Central Intelligence

Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson

This week’s cop-buddy crime comedy features a one-time bullied geek who grew up to be a lethal CIA agent, who comes home for his high school reunion. Claiming to be on a top-secret case, he enlists the help of the former ’’big man on campus’’, now an accountant who misses his glory days. But before the staid numbers-cruncher realizes what he’s getting into, it’s too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags him through a world of shoot-outs, double-crosses and espionage that could get them both killed in more ways than he can count.

108 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence).
Comedy, Crime.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I’m always left holding the baby.

Credits

Cast	Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Aaron Paul, Ryan Hansen
Director	Rawson Marshall Thurber
Screenplay	Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, Rawson Marshall Thurber
Music	Ludwig Göransson, Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Editing	Michael L. Sale
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	New Line Cinemas, Bluegrass Films, Principato-Young Entertainment, Universal Pictures

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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Clichéd plot lacks smarts to let the lead actors shine.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Akteurs se pret is aansteeklik.	10
Cape Times Jon Frocsh Bromantic diversion with a kick.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy With a little more thought, this could have been a far funnier and smarter action-comedy.	11
Metacritic.com 34 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 103 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson make for well-matched comic foils, helping Central Intelligence overcome a script that coasts on their considerable chemistry.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	10
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Action-comedy is charming but predictable; some violence.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 28 users	13
Rottentomatoes users 31379 users	14
Internet 2787 Netizens Good Action comedy. 1 Thumb Up	14
Average .. 57%	11