Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman team up again for My Spy: The Eternal City, which is now available to watch on Prime Video.
The sequel to the 2020 action film My Spy, the movie follows veteran CIA operative JJ (Bautista) and his 14-year-old stepdaughter Sophie (Coleman) as they reunite to save the world from nuclear disaster.
Community's Ken Jeong and Bob Burger's star Kristen Schaal reprise their roles from the previous film, and they are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg.
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Directed by Pete Segal, My Spy: The Eternal City is set five years after the first movie.
Now a teenager looking for some independence, Sophie is invested in her school choir, which has been chosen for an Italian tour. The trip will include a performance for the Pope in Vatican City. To her dismay, JJ decides to volunteer as a chaperone so they can spend more time together.
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However, all plans for a fun holiday adventure are disrupted when father and daughter become tangled in a terrorist plot.
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The previous movie, My Spy, was released during the COVID pandemic in 2020, landing a cinema release on March 13 in the UK and a streaming release in the US on June 26.
The movie secured a sequel in February 2023 (despite its dismal 48% Rotten Tomatoes rating) with its two leading stars returning for a second adventure.
"I wish it could always be that good," Bautista said about filming the sequel, during an interview on Today.
"Not only was I filming with family, but the locations we filmed in were just so beautiful," he added.
Both Bautista and co-star Ken Jeong praised Chloe Coleman's role in the movie, with Keong saying she "is the heart and soul of the movie."
The sequel has received mixed reviews so far, with outlets like IGN saying, "the movie isn’t always painful to watch, but the ride never smooths out; it’s bumpy the whole way through."
My Spy: The Eternal City is now available to watch on Prime Video.
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