There comes a time in the career of every Hollywood hardman when he has to face the toughest challenge of all… playing opposite a child. For Dave Bautista, it came in 2020 with espionage action-com My Spy, which cast the MCU star as CIA field agent JJ who, together with tech-head Bobbi (Kristen Schaal), has to surveil single mum Kate (Parisa Fitz-Henley) and her precocious nine-year-old daughter, Sophie (Chloe Coleman).
Again directed by Peter Segal, My Spy: The Eternal City sees JJ agree to help teacher Nancy (Anna Faris) in chaperoning the now-teenage Sophie and dozens of her schoolmates on a trip to Rome. The kids might be in a choir that’s performing in the Italian capital, but they’re certainly no angels, with JJ needing to employ his particular set of skills to herd these hormonal charges. Meanwhile, a group of terrorists looking to nuke the Vatican must be stopped…
