Central Intelligence (2016) on Netflix
Calvin Joyner, a forensic accountant, accepts a Facebook request from Bob Stone, an awkward high school classmate. Stone, now a CIA agent, wants help tracing an auction of satellite codes.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.3/10242,610 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
In 1996, Central High honors Calvin Joyner, its star athlete. Mid-speech, bullies led by Trevor Olson throw a naked classmate, Robbie Weirdicht, into the gymnasium. Calvin and his girlfriend Maggie are the only ones who do not laugh, and Calvin covers him with a jacket. Twenty years later Calvin is a forensic accountant, married to Maggie and unhappy at work, and she suggests they see a therapist. A Facebook friend request from Bob Stone brings him to a bar, where he finds that Robbie has become a muscular, confident man with combat skills. Bob asks Calvin to check some online transactions, and Calvin uncovers a multimillion-dollar auction closing the next day. Then CIA agents under Pamela Harris come looking for Bob, who has vanished.
Cast
- Sione Kelepias Young Robbie
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Central Intelligence (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- A planned sequel to the film was put on hold and never made because Johnson and Hart instead went on to work together on the Jumanji sequels.
- To promote the film, stars Johnson and Hart staged an Instagram war against each other while they were still on set.
