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| budget = $45 million<ref name="LABox">{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/paranormal-activity-3-johnny-english-musketeers.html|title=Movie Projector: 'Paranormal Activity 3' to frighten rivals|last1=Kaufman|first1=Amy |last2=Zeitchik|first2=Steven |work=]|date=20 October 2011|access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
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'''''Johnny English Reborn''''' is a British ] ] parodying the ] ] genre. The film is the sequel to '']'' (2003), and is written by and stars ] reprising his role as the title character<ref name="Sep13 Cast">{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/13/gillian-anderson-dominic-west-and-join-rowan-atkinson-in-johnny-english-reborn/ |title=Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Join Rowan Atkinson in ‘Johnny English Reborn’|author=Germain Lussier |date=13 September 2010 |publisher=/Film |accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref> and directed by ].
'''''Johnny English Reborn''''' is a 2011 ] ] directed by ] and written by ] from a story by ]. A sequel to '']'' (2003) and the second instalment in the ], it is a British-American venture produced by ], ] and ], and distributed by ]. The film stars ] (reprising his role as the title character) alongside ], ], ], ] and ] as new characters.<ref name="Sep13 Cast">{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/13/gillian-anderson-dominic-west-and-join-rowan-atkinson-in-johnny-english-reborn/ |title=Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Join Rowan Atkinson in 'Johnny English Reborn' |author=Germain Lussier |date=13 September 2010 |website=slashfilm.com |access-date=13 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925082620/http://www.slashfilm.com/gillian-anderson-dominic-west-and-join-rowan-atkinson-in-johnny-english-reborn/ |archive-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Much like its predecessor, the film parodies the ] film series and clichés of the ] and marks Atkinson and ]'s second collaboration after the series '']''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.slideshare.net/olishapley/johnny-english-reborn-parody-and-pastiche|title=Johnny English Reborn Parody and Pastiche|work=slideshare.net|date=28 October 2011}}</ref> ''Johnny English Reborn'' was met with mixed reviews but has grossed a total of $160 million worldwide.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2011, and topped the country's box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=20111007|title=Weekend box office 7th October 2011 - 9th October 2011|website=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=20111014|title=Weekend box office 14th October 2011 - 16th October 2011|website=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
It was later released in North America on 21 October 2011. A sequel to the film, '']'', was released in October 2018.


==Plot== ==Plot==
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English is tasked with stopping a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia, but when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese Premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English returns to his role. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With days to go until a heads of state conference, English must make use of his "skills" to ensure the safety of the Premier.<ref name="Sep13 Cast"/><ref name="FirstTrailer"/><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/features/qanda/id/48 | title =Johnny English Reborn Q&A with writer Hamish McColl | author=] Staff | date =23 January 2011 | publisher=] | accessdate =25 January 2011}}</ref><ref>http://www.johnny-english.com/</ref>
Eight years after ], Johnny English has been training at a monastery in ] to recover from the shame of a failed mission to protect the newly elected president of ], which cost him his knighthood. English is called back into service by ] under new director Pamela "Pegasus" Thornton{{refn|It is strongly implied that she became the new head of ] due to the downfall of her predecessor, the first Pegasus (played by ]), who is said to have fallen from grace for allegedly collaborating (even if indirectly) with Pascal Sauvage (played by ]), the main antagonist of the ], to overthrow ].|group=Note}} to investigate an assassination plot of the ] during talks with the ]. He meets fellow agent Simon Ambrose, MI7's quartermaster Patch Quartermain, and junior agent Colin Tucker, his assigned assistant.

In ], English finds former ] agent Titus Fisher, a member of Vortex, the group responsible for sabotaging the Mozambique mission. Vortex holds a secret weapon unlocked by three keys, held by himself and two others. Fisher is killed by an elderly female assassin disguised as a cleaner, and an accomplice steals his key. English recovers it, which gets stolen en route to ]. He is humiliated in a meeting with the ] and Pegasus when he attempts to present the key and conspiracy. He compounds his disgrace by attacking Pegasus's mother at a children's party, mistaking her for the Killer Cleaner.

