Plot: U.S. President Will Derringer and British Prime Minister Sam Clarke have a not-so-friendly and very public rivalry. However, when Air Force One gets shot down over enemy territory, they find themselves on the run and working together to thwart a global conspiracy that threatens the entire free world.
This film was bad but mad fun.
Pros: The movie can be quick and moving that had you on your feet. I enjoy the little screentime Jack Quaid had. There were fun banter with John Cena and Idris Elba together & some of the action can be bonkers.
Cons: The main storyline is very generic. The main bad guys are too silly, over the top & uninteresting. I didn’t buy into Will and Sam’s rilably and it failed to do anything interesting or exciting.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directed by Ilya Naishuller
Screenplay by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Harrison Query
Story by Harrison Query
Produced by Peter Safran, John Rickard
Starring: Idris Elba, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra, Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Stephen Root & Paddy Considine.
Music by Steven Price
Cinematography by Ben Davis
Edited by Tom Harrison-Read
Production companies: The Safran Company, Amazon MGM Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Big Indie Pictures
Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
Casts:
- John Cena as Will Derringer, the President of the United States famous for his previous career as an action movie star
- Idris Elba as Sam Clarke, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a veteran of the British Army
- Priyanka Chopra as Noelle Bisset, a senior MI6 agent tasked with protecting Clarke and Derringer
- Jack Quaid as Marty Comer, a CIA officer and station agent in Warsaw
- Paddy Considine as Viktor Gradov, a Russian arms dealer
- Stephen Root as Arthur Hammond, a hacker for Gradov
- Carla Gugino as Elizabeth Kirk, the Vice President of the United States
- Sarah Niles as Simone Bradshaw, White House Chief of Staff
- Richard Coyle as Quincy Harrington, Downing Street Chief of Staff
- Clare Foster as Cat Derringer, the First Lady of the United States
- Katrina Durden as Olga the Killer, an assassin working for Gardov
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Sasha the Killer, an assassin working for Gardov
- Sharlto Copley as Thomas ‘Coop’ Cooper, a CIA officer and Bisset’s counterpart
- Adrian Lukis as Jack Gordon, a Reporter
- Ingeborga Dapkunaite as Belarussian farmer
- Claudia Doumit
I will skip this one.
Rating: 2½.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe