Johnny English -- Rowan Atkinson's turn at a spy spoof -- breaks the usual rules of the pop culture life cycle. It's a first-time effort as obligatory and forced as any sequel.

This could be because English, the inept anti-Bond, was created a decade ago for a popular series of U.K. ads for the Barclay's Bank credit card. Having squeezed the creative juices for commercial purposes, there seems to be no inspiration left for Johnny on the big screen.
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