Where does one start with Johnny English reborn? Besides the fact not many saw this coming. It just kind of arrived in the News one day and then it hurled its way through a cinema screen.
Rowan Atkinson returns (yes, we all missed him…sarcasm) as Johnny English. A walking, talking parody of James Bond. Full of cliché and alleged humour. This time round English takes on a bunch of assassins before they cause a few problems on a global scale. Spun throughout an incredibly predictable web of conspiracy involving the KGB, MI-7 and CIA, Johnny English Reborn is one of the worst movies I’ve had to endure for some time.
Atkinson, who to his credit, made his mark from Black Adder to Mr.Bean, just keeps doing what he may have done best many moons ago. Alas the old clutsy, awkward, Mr.Bean of a spy routine gets boring and very annoying quite quickly. Somebody is bound to find the whole thing funny, but alas it’ll be another while before this turns up in mental institutions . It just doesn’t work. From the heavily product placed Rolls Royce to the half hearted British accent from Gillian Anderson, the whole thing, like it’s lead character, is a calamity from start to finish.
It’s clunky, it makes no sense and while it’s a comedy and chances are it doesn’t need to make sense, it needs to be bloody coherent. All that said, there are one or two clever moments in it, in particular the parkour scene, which is an obvious parody on Casino Royal with Daniel Craig. While it didn’t make me laugh, I did think “Ahh, that’s a bit clever”. So besides those one or 2 moments, you will certainly be looking around for a glass bottle to scratch your eyes out with.
As talented as Atkinson is, Johnny English Reborn is a movie that requires some amount of endurance not to walk out of. And I wonder, has Atkinson just lost his mojo as it were. The same old shtick doesn’t work anymore. If you loved the original movie, then this is for you. As for the rest of us…well….there are far better things to watch in the cinema. Like 2 flies crawling up a wall. Avoid!
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Rowan Atkinson returns (yes, we all missed him…sarcasm) as Johnny English. A walking, talking parody of James Bond. Full of cliché and alleged humour. This time round English takes on a bunch of assassins before they cause a few problems on a global scale. Spun throughout an incredibly predictable web of conspiracy involving the KGB, MI-7 and CIA, Johnny English Reborn is one of the worst movies I’ve had to endure for some time.
Atkinson, who to his credit, made his mark from Black Adder to Mr.Bean, just keeps doing what he may have done best many moons ago. Alas the old clutsy, awkward, Mr.Bean of a spy routine gets boring and very annoying quite quickly. Somebody is bound to find the whole thing funny, but alas it’ll be another while before this turns up in mental institutions . It just doesn’t work. From the heavily product placed Rolls Royce to the half hearted British accent from Gillian Anderson, the whole thing, like it’s lead character, is a calamity from start to finish.
As talented as Atkinson is, Johnny English Reborn is a movie that requires some amount of endurance not to walk out of. And I wonder, has Atkinson just lost his mojo as it were. The same old shtick doesn’t work anymore. If you loved the original movie, then this is for you. As for the rest of us…well….there are far better things to watch in the cinema. Like 2 flies crawling up a wall. Avoid!
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