Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Emma Thompson
Johnny English Strikes Again is the third installment of the Johnny English comedy series. Rowan Atkinson returns as the 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.
Comedy highlights
- Johnny English as teacher
- Exploding the other retired agents
- “French” waiter, setting the restaurant on fire
- Deafening himself with a slightly-too-loud explosive
- Running out of gas …. And Bough pushing it all the way to the restaurant!
- Being “suave” at the bar.
- Dancing while on “pep pills”.
- The extended VR scene.
- Commandeering a student driver in his escape.
- Snagging the cable on his exoskeleton … and getting ejected from the castle!
- The visor of the knights armor. And not being able to get out of the armor.
- Sliding down the stairs due to his over-oiled suit of armor.
- Johnny “running” after the villain (in his suit of armor) at the conclusion.
- “Using” the tablet to stop the villain at the conclusion.
- The very conclusion back at the school.
Cast of characters
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson returns as the inept spy, Johnny English. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7’s security is breached and every agent in the field is identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent out of retirement. But with most of them either dead or close to it, the head of MI7 has only one choice. Johnny English. Heaven help them!
Ben Miller
Ben Miller as Bough (pronounced “buff”). Bough is Johnny English’s right-hand man, and faithful friend.
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson as the UK’s prime minister. She’s taken in by Jason Volta’s charms, and allows him to move the entire system for London’s traffic lights to his server farm. And later, gives him all of their top-secret data. For him to keep safe, of course. And she think’s Johnny’s stupid!
Jake Lacy
Jake Lacy as Jason Volta. The USA high-tech billionaire. Who plans to use data to acquire control of the world.
Ophelia Bhuletova
Ophelia Bhuletova, Jason’s friend. A spy who’s been ordered to kill Johnny English. But fails, and then may switch sides.
Editorial review of Johnny English Strikes Again courtesy of Amazon.com
Rowan Atkinson returns as the much-loved accidental secret agent in Johnny English Strikes Again. When a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, the country’s only hope is called out of retirement. English’s new mission is his most critical to date: Dive headfirst into action to find the mastermind hacker. A man with few skills and analog methods, English must overcome the challenges of modern technology—or his newest mission will become the Secret Service’s last.
Updated February 25, 2022