There is also a nice performance by Olga Kurylenko, erstwhile Bond Girl (Quantum of Solace, 2008), as the ambiguous spy, Ophelia. Bean wonderment in the Johnny English character. This is a brilliant moment where the senior agents play with old-fangled gadgets à la James Bond of the 20th century, inspiring a moment of Mr. Emma Thompson gives a surprisingly so-so performance as a neurotic Theresa May-esque PM figure, but we are treated to a nice cameo scene with acting stalwarts Edward Fox Charles Dance and Michael Gambon as ex-agents competing for the assignment which our Johnny eventually gets. ![]() Aided by his sidekick Bough (a very welcome return by Ben Miller), English dispenses with all the modern technology MI7 has to offer, some of which he calls "a box of gobbledygook", in order to make himself "invisible to a digital enemy", with the aim of thwarting the villain when he least expects it. English is forced to pit himself against the cause of this, and subsequent, attacks - a technology guru called Jason (an unfortunate lacklustre performance by American actor, Jake Lacy). Rowan Atkinson returns as the hapless, James Bond spy knock-off, Johnny English, who is brought swiftly out of semi-retirement, (he now teaches "spying" to children at a private school in Lincolnshire), and back into the field when a cyber attack on MI7 compromises the identities of all the current agents. ![]() In this respect, Johnny English Strikes Again delivers. In this age of increasingly crass Internet humour, now more than ever we need a return to good old-spirited British comedy.
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