Johnny English Reborn (2011) poster
2011 · crime · action · comedy · spy

Johnny English Reborn

Directed by Oliver Parker1h 41m2011
ElsewhereIMDb6.3148kRT40%Metacritic46
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • twisty
  • epic-stakes
  • funny
Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, extreme crime / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

Our read · Johnny English Reborn (2011) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive crime · action · comedy entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want slapstick Bond spoofing with Atkinson's physical comedy and mild stakes.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if broad spy parody feels too silly or you've had enough Rowan Atkinson.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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