(ESP-ENG) Heads of State | Action and comedy always go together - Movie Review!

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There are movies that when you decide to give them the opportunity to see them, you know what their intention is going to be from minute one. In this case we have a 0% believable action comedy but at the end of the day it achieves its goal: to entertain. It is the typical cliché film of explosions, shootings, chases, planes falling, villains who have the ability to know everything and in this case the two heads of two of the most important states/countries in the world in the middle of that chaos as if that made any sense at all. But let's see, I already said it, that was the most feasible thing to happen, so I wasn't caught off guard.

We have Will Derringer (John Cena) and Sam Clarke (Idris Elba), the first is the President of the United States and the second is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, colleagues in positions and responsibilities but deep down they are two men who do not get along at all, the public rivalry they have is very deep-rooted. It happens that Derringer before being president was a movie actor so Clarke does not take him seriously; Clarke never supported Will in his candidacy so the president is wary of him; it is a matter of egos. Everything changes when a common enemy sets in motion a plan to eliminate them after a failed bombing in Spain so now they must put their differences behind them and work together.

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The film may be mistaken for an action thriller but I think the main genre is comedy. The way the relationship between these two men is played out, the interactions, the dialogue, the quips and the bad jokes that emerge from their discussions give us a clear sign that this is not an all action film. Obviously this is not a bad thing but it is one thing to keep in mind when watching it. John Cena is a really funny guy, I think comedy is innate in him and these roles where this element is part of the character's personality are the ones that best fit him and the ones that end up working the best. And well, of course this drags Idris Elba who is a little more reserved but in the end ends up falling into that grace.

Clearly the action is present with a lot of absurd but impressive things on screen. I feel that everything is very exaggerated and bombastic, a simple chase turns into something very big and ostentatious; shootouts and hits that end in some kind of acrobatics or very flashy moves; in the end the supreme goal of this is that you stay seated watching the almost 2 hours of movies, that you remain enraptured. The plot is something else that doesn't make much sense, there are several holes in there but I don't think it's meant to be an Oscar winning script either, it's a generic film to make you laugh and pass the time.

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Apart from this pair of actors we have two others who stand out and give a little more life to the plot. Priyanka Chopra as an MI6 agent who is a kind of gear because she is where it all begins. She acts quite well, the action scenes she delivers with a lot of ease and fluidity. And also has a short but interesting appearance Jack Quaid who is another undercover agent but you do not expect anything and ends up surprising and solving a big problem. The cast isn't bad, out there comes Carla Gugino, Paddy Considine, etc. Great actors to try to sell a more run of the mill movie. I give it a 6.5/10. It's entertaining, sometimes you laugh, sometimes you watch the clock but in the end the pace doesn't drop. It's exactly what you imagine it to be, something very much like a parody. It's just under two hours long. I'll leave the trailer here and you can get it on Prime Video.

Well my people, that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
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