Movie Review: G20 (2025)

Genre: Action  

Director: Patricia Riggen  

Starring: Viola Davis  

Running Time: 108 minutes 

Synopsis: US President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis) first rose to prominence by rescuing a child while serving with the US Army in Fallujah. Now established in the White House, she has a strained relationship with her rebellious teenaged daughter Serena. Danielle has a plan to end poverty in Africa using cryptocurrency, and she is looking for support from other world leaders at the G20 summit in Cape Town. Instead, the event is hijacked by terrorist leader Rutledge (Antony Starr) and his small army. Danielle has to stay alive with help from loyal Secret Service Agent Ruiz (Ramón Rodríguez), and find a way to rescue her family.

What Works Well: Antony Starr would have made for an effective antagonist had his character received any attention beyond cartoon level villainy.

What Does Not Work As Well: An atrocious mash-up of Air Force One, Die Hard, and Olympus Has Fallen, this limp effort wallows in muddy visuals, action scenes edited into incomprehensible fragments, and farcical set-pieces featuring a politician mowing down baddies with an assault rifle then defeating burly professional soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. The premise is ludicrous enough to creep into unintentional satire, not helped by rudimentary writing and wide-eyed acting.

Key Quote:

Serena (referring to her mom, the President): She's kind of a badass.

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