Kate Sumner, MI7's resident ], uses ] to help English recall his suppressed memory of the Mozambique incident, revealing that another Vortex operative, former Russian ] and renegade MI7 associate spy Artem Karlenko, is posing as millionaire Sergei Pudovkin. English and Tucker meet Karlenko at a golf course outside London, but the Killer Cleaner critically injures him during their game. English and Tucker bring Karlenko to a hospital by helicopter, but he dies after revealing the third key is held by a ] in MI7.

Over dinner, English confides with Ambrose about the mole, who tells him that he suspects Quartermain. Tucker arrives and confronts Ambrose about him being the traitor, but English naively dismisses him, letting Ambrose have Karlenko's key. English confronts Quartermain at a church, but realises that he has been framed as the third Vortex member. Chased by MI7 agents, English manages to escape to Sumner's flat, using Quartermain's heavily modified wheelchair.

Reviewing the Mozambique mission footage, Sumner sees the assassin was manipulated by a supposedly-destroyed mind control drug, ]. Ambrose comes to pick her up, and English realises he is the true mole and also the third member of Vortex. Evading the Killer Cleaner by jumping down a rubbish chute, English goes to Tucker's flat and apologises. He persuades him to join in infiltrating Le Bastion, a nigh-impregnable fortress in the ] where the talks are taking place.

There, English accidentally activates a distress beacon, alerting the guards to their presence. He commands Tucker to knock him out and put him inside a body bag, so that they will be taken inside. English escapes the bag and warns Pegasus of the threat, but accidentally consumes a drink spiked with the drug, and subdues Pegasus on Ambrose's command.

Assigning English as the Prime Minister's bodyguard in Pegasus' place, Ambrose orders him to assassinate the Chinese Premier using a pistol disguised as lipstick, initially designed for Pegasus. Thanks to his monastic training, English tries to resist the drug. Tucker interrupts Ambrose's communication feed with music before Ambrose resets it, exposing himself as the traitor. English resists again and shoots Ambrose, who escapes. The drug enters its lethal stage and English loses consciousness.

Sumner arrives and revives English with a passionate kiss. He pursues Ambrose down the mountainside, and they fight in a ]. English overpowers Ambrose, but falls out of the carriage. Ambrose shoots at him, who tries to use his spy umbrella as a bulletproof shield, which is actually a ] when he closes it. The missile destroys the carriage, killing Ambrose.

Vortex is shut down and English has his knighthood reinstated by Her Majesty the ]. During the ceremony the Killer Cleaner, disguised as the Queen, attacks English with the knighting sword and flees. English ends up restraining the real Queen, much to his shock and realising his mistake when the assassin is caught by the royal guards.

During the credits, English prepares dinner for Sumner to the tune of "]".


==Cast== ==Cast==
* ] as Special Agent Sir Johnny English, the protagonist * ] as Johnny English, an accident prone but good hearted MI7 agent.
* ] as Pamela "Pegasus" Thornton, the head of MI7.{{refn|She is the only "'''Pegasus'''" (codename given to the head of MI7) whose real name is known, since both her predecessor (played by ] in '']'') and her successor (played by ] in '']'') never had their real names revealed.|group=Note}}
* ] as MI7 Head "Pegasus" Pamela Thornton<ref>{{cite web|author=Friday, 18 June 2010, 18:21 BST |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a229599/daniel-kaluuya-for-johnny-english-2.html?rss |title=Movies – News – Daniel Kaluuya for 'Johnny English 2' |publisher=Digital Spy |date=18 June 2010 |accessdate=12 August 2010}}</ref>
* ] as Simon Ambrose, an MI7 agent and an old friend of English.
* ] as Kate Summer
* ] as Katherine "Kate" Sumner, the behavioural psychologist at MI7, and English's love interest. Pike previously portrayed Miranda Frost in the ] film '']''.
* ] as Simon Ambrose, the main antagonist
* ] as Special Agent Tucker, the deuteragonist <ref name="Sep13 Cast"/> * ] as Colin Tucker, an MI7 agent who becomes English's assistant in his mission.
* ] as Slater, the secondary antagonist * ] as Titus Fisher, an ex-CIA operative.
* ] as Patch Quartermain, MI7's wheelchair-using ].
* ] as Fisher
* ] as the Chinese Killer Cleaner, a Vortex assassin disguised as a grey-haired house cleaner.
* ] as Patch Quartermain
* ] as the ].
* ] as Ting Wang
* ] as Slater, an MI7 intelligence expert who works with Ambrose.
* ] as Michael Tembe
* ] as Ting Wang, English's mentor in Tibet and an MI7 sleeper agent.
* Joséphine de La Baume as Madeleine
* ] as Artem Karlenko, a former Russian KGB double agent.
* ] as Countess Alexandra
* ] as Xiang Ping, the ]
* ] as Agent 2

