Johnny English Reborn

Plot synopsis:
Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is learning martial arts in Tibet as penance for an earlier disastrous mission in Mozambique. His Tibetan guru and mentor, Ting Wang, is actually an MI7 sleeper agent: their employers have requested Johnny's services.Johnny returns MI7's London headquarters (now Toshiba British Intelligence) and is assigned by new boss "Pegasus" (Gillian Anderson) to stop a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier during scheduled talks with the Prime Minister. Johnny also meets with friend and fellow agent Simon Ambrose (codenamed "Agent One") and MI7's resident inventor, Patch Quartermain. He is also assigned a junior agent, Tucker, to accompany him.In Macau, his Chinese contact is murdered in a casino, but English discovers a poker chip in the man's hand with the address of ex-CIA agent Fisher (Richard Schiff) in Hong Kong. Fisher reveals that he is a member of 'Vortex', a secret cabal of assassins, who also sabotaged his mission in Mozambique. Vortex's power lies in a secret assassination weapon which require three metal keys to unlock, of whom Fisher has one. Fisher is killed by an assassin, (Pik-Sen Lim), dressed as a cleaner, but English manages to chase down and incapacitate the killer accomplice and recover the key. While bragging with Tucker about the success of his mission on a flight back to London, the key is stolen by a member of vortex disguised as a steward. English is humiliated in front of the Foreign Secretary and Pegasus at the latter's estate when it is discovered that the case is empty. The Foreign Secretary, Pegasus and Tucker leave in disappointment. English hears the sound of vaccuum cleaning towards the room, believing that she is a killer cleaner from Hong Kong. He attacks the killer cleaner, only he attack Pegasus's mother. English came to the kitchen to apologize Pegasus' mother, but she is the killer cleaner (disguise as Pegasus's mother) and begins to attack by throwing the knives to English. He comes to chase the killer cleaner and attack her, only he attack Pegasus's mother once again in front of the children.Kate Sumner (Rosamund Pike), MI7's behavioral psychologist engages in an "off-hours" session with English, prompting him to recall the previous events of his failed mission in Moazambique and recall the identity of the second member of Vortex as a result, Karlenko (Mark Ivanir), a Russian agent. A golf match is arranged between Karlenko and English, whose unsubtle attempts to elicit information from Karlenko cause him to order English's death. However, Karlenko is critically injured by the cleaner lady assassin. English and Tucker hijack Karlenko's private helicopter, but he succumbs to his wounds, though not before revealing that Vortex's last agent is a member of MI7.In a meeting at M17, Ambrose reveals that the Swiss government have agreed to lend them their fortress 'Le Bastion', allowing the talks to continue. Ambrose and English dine together, informing Ambrose that he knows a mole is present in MI7. Ambrose prepares to gun down English until English reveals he does not know who the traitor is. Tucker confronts Ambrose in the bathroom stalls at gunpoint, claiming Ambrose is the mole, as he is shown pictured with Karlenko on his computer, until English orders him to leave. Ambrose convinces Johnny into believing that Patch Quartermain is the traitor. English, unaware that Simon is the mole, entrusts him with the key. Afterwards, Ambrose contacts Pegasus and tells her that Johnny English is the traitor.English confronts Patch in a church, discovering that he has been framed and set up. Johnny escapes MI7's clutches on Patch's highly advanced wheelchair, equipped with retractable armrest-mounted pistols and high speed settings. Johnny goes to Kate's house and convinces her that he is not the traitor. Kate scrutinizes footage of the Mozambiqu mission and realizes that the behavior of Shambal's bodyguard seemed abnormal and out of place. They find out that Vortex is using a drug called timoxeline barbebutenol that allows people to be controlled for a brief time before they die of heart failure. Ambrose, the only surviving member of Vortex, plans to use the drug to kill the premier in exchange for 500 million USD.Ambrose arrives at Kate's apartment to take her to the airport. After Simon leaves, English discovers that the killer cleaner is present in Kate's apartment. She attempts to kill him using a chainsaw built into her vacuum cleaner, but Johnny uses a garbage chute to escape.English confronts Tucker in the latter's bedroom and convinces Tucker to embark with him on a new mission. English and Tucker attempt to sneak into a heavily-guarded fortress