John Cena and Idris Elba respectively play the U.S. President and British Prime Minister, baling out of Air Force One as it's attacked by terrorists of some ilk over Belarus. They then have to get over their bickering enough to avoid further attempts to kill them and get to the NATO summit they were supposed to be attending in Trieste.
It's basically a mismatched buddy comedy, with dollops upon dollops of ludicrous action eventually almost suffocating the film's strong suit, Cena's action film star turned gung-ho POTUS (a nod to Schwarzenegger's stint as Governor of California there) bouncing off Elba's pragmatist who has actual life experience. So, safely playing to national stereotypes, albeit so much from a Hollywood angle that Britain is just Buckingham Palace and fish and chips, and Elba even says 'diaper' at one point. While well choreographed, as most things are these days, the action does get tiresome, but it's hard to dislike the duo, who are clearly enjoying themselves immensely, and you can forgive its wanton stupidity because of that.
6/10
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