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Heads of State review: John Cena as US president and Idris Elba as British prime minister light up summer actioner

Heads of State review: John Cena as US president and Idris Elba as British prime minister light up summer actioner

In a different era, Heads of State might have crushed it at the box office; in this one, it premieres on Prime Video. These are the times we live in – but Ilya Naishuller's straight-to-streaming actioner is better than most.
Will Derringer (Cena) and Sam Clarke (Elba) have fallen out. Derringer, an ex-Hollywood icon, hasn't yet forgiven Clarke for supporting his opponent. Clarke, a man with a permanent rain cloud over his head, has no time for movie-star presidents. After a photo-op in London goes sideways, the boys' handlers suggest they share a flight together to an all-important Nato summit.
Not a bad idea, but when an oily arms dealer (Paddy ­Considine) shoots Air Force One out of the sky, the lads wind up stranded in Belarus where their only ally is a troublesome MI6 agent (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) with a thing for terrible puns.
Silly carry-on, but the stunts are cool, and our ace headliners are enjoying one another's company. A good laugh, not to be skipped over in the Prime queue.
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