Summary
My Spy: The Eternal City’s Rotten Tomatoes score breaks Dave Bautista’s incredible streak after 10 movies. A sequel to 2020’sMy Spy, the new spy comedy follows Bautista’s CIA operative, JJ, and his precocious 14-year-old stepdaughter, Sophie (Chloe Coleman), who head to Italy on a high school trip and become involved in a terrorist plot targeting the Vatican. Along with Bautista and Coleman, Kristen Schaal and Ken Jeong reprise their roles from the first film with Flula Borg, Craig Robinson, and Anna Faris joiningMy Spy: The Eternal City’s cast.
Now, shortly after its release on Prime Video,My Spy: The Eternal City’sRotten Tomatoesscore has solidified at 15%, breaking Bautista’s streak of Fresh ratings going back 10 movies to the originalMy Spy(48%) from 2020. The sequel has just under 30 reviews at the time of writing, so its score is expected to fluctuate slightly. For context, the original garnered almost 130 reviews from Rotten Tomatoes-approved critics. However, the sequel’s score should remain rotten and break Bautista’s streak.
My Spy: The Eternal City's audience score is also 41%, Bautista’s first rotten audience score since the originalMy Spy(39%).
How My Spy: The Eternal City’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Compares To Dave Bautista’s Last 10 Movies
The former WWE wrestler began his acting career with roles in films such asHouse of the Rising Sun,The Man with the Iron Firsts, andRiddick. However, Bautista’s breakthrough came when he was cast as Drax the Destroyer inGuardians of the Galaxy. He reprised the role for subsequentMCU movieswhile also securing significant roles in high-profile movies such asSpectreandBlade Runner 2049.He really hit his stride with his last 10 movies, collaborating with an array of acclaimed auteur directors.
Every Dave Bautista Movie Ranked Worst To Best
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Bautista’s streak started with Zack Snyder’sArmy of the Dead(67%) and that same year,he starred in Denis Villeneuve’sDune(83%), later reprising his role asGlossu Rabban forDune: Part Two(92%) He also reprised his role as Drax for Taika Waititi’sThor: Love and Thunder(63%), James Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3(82%), and the holiday special (94%). In between there, Bautista starred in Rian Johnson’s sequelGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(91%), M. Night Shyamalan’sKnock at the Cabin(67%), and lent his voice to Hayao Miyazaki’sThe Boy and the Heron(97%).
Army of the Dead
67%
83%
Thor: Love and Thunder
63%
91%
94%
Knock at the Cabin
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
82%
The Boy and the Heron
97%
79%
Dune: Part Two
92%
Bautista’s last Rotten score before his 10-film Fresh streak wasMy Spy, and now that streak has ended with its sequel. Similar to the first film,My Spy: The Eternal City’s reviewspoint out how the movies try to plug Bautista into the familiar formula of pairing a charismatic action star with a precocious child to mediocre results. As evident by his collaborations with auteur directors like Villeneuve and Gunn,Bautista’s talents are better utilized in other ways.
My Spy: The Eternal City
Cast
A sequel to the 2020 film, My Spy: The Eternal City is an action-comedy film starring Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman. CIA operative J.J. is coerced into following Sophie on a school trip to Italy that goes south when terrorists attack.
