Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 film directed by David Kerr
Johnny English Strikes Again is a 2018 spy action comedy film directed by David Kerr and written by William Davies. It is the third instalment in the Johnny English film series and the sequel to Johnny English Reborn (2011). The film stars Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English, alongside Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Jake Lacy and Emma Thompson. The film follows the titular MI7 agent who is called into action when every undercover operative is exposed in a cyber attack.
The film was released in Australia on 20 September 2018 and in the United Kingdom on 5 October, by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $159 million against a $25 million budget.
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Seven years after the second film, a cyber attack exposes MI7’s field agents, forcing the agency to reinstate inactive agents, including Johnny English. Now a geography teacher, he secretly trains his students in espionage. Accidentally incapacitating the other retired agents, English is the sole agent left to accept the mission. He insists on his old sidekick and MI7 clerk, Jeremy Bough.
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