Multi -layered character actress or uncompromising action heroine? Viola Davis can do both! So she not only received an Oscar for the drama “Fences”, but also hired a colorful rogue gang as a tough government official in “The Suicide Squad” (2021), which also included Idris Elba as a grumpy Bloodsport and John Cena as an simple -minded Peacemaker. Apparently the chemistry was right between the two, so on the initiative of “The Suicide Squad” producer Peter Safran, another joint project for the duo was sought and found.
The result is the action comedy “Heads of State“, In which not only one, but two heads of government fight against evil boys. That sounds not very original-and in fact the plot from many models seems plenty of cobblers. But even if-as the second weak point-Idris Elba and ex-wrestler John Cena never quite the complexity of Viola Davis as a defensive US president in Amazon Video Achieve published action thriller “G20”: The moody Buddy movie offers many accurate gags-and one of the most packaging car follow-up hunts in the 2025 film year!
Their political style could not be more different, but after the shooting of Air Force One, the British Premier (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) must come together.
In Spain, the British and US secret service together try to lure the long-sought-after arms dealer Viktor Gradov (Paddy Considine) into a trap. But the mission ends with several dead agents in a disaster. A joint press conference by the British Prime Minister Sam Clarke (Idris Elba) and the newly elected US President Will Derringer (John Cena) gets into scandal due to a lack of agreements. In order to smooth out the waves and unity to the upcoming NATO summit in Trieste in Trieste, both heads of the government come together in Air Force One for a state visit to Poland. On the way there, however, the machine is shot down by Gradov and its henchmen. Clarke and Derringer can rescue themselves with a parachute with trouble and need over Belarusian territory. But can you make it in time to the important NATO summit that could endanger the global security architecture in the middle of a fatal political climate?
Even if the plot of “Heads of State” at times like a mixture of sets of sets of “Air Force One” (1997), “White House Down” (2013) and-especially when it comes to the numerous showcoptions-a James Bond film adventure: The young Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller recommends after his first-person experiment “Hardcore” and the dark brachial “Nobody” again as an excellent action director! Even the enjoyable disintegration of a winding cia pilgrimage in Warsaw, lined with secret doors, stands out positively from the genre section through long settings without a wobble. When a helicopter later tears a mirrored safe from an industrial building, one inevitably feels reminded of the over-the-top pursuit of “Fast & Furious 5”, in which a safe of tuned racing cars is dragged across the street.
Not everything ignites – the action and chemistry, however, are all the more!
However, the real action candy lurks in the last half hour: A chase lined with plenty of pyrotechnics and baller action through the historic inner city of Trieste is not only in a good mood because of the rock back. From beating in the passenger cell to daring changes and gimmicks in the Limousine of the US President (Blood Preserves and Smoking Servings and Smoke Schlaces are used to distract!) Naishuller pulls all the action registers again in the elaborately staged scene. Sometimes he shoots with his tendency towards the target: two short assembly around the fate of two figures are optically refreshing, but it does not ignite the very (and inappropriate) use of Bonnie Tyler's hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to a short bromance moment when jumping on a train.
Speaking of: the chemistry already mentioned at the beginning is correct – also because the roles are distributed similarly as in “The Suicide Squad”. Between the reserved British Prime Minister and his extrovert-stupid counterpart, which was elected to the presidential office after years in the show business and action-packed cinema hits with dubious titles such as “Water Cobra”, there are worlds-and a variety of cabbage, which around “real” fitness, an affront around one portion of fish and chip and sheep. The humor in “Heads of State” is truly not fine -meal or cultivated, but the action fireworks present such a high pace that even there is hardly any time to think about around an exhilarated surveillance software and its lousy protection.
Conclusion: a buddy movie with two heads of government-why not? Even if the story is thin: many craftsmanship clean action scenes and some amusing taunts provide entertaining entertainment.