Heads of State
Heads of State is a particularly dumb action-comedy starring John Cena and Idris Elba as the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Britain who must put their mutual animosity aside when a terrorist organization attempts to kill them as part of a larger conspiracy to destroy NATO. We also get Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a MI6 officer, and former flame to the British Prime Minister, who eventually teams up with the pair in an attempt to get both of them to Italy alive. The most interesting moment of the entire film comes in the form of a montage flashback sequence explaining how she caught up with them which, from the looks of it, would have made a far better film than the one we got.
It's a stupid film that at times delivers some fun odd couple moments between the bickering pair but is never quite consistent enough to be taken for dumb fun, especially once it tries to make sense of the convoluted conspiracy and the motivations for the various players. It's hard not to start feeling sorry for Elba, Chopra Jonas, and the various supporting actors like Carla Gugino as the Vice-President for getting roped in such a turkey. The only one really having any fun here, other than possibly Cena, is Jack Quaid in a far too small role as an agent that helps keep the duo alive adding some much-needed manic energy to the proceedings that otherwise could put you to sleep.
Heads of State's only real redeeming merit is making a strong argument for NATO and the importance of global alliances, ideas even Cena's idiotic action star turned politician can comprehend making him at least twice as presidential as the failed reality-TV star currently in that position.
Watch the trailer- Title: Heads of State
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