* ] as Prime Minister
Additionally, Atkinson's daughter Lily Atkinson has a ] in the film as the girl who gets her helmet stolen by English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.com.au/lily-sastry-how-well-do-you-know-rowan-atkinsons-daughter|title = Lily Sastry: How well do you know Rowan Atkinson's daughter?| date=9 October 2019 }}</ref> ] plays Madeleine, a deceivingly charming member of Vortex, responsible for luring English off his post in Mozambique. Williams Belle as Ling, a Vietnamese henchman working for Vortex, who works with the killer cleaner. ] portrays Chi Han Ly, a Chinese official conspiring with Simon to take out Xiang Ping. {{ill|Paul Che|lt=|zh|車保羅}} and Courtney Wu appear as Chinese men in spectacles. ], who had previously appeared with Atkinson in several episodes of '']'', appears as a rich yacht owner.
* ]
] cameos as a technician in Patch's lab. ] reprised his role of Angus Bough from the previous film in one scene, but was cut from the final film. He would later reprise his role as Bough in '']''.
* ]
* ] as the Killer Cleaner, the third antagonist


==Production== ==Production==
] ]
] first announced that they were producing a ] to ''Johnny English'' on 8 April 2010, seven years following the first film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017395.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=bd_film |title=Universal signs up for more English |author=Tatiana Siegel |date=8 April 2010 |work=Variety |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> On 28 March 2007, Atkinson confirmed on '']'' that a script for a second film was being worked on. In an interview for '']'', Atkinson also stated that there was quite a moderate chance for a sequel. On 8 April 2010, ] announced that they were producing a sequel to ''Johnny English'', taking place seven years following the first film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/markets-festivals/universal-signs-up-for-more-english-1118017395/ |title=Universal signs up for more English |author=Tatiana Siegel |date=8 April 2010 |work=] |access-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105040445/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017395?refCatId=13 |archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref>


In June 2010, it was announced that ] had been added to the cast. In July 2010, ], who featured as the sidekick 'Bough' in ''Johnny English'', said he had not been approached to reprise his role. On 10 July 2010, '']'' reported that ] would be playing an MI7 secret agent named Pamela Head.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/07/johnny-english-recruits-gillian-anderson-52847/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830153356/http://deadline.com/2010/07/johnny-english-recruits-gillian-anderson-52847/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2014|title=Johnny English Recruits Gillian Anderson|first=Tim Adler in|last=London|date=9 July 2010}}</ref>
Filming began on 11 September 2010 in Central London at Cannon Street, with further production scheduled for the week beginning 13 September 2010 at ], Hertfordshire and later in Hawley Woods in ], Macau and Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i29f492889037dafdadcaa5d08c3af5b4 |title=Cast added to 'Johnny English Reborn' |author=Stuart Kemp |date=13 September 2010 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=13 September 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/news/view/post/190/johnny-english-reborn-enters-principal-photography | title =Johnny English Reborn enters principal photography | author=] Staff | date =12 October 2010 | publisher=] | accessdate =25 January 2011}}</ref> Filming took place on The Mall in Central London on 25 September 2010.


