Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Films should be reviewed on a face value basis and this film is entertaining which is the sole purpose of it. I laughed with my family and we had good fun. That's it.

Johnny English Reborn (2011): Dir: Oliver Parker / Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Kaluuya: Well made yet routine sequel to the first film, which came off as dumb as oppose to farce. This one regards secret agent Johnny English in seclusion and repairing his mental state after a failed assignment that left his subject dead. Now he is assigned to claim some sort of key as well as protect a Chinese official from assassination. While the plot is recycled with its hero off in a distant land to "find himself", the structure contains a lot of clever sight jokes that gear towards an ending that surprisingly works. Rowan Atkinson as English must prove himself and is given a few great scenes including his pursuit of a much faster villain, as well as his out witted nature of giving the key to the villain. In the end he will face the odds at a winter resort where earlier training comes into play. What doesn't work here are the cardboard supporting roles. After the success of X- Files one wonders why Gillian Anderson is reduced to the standard high official who sends English on his mission. Dominic West plays a villain who has been duplicated many times over. Rosamund Pike plays an intelligence agent who believes in English even when he is at his weakest but the role is merely a romantic prop. Daniel Kaluuya plays English's much more intelligent sidekick. The film is clever in its humour just as long as viewers can accept the fact that presenting a message is not part of the mission in a franchise that did not need reborn in the first place. Score: 5 ½ / 10

When a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier is detected the British reluctantly decide to call in a former member of MI-7 by the name of "Johnny English" (Rowan Atkinson) to assist in the case. This results in him flying to Hong Kong to meet an important contact but when his contact is killed in front of him his involvement becomes much more intense than MI-7 had initially planned. Additionally, as in the previous film it soon becomes apparent that he has a certain knack for getting to the bottom of things despite his inherent clumsiness. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a solid sequel to the 2003 movie "Johnny English". In that regard, Rowan Atkinson performs quite capably with Rosamund Pike (as "Kate Sumner") definitely adding to the scenery. In short, this turned out to be an amusing movie and I rate it as about average.

Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) returns from training in Tibet after his dismissal. Pegasus (Gillian Anderson) is the new boss of MI-7. Kate Sumner (Rosamund Pike) is the behavioral psychologist. Agent One Simon Ambrose (Dominic West) is still with the service. English is paired up with junior agent Colin Tucker to go to Hong Kong. Ex-CIA agent Titus Fisher (Richard Schiff) tells him about a secret group called Vortex who are looking to assassinate the Chinese Premier.I like the character more this time around. He starts off as a buffoon who knows he's a buffoon. The Tibet section is a great start. The movie has a few laughs spoofing James Bond. English is actually funnier if he's merely competent like when he recalls his Tibetan teachings to chase after the Parkour guy. It is hilarious because they're directly making fun of Bond. It's much funnier than simply being an idiot. The chase in HK is hilarious. It's too bad that the movie doesn't get back to that level of comedy.