| “ | But, since you have escalated this whole scenario by bringing what I can only assume is an unlicensed firearm into this public place, endangering the lives of all these innocent people, I can no longer, in good conscience, walk away and jerk anyone off in the parking lot. | „ |
| ~ Bob, confronting a bully. |
Bob Stone, known by his former name as Robert "Robbie" Weirdicht is the deuteragonist of the 2016 film Central Intelligence.
He is played by former WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who also played Mathayus the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns and the first The Scorpion King film, Beckin The Rundown, Joe Kingman in The Game Plan, Derek Thompson in The Tooth Fairy, Captain Chuck T. Baker in Planet 51, Luke Hobbs in The Fast and The Furious movies, Hank Parsons in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Hercules in the titular 2014 film, Ray Gaines in San Andreas, Maui in Moana, Mitch Buchannon in the 2017 film adaptation of Baywatch, Dr. Smolder Bravestone in the Jumanji films, Davis Okoye in Rampage, Will Sawyer in Skyscraper, Frank Wolff in Jungle Cruise, Krypto in DC League of Super-Pets, Black Adam in the 2022 DC Extended Universe movie of the same name, and Callum Drift in Red One.
Biography[]
In 1996, fat geek Robbie Weirdicht was showering in the gym locker while singing to My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It) until a group of bullies drag him into the gymnasium naked, getting laughed at by everyone except Calvin who gives Weirdicht his varsity jacket.
20 years later, Calvin receives a friend request on Facebook from a man named Bob Stone, who reveals that he is Wierdicht and requests that they meet. Calvin is shocked to see that Wierdicht has transformed into a muscular, confident man. Stone asks Calvin to review a few accounting records. Calvin deciphers the records as multimillion-dollar transactions from an auction, with the final payment set to be made the following day. Stone avoids Calvin's questions and spends the night on his couch.
The next morning, a group of CIA agents led by Pamela Harris arrive at Calvin's house in search of Stone, who escapes. Harris tells Joyner that Stone is a dangerous rogue agent who intends to sell satellite codes to the highest bidder. Soon after, Stone abducts Calvin and explains that he is trying to stop a criminal known as the Black Badger from selling the codes but needs Calvin's skills to find the coordinates of the deal's location. After an attack by a bounty hunter, Calvin flees and calls Maggie, telling her to meet him at the marriage counselor's office. Harris intercepts him and tells him that Stone murdered his partner Phil Stanton and is the Black Badger himself. She warns him to refrain from telling Maggie and gives him a device to alert them to Stone's location. Calvin then arrives for marriage counseling, where he finds Stone posing as the counselor.
Stone convinces Calvin to help him, and Calvin sets up a meeting with Trevor Olson, who is able to track the offshore account for the auction, so they can get the deal's location. At first he apologizes for his misdeed saying he has found God , only to admit he lied and laughs in their faces and bullies Bob again. Harris calls Calvin and threatens to arrest Maggie if he fails to help them detain Stone. Calvin is forced to betray Stone, and the CIA arrests him. As Harris tortures Stone to get him to confess, Calvin decides to help Stone escape. Calvin finds that the deal is happening in Boston and helps Stone steal a plane. At an underground parking garage, where the deal is assumed to be taking place, Stone enters alone, while Calvin sees Harris entering a short while later. He mistakenly assumes that she is the Black Badger and runs after her, but finds Stone meeting with the buyer and claiming to be the Black Badger. Stone shoots Calvin, grazing his neck, to keep him safe.
Suddenly, Phil shows up at the auction revealing that he's the real Black Badger and that he faked his death to frame Stone. After a debate over who the real Black Badger is, Harris leads the CIA to ambush the meeting and a shootout breaks out. Calvin recovers the codes and is tailed by a car, but Stone slams his car in the way to save Calvin. As Calvin is about to cross a bridge, he is caught in a mexican standoff between Phil and Stone. He accidentally grazes Stone in the butt allowing Phil to knock him out, but Stone wakes up and kills Phil by ripping his throat out, dumping his body in the water.
With Stone's name cleared, Calvin, Stone and Maggie attend the homecoming reunion where Stone wins homecoming king thanks to Calvin hacking into the votes on the way. Trevor again starts mocking Stone and although Stone initially forgives him, he finally has enough of Trevor's bullying and punches him out cold. He then strips naked in front of the school and kisses Darla McGuchian, his former high school crush. He later gives Calvin his jacket back and they drive off in his car.
Trivia[]
- Central Intelligence and Moana, both of which Dwayne Johnson starred in, came out in 2016.