Laura McDonald
He works in the shadows. He protects our future. But he cannot protect us from his past.
In the 1980’s, Norman ‘Nobby’ Butcher and Sebastian Butcher were orphaned and living at St. Luke’s Children’s Home in Grimsby. Unfortunately, a couple only wants to adopt one of them. Twenty-eight years later, Nobby has continued to search for his brother and has a shrine in a room in his small apartment that he leaves empty even though he has 11 children. Nobby is a family man who loves sports and hanging out a a local pub with his friends. One day, his friend alerts him that they have located his brother who will be at a very posh event. When Nobby startles his brother who works for MI6, it causes Sebastian to miss foiling an attempted assassin. This action causes Sebastian to be targeted as the assassin. Therefore, Sebastian must hide from authorities and MI6 until he can figure out who the real assassin is. With the help of a fellow MI6 employee and his long lost brother, Sebastian attempts to save the world.
Saving the world takes a very special agent.
Known for Borat and The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen returns to the big screen and delivers the same risque brand of humor. This time instead of political humor, Cohen focuses on poking fun of family life vs. the daring life of a spy. I laughed almost entirely throughout the film’s unusually short running time. Mark Strong perfectly balances each scene that he is in with his very manly action packed performance. The story, co-written by Cohen, doesn’t break any cinematic barriers but the use of the flashbacks with the adorable young versions of the main characters was endearing in an otherwise very adult action comedy. The R rating is well deserved due to the strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and violence. For an extremely hilarious popcorn film, sashay into the theater to see this one! ~Movie Buffette
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