For now at least, Dwayne Johnson has nothing to worry about.Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers recap for Monday, May 1, reveals that Belle Brady (Martha Madison) was furious with EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) for summoning her over some life-and-death emergency that clearly wasn’t serious.ĮJ just wanted Belle’s help getting rid of Gabi Hernandez (Camila Banus) at DiMera Enterprises, so she lashed out since Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer) had an actual life-and-death situation going on. Even at its most entertaining, this film never really gets you to suspend your disbelief and invest in its characters. My Spy has enough thrills, spills and lols to pass the time, and Bautista carries it all capably, but it doesn’t blend its competing genre elements with enough flair to make it a must-see. Credit: STXįormulaic? For sure, but this film has some fun along the way: there’s a decent twist towards the end and a witty set-piece in which Bautista and Coleman send up the naff action flick trope of looking badass in front of an exploding truck. Kristen Schaal and Dave Bautista in ‘My Spy’.

A scene in which JJ shows off his not entirely convincing dance moves to Cardi B’s Latin trap banger ‘I Like It’ seems shamelessly designed to spawn a meme, but Bautista throws himself into it gamely. Actually, for a stretch in the middle, My Spy feels more like a rom com than anything else as JJ gets “ Queer Eye-d” by the gay couple next door and begins to shed his emotionally repressed exterior. It’s a silly but not unpromising premise which My Spy can’t resist complicating by having JJ and Fitz-Henley’s Kate become an item at the same time. Sophie quickly spots that their apartment has been bugged, blows their cover and cuts a deal with JJ: she won’t tell her mum they’re being watched as long as he teaches her how to be a spy.

Alongside enthusiastic but inexperienced tech expert Bobbi ( Flight of the Conchords’ Kristen Schaal), he’s assigned a dull job surveilling the widow of a dead criminal ( The Sinner’s Parisa Fitz-Henley) and her super-bright nine-year-old daughter Sophie ( Big Little Lies’ Chloe Coleman). Sadly, it’s too tonally uneven and wildly unrealistic to succeed as anything other than a passable popcorn flick.īautista plays JJ, a physically formidable but somewhat sloppy CIA operative who’s been demoted by his exasperated boss (Ken Jeong, giving much less energy here than he does on bonkers gameshow The Masked Singer). Wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista ( Guardians of the Galaxy, Spectre) surely has an eye on Dwayne Johnson’s impressive career trajectory, and this action-comedy from experienced director Peter Segal ( Get Smart, 50 First Dates) lets him show off his bants as well as his brawn.

I, Spy? by Kate Johnson