in the Swiss Alps, where the premier is to be assassinated. English inadvertently activates a distress beacon, (mistaking it for a rappel device) which alerts the armed guards to their presence. English has Tucker 'pretend' to attack him, with his subordinate faking his death with a pistol. English is put into a body-bag, and the two manage to gain access to the building. Tucker attacks the armed guards escorting them while English attempts to hop over to Pegasus's office. English finds Pegasus just before she attempts to drink the spiked drink in which the drug is present and convinces her Amrbose is the traitor. English, however, drinks it instead, rendering him vulnerable to Ambrose's commands. Pegasus is knocked unconscious by English, as ordered by Ambrose.Ambrose orders English to kill the premier using a pistol disguised as a tube of lipstick. English attempts to resist the effects of the drug using his monastery teachings. Johnny engages in a relentless fight with himself while Tucker attempts to interrupt Ambrose's frequency used to communicate with English. English gets ready to kill the Chinese premier, before Tucker finally disrupts the frequency, replacing it with radio station which causes Johnny to dance to the music.The effects of the drug wear off and English seemingly dies of heart failure. However, Johnny is revived by Kate, who kisses him on the lips, which causes his heart rate to escalate. Johnny attempts to chase after Simon, jumping off the building and using a parachute to safely descend to the snow. English hijacks a snow-mobile and chases after the MI7 traitor. Eventually, Johnny catches up to Simon, who is using a gondola lift. The two fight, with English using his teachings to endure several kicks to the groin. Johnny manages to eventually obtain Simon's pistol, yet falls off the car. Ambrose tries to shoot English, which culminates with English pulling out his supposedly bulletproof umbrella, but which actually shoots a rocket at the cable-car, killing Ambrose.In London, English is knighted, but, during the ceremony, he finds out that the Queen is the killer cleaner in disguise, and she tries to kill him yet again. He chases after her and violently hits her on the head with a tray, only to find out, when the guards bring the real killer inside, that he has attacked the real Queen.In the post-credits scene, English is seen making a takeaway for Kate Summers to the tune of "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Tags: comedy, murder, violence, flashback, absurd, psychedelic, brainwashing, entertaining

Review:
Dominic West does a good evil villain.With a solid balance of story, dialogue, action and humour, 'Johnny English Reborn' is a terrific sequel.
What I loved about this film is that it mixed suspense and comedy at the same time, and that was awesomely done.The music composer must be commended for a rousing score, frequently referencing the Johnny English Theme, particularly during the splendid opening titles sequence.
It is even better than the first Johnny English film, however, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't include Bough from the first film.Rowan Atkinson's performance was, of course, brilliant.
Johnny English Reborn is a comedy spy-thriller with Rowan Atkinson as inept secret agent versus a nasty organization called Vortex .
Firstly, some of the humour is very good: the meeting scene with the chair, the first meeting with the head of the spy organisation, some of the party scenes with the mistaken old lady and the fight scene with the man who uses loads of stunts to run from Johhny, whereas Rowan Atkinson just casually chases him using amusing stunts.However, even these scenes aren't as funny as they should be.
Johnny English done all the work.Nothing original- there was few funny scenes but overall- Every joke in this movie has been used a billion timesActing- Apart from Rowan Atkinson of course, everyone in this movie was terrible.
The humorous scenes are so stretched out and so intentional that are not funny any more, all the actors are over-acting in a way that it's like trying to tell you "now...i'm going to do something funny now, be ready to laugh" and the sounds & music were so loud that i couldn't at least take a nap until it's over.No reason to watch it, unless you need a reason to spend 1,5 hour standing in front of your TV set and eat a lot of popcorn, candies, marshmallows etc..
It's almost as if the plot was written down on one A4 sheet, handed to Rowan and then tell him "Here, try and make this funny for us" And to give him some credit, he does an okay job, I smiled a lot thinking of how that scene reminded of Mr. Bean and how much funnier that would have been.Don't watch it in the theater!
