Central Intelligence (2016)
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Central Intelligence is a 2016 American action comedy directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Kevin Hart stars as Calvin Joyner, a former high school golden boy now stuck in a mundane accounting job, whose life is upended when he reconnects with Bob Stone, played by Dwayne Johnson, a former classmate who was once an overweight, bullied outcast but has transformed into a massive, confident CIA operative. Bob recruits the reluctant Calvin into a mission involving stolen satellite codes and rogue intelligence agents, while Calvin can never be sure whether Bob is a heroic agent or a dangerous traitor.
The comedy derived primarily from the inversion of expectations — Johnson's Bob, despite his intimidating physique, retains the insecure, eager-to-please personality of his bullied teenage self, wearing a fanny pack and quoting his childhood hero Calvin with wide-eyed admiration. Kevin Hart's Calvin, the confident popular kid who peaked in high school, provides the incredulous straight man. Central Intelligence earned $217 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.





