Following a lively opening covert-mission-goes-wrong at La Tomatina food-fight festival, this breezy tongue-firmly-in-cheek action-comedy from Amazon finds the new gung-ho soundbite-friendly former movie-star US President (John Cena) and beleaguered and more grounded UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) thrown together after Air Force One is brought down over Belarus and having to work together to defeat a common Russian renegade nemesis who has taken control of the U.S.'s super-surveillance software. With the pair of leaders set up as simple binary oppositions who clash and bicker over everything, after the dramatic opening not a moment of the movie takes itself too seriously, enabling a lot of fun to be derived from these two larger-than-life characters/actors (cast perfectly) butting heads as they battle the Connery-Bond-style villain and his goons. The action sequences are very effective if occasionally a little full-on for the film's rating, as are some of the dreadful puns delivered. This is a glossy, daft romp that trots along without a care and offers lightweight and very enjoyable fun with just the occasional touch of heavy politics to anchor the nonsense.
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