I loved Spy Hard, Zoolander, Dodgeball: A true underdog story and of course, the first Johnny English.The first part was really hilarious, so I had somehow high expectations for a long-awaited sequel, but they were already lowered, when I saw the trailer.
Which isn't even that bad, but much more appropriate for a cheap crime TV-series, while the cheesy music and Gillian Anderson's bad English accent just make it worse.Generally, instead of a bad comedy (which could result quite funny), Johnny English Reborn comes out like a cheap spy thriller..
Not quite sure why I bothered with this one - Rowan Atkinson (whose cameo in the Olympics opening ceremony I adored) is just an embarrassment, not only to himself, but also to James Bond as a franchise and to Britain generally.I might have been having an off-day but a good comedy should have lifted that, not driven it to deeper depths of despair.The aims - and nearly always resulting in misses - at every Bond stereotype, where I could almost have made a list from which was taken from which film are simply feeble and mixing in pseudo psycho nonsense about vortexes and other mumbo-jumbo just muddied it further.Atkinson no longer has the physical dexterity to pull off the slapstick and his usual forte, vocal logistics are never fully realised, at least not in a clever way, which we all know he can do.I'm not going to say avoid and all that, because that's a presumption that your tastes are the same as mine and they most probably aren't.
Silly spies and comical cops are always a welcome treat to chase those blues away as far as my record goes, from the likes of Frank Drebin to Austin Powers , perhaps there is none other than Rowan Atkinson's Johnny English, a misfit of British Intelligence, that was much maligned when first unleashed into the world back in 2003.
Atkinson is better known throughout the world as Mr Bean, his most successful creation to date, but his Johnny English didn't receive as much love, so a sequel to the film is somewhat surprising, yet anticipated because of Atkinson's prolonged absence from the big screen.This of course gets explained in Johnny English Reborn, who had spent the last five years in a monastery after being dismissed for embarrassing MI7 in a mission failure at Mozambique, learning new skills such as mind over matter, training the weakest part of the body (his head actually, if you get the meaning), and strengthening parts of the body which got abused to slapstick perfection.
What you see in the trailer, forms the new, upgraded version of the British superspy, now recalled and reinstated, but not without his boss Pamela (Gillian Anderson) providing him with sidekick Agent Tucker (Daniel Kaluuya), and the usual host of wonderful spy toys.As if to spoof the very obvious James Bond further which got reboot through Casino Royale, English begins his first mission at Casino Lisboa in Macau before jet setting back to Kowloon, Hong Kong, and back to Britain.
And to add the feather in the cap, Rosamund Pike, who was a one time Bond Girl in Die Another Day, joins the cast as a typical Bond girl role as Kate Sumner the psycho-analyst, who reads body language for a living, recruited so as to assist in a diplomatic mission of helping the British Prime Minister react and respond to a one on one meeting with the Chinese premier, which a secret assassin organization known as Vortex is trying to disrupt.Most of the time the story involves English and team running around trying to solve who the three key persons in Vortex are in an attempt to avoid a grave diplomatic row, so the scenarios painted contain plenty of slapstick laughs, and repetition at times when carrying on a joke for far too long, such as the cleaning lady gag.
It's an exercise of expectations and anticipation with spy movies like these, where every single gadget and skill introduced are a cocked Chekov's gun waiting to be unleashed at least once when the time is opportune, and always coincidentally, everything has its place in good time.It's likely Rowan Atkinson's absence on the big and small screen contributed to the enthusiastic turn out as well as response to the gags he pulled, which is reminiscence of his abilities to perform facial gymnastics to pull a funny face, be it a twitch of the eye, or full blown rubbery effect.
