Central Intelligence (2016)

After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.

Director:

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Writers:

Ike Barinholtz (screenplay), David Stassen (screenplay)

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Danielle Nicolet

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dwayne Johnson	...	Bob Stone
Kevin Hart	...	Calvin Joyner
Amy Ryan	...	Agent Pamela Harris
Danielle Nicolet	...	Maggie
Jason Bateman	...	Trevor
Aaron Paul	...	Phil
Ryan Hansen	...	Steve
Tim Griffin	...	Agent Stan Mitchell
Timothy John Smith	...	Agent Nick Cooper
Sione Kelepi	...	Young Robbie
Dylan Boyack	...	Trevor - 17 Years Old
Thomas Kretschmann	...	The Buyer
Megan Park	...	Waitress
Slaine	...	Thugged Out
Annie Kerins	...	Lady MC

Storyline

Calvin Joyner was voted in high school the guy most likely to succeed. 20 years later he's an accountant. As his high school reunion approaches, he tries to make contact with his old schoolmates. And someone named Bob Stone contacts him. He says that he was known as Robbie Weirdicht in school. Calvin remembers that he was picked on, as a matter of fact after an extremely nasty prank he left school. They agree to meet and Calvin is surprised by how much he has changed. Bob asks Calvin to help him out. He says yes and the next thing he knows some men burst into his home. They're CIA, the one in charge is looking for Stone, she says he's a rogue agent. When they can't find Bob they leave. Later he approaches Calvin telling him, he is not a rogue agent, he's trying to find a person known as the Black Badger who is planning to sell some information that in the wrong hands can be disastrous. so he needs Calvin's help to stop him. Calvin's not sure whom he should believe.

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Plot Keywords:

profanity | high school | rogue agent | accountant | cia | 

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Taglines:

Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and suggestive humor, some nudity, action violence and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA China

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Central Intelligence

Filming Locations:

Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$35,535,250, 19 June 2016

Gross USA:

$127,440,871

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$216,972,543

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Universal Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 116 min (Unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Uber Bob Stone calls has a License Plate starting with Q07 which can be recognized as 007.

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Goofs

Bob rigs up the sprinkler head to go off in Calvin's office and, a few minutes later, all the sprinklers on the office floor activate. In reality, only the one sprinkler head will activate. It will not cause all of them to go off.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Trevor - 17 Years Old: Man, I told you Robbie Wheirdicht showers here during first period.

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Crazy Credits

There are several scenes from a blooper reel shown during the closing credits, including one scene of the fire department temporarily shutting down filming for some unknown reason.

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Connections

References Breaking Bad (2008)

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Soundtracks

Hypnotize
Written by Randy 'Badazz' Alpert, Deric Angelettie, Andy Armer (as Andy Armer), Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Ron Lawrence (as Ronald Lawrence) and The Notorious B.I.G. (as Christopher Wallace)
Performed by The Notorious B.I.G. (as Notorious B.I.G.)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Bad Boy Entertainment
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV licensing
Contains a sample of "Rise"
Performed by Herb Alpert
Courtesy of Almo Properties, LLC

User Reviews

Watch this while it's still playing.(Spoiler-free)

Here comes another buddy cop film,this time with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in the lead roles.I thought this movie would fail miserably.I thought it was ripping off Ride Along(which is not a good film to rip off) but it surprisingly stands on its own and makes for a fun time at the movies.Bob Stone asks his old classmate,Calvin Joyner to help him with his computer skills.I don't really like Kevin Hart all that much,because he plays the same character in every film and even though he does have acting skills,he goes OTT in every performance.But his character is a bit more serious in this one and Dwayne Johnson is awesome as ever in his role.The main strength of this movie is the chemistry between the 2 leads.They are so much fun to watch.One is a fearless agent and the other a normal guy who can't even hold a gun.There are some nice jokes and gags as well.

On the downside,the film falters sometimes in the plot section.Yet another OTT performance by Kevin Hart(as mentioned above) I wish the action scenes had a bit more lustre in them.But do not be bothered by that because this is the action junkie in me speaking,and you may like this movie more than I did.

This movie isn't completely flawless,nor is it totally groundbreaking in the buddy cop genre.But it is still worth watching in the theatre,thanks to the chemistry between the 2 leads and a lot of laughs.