Filming began on 11 September 2010, in Central London at Cannon Street, with further production scheduled for the week beginning 13 September 2010, at ], Hertfordshire and later in Hawley Woods in ], Macau and Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i29f492889037dafdadcaa5d08c3af5b4 |title=Cast added to 'Johnny English Reborn' |author=Stuart Kemp |date=13 September 2010 |work=]|access-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914124837/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i29f492889037dafdadcaa5d08c3af5b4 |archive-date=14 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/news/view/post/190/johnny-english-reborn-enters-principal-photography | title =Johnny English Reborn enters principal photography | author=] Staff | date =12 October 2010 | publisher=]| access-date =10 December 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329045357/https://www.workingtitlefilms.com/news/view/post/190/johnny-english-reborn-enters-principal-photography |archive-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
The Johnny English Theme from the original film is used throughout the score.


Filming took place on ], London in Central London on 25 September 2010. Filming also took place in Kent, along the A299 carriageway and Cliffs End, Ramsgate.<ref>. ''kentfilmoffice.co.uk''</ref> The "Johnny English Theme" song from the original film is used four times in the score.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} Ben Miller, who played Bough in the previous movie, appeared, but his scenes were cut from the final film.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
==Premiere==

The film held its ] at the ] in Sydney, Australia on 4 September 2011.
===Car===
]'s Rolls Royce.]]
The car that Johnny English drives was a ] with an experimental 9.0 litre V16 engine. There are only a few of these engines in existence, produced during tests for the Phantom Coupé, and they were not used in production models. For the production of the film, Atkinson approached the company and requested that they install one into a car, making the vehicle seen in the film unique.<ref name="car">{{cite web |url=http://www.gtspirit.com/2011/09/09/johnny-english-reborn-rolls-royce-phantom-coupe-v16-at-iaa-2011/ |title=Johnny English Reborn Rolls-Royce Phantom |date=9 September 2011 |access-date=4 July 2012|work=gtspirit.com}}</ref>

==Release==
''Johnny English Reborn'' was originally going to be released on 29 July 2011. The film was then pushed back to 16 September 2011; however, it was delayed again, this time to 7 October 2011.

===Home media===
''Johnny English Reborn'' was released on DVD and ] combo pack featuring the first film on 14 February 2012 in the United Kingdom, and on 28 February 2012 in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/entertainment/column+week/6187437/story.html|title=Johnny English Reborn|website=canada.com|access-date=10 December 2022}}{{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref>


==Reception== ==Reception==
===Box office===
The film has currently received mixed reviews from critics. On ], the film holds an approval rating of 42%, based on twelve reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny English Reborn - Rotten Tomatoes|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/johnny_english_reborn/|accessdate=23 September 2011}}</ref>
''Johnny English Reborn'' opened to an estimated $3,833,300 in its first weekend in United States and Canada. In the United Kingdom, it grossed $7,727,025, $2,628,344 in Australia, and $3,391,190 in Germany. After five weeks in release, it grossed $8,305,970 in the United States and Canada and $151,772,616 elsewhere, bringing to a total of $160,078,586.<ref name="mojo" />


===Critical response===
On the Australian television programme ], ] rated the movie 3 stars and ] rated the movie 2 stars (the highest being 5 stars).
Much like its predecessor, the film received mixed<!--PER METACRITIC--> reviews from critics. Review aggregator ] reports that 38% of 92 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4.9/10. The website's consensus is "Arguably a marginal improvement on its mostly forgotten predecessor, ''Johnny English Reborn'' nonetheless remains mired in broad, tired spy spoofing that wastes Rowan Atkinson's once considerable comedic talent".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/johnny_english_reborn/| title=Johnny English Reborn (2011)| work =]| publisher =]| access-date =24 August 2020}}</ref> ] gives the film a ] score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/movie/johnny-english-reborn| title=Johnny English Reborn Reviews | publisher = ] | work = ] | access-date =22 October 2011}}</ref> ] polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="HW">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-paranormal-activity-252084 |title=Box Office Report: 'Paranormal Activity 3' on Course for Jaw-Dropping $45 Mil to $50 Mil Weekend |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |work=] |publisher=] |date=21 October 2011 |access-date=22 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024142327/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-paranormal-activity-252084 |archive-date=24 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>