Johnny English Reborn is a brilliantly funny movie,it kept me laughing out loud the whole way through which Rowan Atkinson always seems to do (especially as Mr Bean of course),the storyline and everything else was altogether brilliant.Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) must return to M1-7 after being gone for years working on his skills in Asia,and now a group of international assassins are trying to eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos and now its up to Johnny English and his partner Agent Tucker to stop them,but they don't seem to have the brains for the job..
what I was expecting was dumb humoured spy comedy, If you look at it that way then you will enjoy this movie if you have a similar sense of humour to me.Once reading some of the reviews that criticised this I felt I have to say "were you expecting a masterpiece?" I mean this is the sort of movie that isn't by any means of the imagination a cinematic masterpiece (unless there is a little kid watching) but if you look at it for what it is then you might actually enjoy this.I think that like the Austin Powers films this one attacks a whole series of clichés used in action films (in this movie the only chase scene comes to mind).This movie is one of those few sequels that are better than the original and this movie does have the same sort of humour, if you want to see a movie with different humour then you're not doing very well by looking at the movies sequel.When watching, don't expect something film snobs will enjoy comedy-wise, just expect dumb humour.I watched the trailer presented on IMDb, the trailer here is AWFUL!
Johnny English Reborn is a hilarious spectacle from start to finish, that those who liked the first film or who are a fan of Rowan Atkinson should see.
This film is about an incompetent British secret agent who becomes the unlikely hero in stopping an assassination attempt."Johnny English Reborn" is a popcorn comedy, and provides a lot of brainless fun.
I saw the first part of Johnny English and the Reborn movie is better.It wasn't so bad like film.
The witty and unexpected dialogue from the first film was something I missed.What makes Johnny English good in the first place is Atkinson's interpretation of a man who tries to act as if he is charming and wise even though he knows he is not.
I think this scene is good at displaying this pretended arrogance Johnny English had in the first film and which he somehow lacked in Johnny English Reborn.Even though I was a little disappointed I cannot say the movie was bad.
I started watching the movies only because I saw that Rowan Atkinson is doing the third movie: Johnny English strikes again.I liked the first movie and made me laugh,but this one was really great.
I love johnny english <3 it's my favourite all time movie <3 second one is definitely better than the first one :) First one is great as well but reborn is way better, because it has completely different stories and full with actions <3 I can't wait to watch Johnny English 3 <3.
The combination of high-tech thrillers a la James Bond and the so English humor of Rowan Atkinson worked fine for me in the original 'Johnny English' and work even better in the 'Johnny English Reborn' sequel released eight years later, which I got to see only now.
If I am to look for the perfect comedy entertainment I would go for something like this because it succeeds to be funny and anti political-correct, while keeping some logic and sending references to the original movies it is inspired from, without taking itself too much seriously at any moment.If I am to decide what are the reasons JE works for me better than other similar comedy-parody movies I would of course first of all mention Rowan Atkinson.
For those like me who expected this franchise of « Johnny English » to deliver the same hilarity as « Mr Bean », sure, those movies can be a huge disappointment.
Although it contains some scenes that lack scientific rigor, and that obviously could never happen in real life, they must be interpreted as part of an action film and comedy, and are therefore admissible.In short, it's a good movie, great for a session to be with family, and I can only recommend to fans of the original.Note 8 / 10.
If nothing else, at least this is good to give some silly laughters.In the beginning, Johnny English seems smarter than in the first film but as it runs he turns out to be just as silly as before, if not more.There are some fun moments, such as: Johnny English chasing that Chinese guy always with the biggest calm while the Chinese guy runs and runs and English always manages to trick him; English's fireworks joke; English's sarcastic line «Yeah, you wish!» to the Prime-Minister, not realizing he is the real Prime-Minister; English's chair constantly going up and down; English calling Shushan to that guy wearing a suit with the name of a certain Susan; English assaulting Pegasus's mother twice, both times mistaking her for the killer cleaner; English assaulting the Queen, mistaking her with the damn killer cleaner; English obtaining Simon's pistol only to fall off the cable-car because of his own stupidity; English drinking the spiked drink and not realizing until it's too late; English's attempts to resist the effects of the drug; English's eye blinking whenever he hears the name Mozambique; some jokes similar to those seen in the first one.The fact that Rowan Atkinson and Tim McInnerny are in this is almost like having Blackadder and Captain Darling/Percy reunited in the same movie, LOL.I've got one question, though: how can a woman be named Pegasus?
