Central Intelligence

Twenty years ago, popular athlete Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart) is top of his class and, on the day of his final pep rally, bullied overweight teen Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson) is humiliated, tossed naked into the gym. In the present day, on the day before his high school reunion, Joyner is now a fast-talking accountant missing his glory days. Stone shows up out of the blue, now incredibly fit and muscular, and the two spend a night together catching up. All is not how it seems, however – it transpires that Stone is now a lethal CIA agent, and he needs Calvin’s accounting skills to help him save the comprised US spy satellite system. Together, the former classmates encounter shootouts, espionage and double-crosses while trying to prevent worldwide chaos. Hart and Johnson make a wonderful team, and together, they make the film a pleasure to watch. Central Intelligence offers a few laughs, a bit of action, Hart’s tense shtick and tops it off with Dwayne Johnson’s easy-going charisma – what more could you want?

Reece Goodall