On the Australian television programme '']'', ] rated the film 3 stars and ] rated the film 2 stars (out of 5).<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny English Reborn Review|url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3307839.htm|work=At The Movies TV Show and Website|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=10 December 2022|last1=Pomeranz |first1= Margaret |last2=Stratton |first2= David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229132046/https://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3307839.htm |archive-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> Indian film critic ] of the '']'' gave the film a positive review, praising Atkinson's characteristic flair for comedy once again, giving it a 4-star rating out of 5.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/english/Johnny-English-Reborn/movie-review/10091455.cms | title=Johnny English Reborn – Nikhat Kazmi |work=The Times of India | access-date=1 October 2011}}</ref>
==Promotion==

A ] was released on 7 April 2011.<ref name="FirstTrailer">{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/johnny-english-reborn-trailer/ |title=‘Johnny English Reborn’ Trailer |author=Peter Sciretta |date=8 April 2011 |publisher=] |accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref> On 7 July 2011 ] released the film's official trailer.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UrSPgrwlOc&feature=feedlik </ref>
===Accolades===
{|class=wikitable
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Awards
! scope="col" | Categories
! scope="col" | Recipients
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|rowspan=2|2011||Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/past-years-awards.html|title=Past Years Awards|website=phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org|access-date=10 December 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410200803/https://www.phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/past-years-awards.html|archive-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>||Best Original Song||''I Believe in You''||{{nom}}
|-
|Evening Standard British Film Awards<ref>. ''standard.co.uk''. Retrieved 8 February 2017</ref>||Blockbuster of the Year <br />– People's Choice||''Johnny English Reborn''||{{nom}}
|}

==Sequel==
{{main|Johnny English Strikes Again}}
In May 2017, it was announced that pre-production had begun on a third film, which was released on 5 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/05/18/36549/rowan_atkinson_to_make_johnny_english_3|title=Rowan Atkinson to make Johnny English 3 |first=Jay|last=Richardson|website=Chortle}}</ref>

==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 18 January 2025

2011 spy action comedy film by Oliver Parker

Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn posterBritish release poster
Directed byOliver Parker
Screenplay byHamish McColl
Story byWilliam Davies
Based onJohnny English
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDanny Cohen
Edited byGuy Bensley
Music byIlan Eshkeri
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 7 October 2011 (2011-10-07) (United Kingdom)
  • 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21) (United States)
Running time102 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese
Budget$45 million
Box office$160.1 million

Johnny English Reborn is a 2011 spy action comedy film directed by Oliver Parker and written by Hamish McColl from a story by William Davies. A sequel to Johnny English (2003) and the second instalment in the Johnny English series, it is a British-American venture produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media and Working Title Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film stars Rowan Atkinson (reprising his role as the title character) alongside Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Kaluuya and Richard Schiff as new characters.

Much like its predecessor, the film parodies the James Bond film series and clichés of the spy genre and marks Atkinson and Tim McInnerny's second collaboration after the series Blackadder. Johnny English Reborn was met with mixed reviews but has grossed a total of $160 million worldwide.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2011, and topped the country's box office. It was later released in North America on 21 October 2011. A sequel to the film, Johnny English Strikes Again, was released in October 2018.

Plot

Eight years after the first film, Johnny English has been training at a monastery in Tibet to recover from the shame of a failed mission to protect the newly elected president of Mozambique, which cost him his knighthood. English is called back into service by MI7 under new director Pamela "Pegasus" Thornton to investigate an assassination plot of the Chinese Premier during talks with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He meets fellow agent Simon Ambrose, MI7's quartermaster Patch Quartermain, and junior agent Colin Tucker, his assigned assistant.

