Not recommended under 10, PG to 12 due to violence, themes and mild coarse language.
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Children under 10 | Not recommended for this age group due to violence and coarse language. |
Children aged 10–12 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence and coarse language. |
Children over the age of 12 | Ok for this age group. |
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Name of movie: | Johnny English Strikes Again |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild violence and coarse language |
Length: | 89 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
This is the third instalment in the Johnny English spoof comic spy series. Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is a James Bond-like secret agent, who at the start of the film is retired from the secret service and working as an eccentric school teacher. He’s called back into action when Silicon Valley entrepreneur (and secret cyber villain) Jason Volta (Jake Lacey) ‘outs’ the entirety of the British secret service by hacking their server. It quickly transpires that Volta is about to cause an international travesty by turning off the internet! As someone who has chosen to shun all digital technology, Johnny English is the man to save the day, aided by his trusty sidekick Bough (Ben Miller) and Russian secret agent Ophelia (Olga Kurylenko).
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
Espionage, cyber-crime, ageism, political incompetence.
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
This film has many scenes of slapstick violence, including fighting and shooting, although no one gets fatally shot. Several characters are hit over the head or fall from a height, and in the final scene, Johnny English is shot at whilst wearing a protective suit of armour. There are no gratuitous injuries or graphic fight scenes. Examples include:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Children of this age group may also be scared or disturbed by the above-mentioned violent or scary scenes.
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
Children of this age group may also be scared or disturbed by the above-mentioned violent or scary scenes.
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
Children of this age group are unlikely to be scared or disturbed by this film.
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Johnny English Strikes Again is an action-packed spy spoof, with clever slapstick physical humour and many great comic one-liners. Fans of Rowan Atkinson (particularly as Mr. Bean or previous editions of Johnny English) are likely to enjoy the film.
The main messages from this movie are that good will always overcomes bad will and that sometimes the life experience that comes with age has more value than society would like us to believe.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as.
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