Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.

Director:

David Kerr

Writer:

William Davies (screenplay by)

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Eldon	...	MI7 Night Duty Agent
Emma Thompson	...	Prime Minister
Adam James	...	Pegasus
Rowan Atkinson	...	Johnny English
Noah Spiers	...	Baggaley
Kendra Mei	...	Ibadulla
Alfie Kennedy	...	Straker
Jasmine Brightmore	...	Dowling
George Turner	...	Hattersley
Rua Robertson	...	Ridley
Adam Greaves-Neal	...	Tomlinson
Nifemi Bankole	...	Obasanjo
Gus Brown	...	Headmaster
Pippa Bennett-Warner	...	Lesley
Michael Gambon	...	Agent Five

Storyline

JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN is the third installment of the Johnny English comedy series, with Rowan Atkinson returning as the much loved accidental secret agent. The new adventure begins when a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the Secret Service's last hope. Called out of retirement, English dives head first into action with the mission to find the mastermind hacker. As a man with few skills and analog methods, Johnny English must overcome the challenges of modern technology to make this mission a success.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | sequel | third part | parody | spoof | 

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Taglines:

When only the best will do* --- *And no-one else is available.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action violence, rude humor, language and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

UK France USA China

Language:

English Russian French German

Release Date:

26 October 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Johnny English Strikes Again

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,638,895, 28 October 2018

Gross USA:

$4,412,170

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$158,970,776

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Emma Thompson's supporting role was kept a secret during filming. Her appearance was first revealed in the theatrical trailer.

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Goofs

In G-12 summit, Pakistan has been show as a member nation whereas Pakistan is not one of G-12 Countries.

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Quotes

[Ophelia has Johnny at gunpoint as he sits on the edge of her boat]
Johnny English: If you wanted to kill me, you would've done so already. Until we meet again.
[He leans back and falls over the edge. There's a clang]
Johnny English: Ow!
[Ophelia walks to the edge and leans over, revealing that Johnny has landed on the lower deck of the boat]
Ophelia: That was sooner than expected.

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Connections

References Quantum of Solace (2008)

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Soundtracks

Rip It Up
Written by Edwyn Collins
Performed by Orange Juice
Courtesy of Orange Juice

User Reviews

Mr. Bean Strikes Again

Johnny English Strikes Again (2018; Dir. David Kerr) is the third film of Johnny English franchise (2003; 2011; 2018). And it is the best of the bests among other two prequels as a parodical mixture of 007 James Bond MI6 spy action film franchise (1962-2020; total 25 films) and Bean comedy franchise (1997-2007; total 2films and cameo appearance in 1 film).

There two important features should be mentioned at least in this remarkable film. One is that in this film Russia spy is surprisingly not demonised like in the most of action / comedy films in the West.

The Russian spy Ophelia corroborates with Johnny English to deal with the mastermind hacker, an Internet cyber space industrial giant Jason who wants to dominate the world politics, economy and everything by forcing G12 countries to agree on authorisation of total management of national intelligence. (Use of Jason's server)

The other important feature is that this film shows the future tendency that world nations will be threatened by this 'Jason' like cyber space industrial giants' dominance and manipulation of its intelligence and internet-driven infrastructures. AI is additional threat to replace human world.

For solving this real terror from the private internet giants, this film sends Johnny English to save the world temporarily however in real politics, we need our governments to nationalise these cyber space giants in the near future before it looses control on them.

This film's politically insightful points above mentioned. 1) No Demonisation of Russians; 2) Future national security threat from cyber space industrial giants and their internet crimes.

This is a really well made comedy action in terms of insightful political view point, and it is the best among other two films.