence renewed. His intelligence restricted.”

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Cast

Rowan Atkinson
Johnny English
Olga Kurylenko
Ophelia Bhulatova
Ben Miller
Bough
Emma Thompson
Prime Minister
Jake Lacy
Jason Volta
Adam James
Pegasus
Charles Dance
Agent Seven
Michael Gambon
Agent Five

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Kerr
Writers: William Davies
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.4× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Johnny English Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Kerr, shot by Florian Hoffmeister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Howard Goodall. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Everson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Kerr directs. Florian Hoffmeister behind the camera. Howard Goodall scores. Mark Everson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 6.4× over at the box office.
3Released 8 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Johnny English Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by David Kerr, shot by Florian Hoffmeister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Howard Goodall. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Mark Everson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Rowan Atkinson and Olga Kurylenko and Ben Miller carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "His licence renewed. His intelligence restricted.".
11IMDB entry: tt6921996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister
Original score: Howard Goodall
Editing: Mark Everson
Production design: Simon Bowles
Costume design: Annie Hardinge
Makeup / hair: Annette Field
Sound: Ian Tapp
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $158,972,570
Return: 636% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

Part of

Johnny English Collection

Johnny English is a series of British action comedy films parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. It features Rowan Atkinson as the titular character, based on the screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. The series includes three installments. The series is infused with comedy similar to Atkinson's Mr. Bean character, and has grossed $477.8 million worldwide.

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Gimly2019-01-20
★ 3/10
Johnny English is a franchise that continues to get worse with every movie they release, which obviously makes Strikes Again (as the newest) the worst to date, but I will say, there is one sequence with a certain cannister of pills that I did genuinely enjoy. But digging five minutes out of an hour and a half is not really a rate good experience. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
r96sk2021-03-01
★ 7/10
An improvement on <em>'Johnny English Reborn'</em>, if still a large distance off the entertaining original. <em>'Johnny English Strikes Again'</em> does feel more like the first film though, unlike the 2011 sequel. That's in positive and negative ways. The vibe of the film being one of the pluses, but one of the cons being a couple of scenes felt repeated from the original. Rowan Atkinson (Johnny) remains the standout piece of the series, while it's good to see the previously missing Ben Miller (Bough) return. Olga Kurylenko (Ophelia) is alright, while Emma Thompson (PM) is pleasant to see. One issue I do have with this installment is the villain, who is extremely mundane and not at all threatening, menacing or funny. The main reason why the original is so much fun, at least to me, is that you had John Malkovich absolutely perfecting the villainous role and remaining on the same level as Atkinson. In the sequels, it's basically Atkinson and that's it. Bring back Pascal Sauvage, I say. The humour in this third release is suitably fine, despite nothing truly hilarious. There are a few good scenes, the most memorable to me being the VR one. The ending is just about passable, almost bad but not quite. Overall, I found just enough that I enjoyed about this.