Rowan Atkinson brings the bungling spy Johnny English back to life in this sequel to the 2003 film.This film is a lot darker than the first one with the plot being more complex and this perhaps mirrors the type of James Bond films being made at the moment.This isn't to say that the film is not funny because it is and there are several moments in it where Atkinson reminds us all of what a great comedian he is.
This film can be enjoyed by young and old and although reviews have been mixed is you go into this film expecting an easy, entertaining comedy you won't be disappointed.The idea of both Johnny English and the series being "reborn" is mirrored by the fact that apart from Atkinson none of the cast from the first film remain.
Probably the chief reason is that I always rate films after a second thought, usually one day after, which I suppose could avoid emotional bias as much as possible.So, since this reboot JOHNNY English project surpasses an eight year stint and our well-liked Mr. Bean is over 56, a rather dangerous age for a special agent, I highly doubt Rowan would have a third chance to take on the tuxedo and rescue the world.
i just need to say that.......johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) has gone older and is back in business!!!!!!!!..........well i myself should say u watchers will be laughing EVERY MIUNUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!It just so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!....it's just hilarious i can't describe HOW Funny IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!,,,,,,But i should say...you watchers out there has to see THIS Movie.........!!!!!
So straight away I was slightly annoyed that Johnny is the only original character in this film, that doesn't mean that the new characters aren't good but I personally would've liked to have seen some familiar faces.The story itself was average, it was interesting but kind of forgettable at the same time, equally it wasn't particularly funny, there were a few laughs to be had but overall it was, you guessed it, average.
Rowan Atkinson is back as Johnny English and when he is out on a mission you never know what is going to happen, except from that the world is not safe anymore."Johnny English" has gotten a new mission to stop a group of international assassins before they kill the Chinese premier.Sure this movie is fun and entertaining but this movie has very much things that already has been seen in the first movie, but honestly some times you don't even notice because of every thing that is happening in the movie.In the acting list we find Rowan Atkinson(Of Course) Rosamund Pike(Die Another Day) Gillian Anderson(The X-Files) Dominic West (The Wire) & Richard Schiff(The West Wing)The cast is great and very entertaining and a big plus goes to them."Johnny English Reborn" is not the best movie of the year but sure one of the funniest, even if it is a little Brainless and stupid, it sure is a entertaining movie and i highly recommend it.Don't forget to watch the end credits to see an extra clip..
Johnny English Reborn is occasionaly funny (solely because of Rowan Atkinson's flawless comedic talent) but that's about as good as it gets.
Johnny English Reborn is occasionaly funny (solely because of Rowan Atkinson's flawless comedic talent) but that's about as good as it gets.
I also liked the interpretation of Rowan Atkinson who played as Johnny English and he was simply amazing for one more time.
I have good memories of the first Johnny English and since i am in the middle of rewatching the Bond movies this seemed like a good time to watch its sequel.
While the first one was really well exploited, this second one is much more obvious in humor and probably not half the comedic material of the first over its course.There are a couple maybe three really funny Mr.Bean moments, and a couple of snorty gags, but you really have to go into this one with the lowest expectations, on the momentum of having really liked the first part, and an unconditional fan of Rowan Atkinson's trusting anything with him as a lead can't be an abysmal experience.It's alright, but barely holds up as both a crime action, and a comedy.Also, Rosamund Pike is beyond attractive.
There's more fun and laughter in this sequel as Rowan Atkinson returns as MI7 agent Johnny English, tasked to help stop an assassination plot against the Chinese premier.
I really like Johnny's fellow spy Dominic West who is actually really good in this, made me think maybe he should be in more serious films but still contributes a lot of good acting to the movie.
Rosamund Pike was good, and Gillian Anderson of course great, and there were so many recognisable faces of the English screen.A very fun, laugh out loud film, well worth the watch, and a great sequel to the first now classic British film.
The incomparable Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English, in the long-awaited sequel (I was waiting, anyway), and he's in robustly fine form.This movie is hilarious; I haven't laughed so much in a movie theatre - for the right reasons - in a lonnnng time.
I also enjoyed the first "Johnny English" movie.That one was entertaining,funny & enjoyable.