In Hong Kong, English finds former CIA agent Titus Fisher, a member of Vortex, the group responsible for sabotaging the Mozambique mission. Vortex holds a secret weapon unlocked by three keys, held by himself and two others. Fisher is killed by an elderly female assassin disguised as a cleaner, and an accomplice steals his key. English recovers it, which gets stolen en route to London. He is humiliated in a meeting with the Foreign Secretary and Pegasus when he attempts to present the key and conspiracy. He compounds his disgrace by attacking Pegasus's mother at a children's party, mistaking her for the Killer Cleaner.

Kate Sumner, MI7's resident behavioral psychologist, uses hypnosis to help English recall his suppressed memory of the Mozambique incident, revealing that another Vortex operative, former Russian KGB and renegade MI7 associate spy Artem Karlenko, is posing as millionaire Sergei Pudovkin. English and Tucker meet Karlenko at a golf course outside London, but the Killer Cleaner critically injures him during their game. English and Tucker bring Karlenko to a hospital by helicopter, but he dies after revealing the third key is held by a mole in MI7.

Over dinner, English confides with Ambrose about the mole, who tells him that he suspects Quartermain. Tucker arrives and confronts Ambrose about him being the traitor, but English naively dismisses him, letting Ambrose have Karlenko's key. English confronts Quartermain at a church, but realises that he has been framed as the third Vortex member. Chased by MI7 agents, English manages to escape to Sumner's flat, using Quartermain's heavily modified wheelchair.

Reviewing the Mozambique mission footage, Sumner sees the assassin was manipulated by a supposedly-destroyed mind control drug, Timoxeline Barbebutenol. Ambrose comes to pick her up, and English realises he is the true mole and also the third member of Vortex. Evading the Killer Cleaner by jumping down a rubbish chute, English goes to Tucker's flat and apologises. He persuades him to join in infiltrating Le Bastion, a nigh-impregnable fortress in the Swiss Alps where the talks are taking place.

There, English accidentally activates a distress beacon, alerting the guards to their presence. He commands Tucker to knock him out and put him inside a body bag, so that they will be taken inside. English escapes the bag and warns Pegasus of the threat, but accidentally consumes a drink spiked with the drug, and subdues Pegasus on Ambrose's command.

Assigning English as the Prime Minister's bodyguard in Pegasus' place, Ambrose orders him to assassinate the Chinese Premier using a pistol disguised as lipstick, initially designed for Pegasus. Thanks to his monastic training, English tries to resist the drug. Tucker interrupts Ambrose's communication feed with music before Ambrose resets it, exposing himself as the traitor. English resists again and shoots Ambrose, who escapes. The drug enters its lethal stage and English loses consciousness.

Sumner arrives and revives English with a passionate kiss. He pursues Ambrose down the mountainside, and they fight in a cable car. English overpowers Ambrose, but falls out of the carriage. Ambrose shoots at him, who tries to use his spy umbrella as a bulletproof shield, which is actually a missile launcher when he closes it. The missile destroys the carriage, killing Ambrose.

Vortex is shut down and English has his knighthood reinstated by Her Majesty the Queen. During the ceremony the Killer Cleaner, disguised as the Queen, attacks English with the knighting sword and flees. English ends up restraining the real Queen, much to his shock and realising his mistake when the assassin is caught by the royal guards.

During the credits, English prepares dinner for Sumner to the tune of "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Cast

Additionally, Atkinson's daughter Lily Atkinson has a cameo appearance in the film as the girl who gets her helmet stolen by English. Joséphine de La Baume plays Madeleine, a deceivingly charming member of Vortex, responsible for luring English off his post in Mozambique. Williams Belle as Ling, a Vietnamese henchman working for Vortex, who works with the killer cleaner. Benedict Wong portrays Chi Han Ly, a Chinese official conspiring with Simon to take out Xiang Ping. Paul Che [zh] and Courtney Wu appear as Chinese men in spectacles. Rupert Vansittart, who had previously appeared with Atkinson in several episodes of Mr. Bean, appears as a rich yacht owner. Miles Jupp cameos as a technician in Patch's lab. Ben Miller reprised his role of Angus Bough from the previous film in one scene, but was cut from the final film. He would later reprise his role as Bough in Johnny English Strikes Again.

