The franchise’s family-friendly nature has always further broadened its audience and takings, and should continue to do so.Īrriving 15 years after the first film and seven years after sequel Johnny English Reborn, Johnny English Strikes Again at least has the sense to nod to its been-there, done-that status, with TV veteran turned first-time feature helmer David Kerr and original Johnny English scribe William Davies painting their titular figure as a classic relic. As the film makes its way across South America, Australia, Asia and Europe before bowing in the UK on October 5 and the US on October 26, it’s affection for both Atkinson and his on-screen counterpart that’ll lure existing fans into cinemas. Yet espionage parodies have moved on in recent years and, thanks to the likes of Spy and Kingsman, Johnny English’s James Bean routine feels resolutely obsolete.
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Laughter is rarely forthcoming in a movie wholly robbed of spontaneityĬonsidering the series’ first two instalments earned more than $320 million at the global box office, it is, however, easy to see why Working Title has revived the 007-aiming farce for a belated third outing. Try as he might, Rowan Atkinson’s slapstick pratfalls and rubbery expressions can’t stretch over the feature’s brazen attempt to rehash past glories.
Britain’s most inept secret agent is recalled from retirement in Johnny English Strikes Again - bringing both a tired spy spoof and the creakiest of comedic set-pieces along with him.
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