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Central Intelligence (2016)

Central Intelligence poster
Directed by
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Genre
comedy film, action film, buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 35m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 6,397 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former high school bully and a nerdy classmate reunite as adults when the former shows up as a CIA agent. They end up on the run together to stop a terrorist plot involving stolen satellite codes.

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What happens

Central Intelligence is a 2016 American buddy action comedy film directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and written by Thurber, Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen. The film stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson as two old high school classmates who go on the run after one of them joins the CIA to save the world from a terrorist who intends to sell satellite codes. The film premiered at the Regency Village Theater on June 10, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2016 by Warner Bros. Pictures and in international markets by Universal Pictures. Central Intelligence received mixed-to-positive reviews, praise from critics for Johnson and Hart's performances but criticism for the script, and was a commercial success, grossing over $217 million worldwide against its $50 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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