Production

Filming for the sequel in London in September 2010

On 28 March 2007, Atkinson confirmed on Richard & Judy that a script for a second film was being worked on. In an interview for Mr. Bean's Holiday, Atkinson also stated that there was quite a moderate chance for a sequel. On 8 April 2010, Universal Pictures announced that they were producing a sequel to Johnny English, taking place seven years following the first film.

In June 2010, it was announced that Daniel Kaluuya had been added to the cast. In July 2010, Ben Miller, who featured as the sidekick 'Bough' in Johnny English, said he had not been approached to reprise his role. On 10 July 2010, Deadline Hollywood reported that Gillian Anderson would be playing an MI7 secret agent named Pamela Head.

Filming began on 11 September 2010, in Central London at Cannon Street, with further production scheduled for the week beginning 13 September 2010, at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire and later in Hawley Woods in Hampshire, Macau and Hong Kong.

Filming took place on The Mall, London in Central London on 25 September 2010. Filming also took place in Kent, along the A299 carriageway and Cliffs End, Ramsgate. The "Johnny English Theme" song from the original film is used four times in the score. Ben Miller, who played Bough in the previous movie, appeared, but his scenes were cut from the final film.

Car

Johnny English's Rolls Royce.

The car that Johnny English drives was a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé with an experimental 9.0 litre V16 engine. There are only a few of these engines in existence, produced during tests for the Phantom Coupé, and they were not used in production models. For the production of the film, Atkinson approached the company and requested that they install one into a car, making the vehicle seen in the film unique.

Release

Johnny English Reborn was originally going to be released on 29 July 2011. The film was then pushed back to 16 September 2011; however, it was delayed again, this time to 7 October 2011.

Home media

Johnny English Reborn was released on DVD and Blu-ray combo pack featuring the first film on 14 February 2012 in the United Kingdom, and on 28 February 2012 in North America.

Reception

Box office

Johnny English Reborn opened to an estimated $3,833,300 in its first weekend in United States and Canada. In the United Kingdom, it grossed $7,727,025, $2,628,344 in Australia, and $3,391,190 in Germany. After five weeks in release, it grossed $8,305,970 in the United States and Canada and $151,772,616 elsewhere, bringing to a total of $160,078,586.

Critical response

Much like its predecessor, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 38% of 92 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4.9/10. The website's consensus is "Arguably a marginal improvement on its mostly forgotten predecessor, Johnny English Reborn nonetheless remains mired in broad, tired spy spoofing that wastes Rowan Atkinson's once considerable comedic talent". Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B" on an A+ to F scale.

On the Australian television programme At the Movies, Margaret Pomeranz rated the film 3 stars and David Stratton rated the film 2 stars (out of 5). Indian film critic Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave the film a positive review, praising Atkinson's characteristic flair for comedy once again, giving it a 4-star rating out of 5.

Accolades

Year Awards Categories Recipients Results
2011 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Song I Believe in You Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards Blockbuster of the Year
– People's Choice		 Johnny English Reborn Nominated

Sequel

Main article: Johnny English Strikes Again

In May 2017, it was announced that pre-production had begun on a third film, which was released on 5 October 2018.

Notes

  1. It is strongly implied that she became the new head of MI7 due to the downfall of her predecessor, the first Pegasus (played by Tim Pigott-Smith), who is said to have fallen from grace for allegedly collaborating (even if indirectly) with Pascal Sauvage (played by John Malkovich), the main antagonist of the first film, to overthrow Queen Elizabeth II.
  2. She is the only "Pegasus" (codename given to the head of MI7) whose real name is known, since both her predecessor (played by Tim Pigott-Smith in Johnny English) and her successor (played by Adam James in Johnny English Strikes Again) never had their real names revealed.

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