G20

"G20" is the cinematic equivalent of wrapping the American flag around a missile and calling it diplomacy. This high-octane political action thriller positions the United States as the lone savior of the free world - again - with the kind of invincibility usually reserved for comic book superheroes or fever dreams from the Pentagon.

From the first explosion to the final, slow-motion flag wave, "G20" makes one thing clear: Americans can do anything - survive impossible odds, outwit international superpowers, and defuse geopolitical crises with a single inspirational speech or a well-aimed punch. It's not just unrealistic - it's comically over-the-top.

The plot, thin as it is, involves an elite American operative (of course) thwarting a global threat at the annual G20 summit. The rest of the world's leaders mostly stand around helplessly, reduced to background props while the U. S. single-handedly saves the day. Russian hackers? No match. Rogue drones? Shot out of the sky with sunglasses still on. Nuclear codes? Already hacked by the CIA before breakfast.

While the pacing is relentless and the action sequences are polished, the film constantly asks viewers to suspend all disbelief. It's less a geopolitical thriller and more a muscle-flexing fantasy that leaves no cliché unexplored - complete with American exceptionalism on steroids.

In short: If you're looking for realism, look elsewhere. If you're in the mood for unapologetic flag-waving, gravity-defying heroism, and a plot where the laws of physics (and politics) take a back seat to pure spectacle - "G20" delivers, just don't take it too seriously.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars - for entertainment value, not plausibility.

It was sort of okay until about halfway through. It's annoying having a teenager save the day.

But the worst part was when the president, for the third time, decides she can't leave someone behind. She has to save them.

When the obvious thing is she can do more for them if she can actually get out of the situation.

Then she gets into a (second) fight with a terrorist, this time because she didn't just shoot him in the back of the head when she had the chance. These guys were killing people left and right, and she tells him to "drop the weapon" then lets him close while he's dropping it, and then I'm sure somehow she gets out of it, but at that point, I gave up.

Serena is the rebel hacker teen daughter of US President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis). Derek Sutton (Anthony Anderson) is the first gentleman. G20 is holding a meeting in South Africa. The organizers have hired private security led by Edward Rutledge (Antony Starr). Danielle is personally protected by Secret Service Agent Manny Ruiz (Ramón Rodríguez).

This is White House Down adjacent. It has some action fun. It is unrealistic at times. It is ridiculous to take out most of the government protection with one blast. The premise is dumb but whatever. The movie does lose me when Viola Davis turns super-soldier. Aside from being a woman in her late 50's, the character is set up different from super fighting. The movie gets rather too ridiculous at the end. I like this up to a point. Too bad that it goes past that point.

This laughable attempt at an action movie is peak leftist /progressive 'content' and is so detached from reality you'll surely be rooting for the baddies. Just leaves you wondering - who was this made for?! Probably the fabled 'modern audience' but as is proven time and time again, it never actually shows up...

Despite that, this is the latest effort to appease them and surely won't be the last. Will probably be studied in years to come as a prime example of just how deranged things got in the 2020s.

Watch it if you want a good laugh. It certainly doesn't take place in anything that even remotely resembles reality. Laughably bad.

No, seriously. This movie would have been a perfect place for Frank Drebin to make an appearance. Just imagine him driving a police tank into the G20 meeting, crushing everything in his way! "G20" could have been a perfect parody, a spoof of amovie. But the tragedy... you see, the tragedy is that "G20" is not a parody. Is not a spoof. It is "action thriller film", that was made without a hint of smile. R. I. P. Mr. Leslie Nielsen, in another reality you could had a perfect cameo in this flick. R. I. P. "G20", a weird expirement born out of god-knows what. One day, hopefully, this will be remade as a comedy.