Politically opposed and personality-clashed, a U.S. President and U.K. Prime Minister must survive being targeted in a full-scale conspiracy and slowly learn the value of unity in chaos.
In a bold MI6–CIA operation during Spain’s La Tomatina festival, agent Noel Bisset’s team is wiped out by arms dealer Viktor Gradov’s crew, who manage to seize a vital ECHELON backdoor. Political friction unfolds between UK Prime Minister Sam Clarke and newly elected U.S. President Will Derringer an ex-action star pushed into politics when they’re pressured by aides to share Air Force One for an upcoming NATO summit in Trieste, looking to project harmony.
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Mid-flight, Gradov’s forces shoot down the plane. Clarke and Derringer parachute into Belarus and are declared dead. They hitch a ride with a helpful Belarusian, escape to Warsaw, and take refuge with CIA officer Marty Comer. Gradov’s assassins attack, fatally wounding Comer, but Noel who survived the Spanish mission reunites with the duo.
They learn that Gradov’s hacker, Hammond, has compromised NATO by leaking surveillance data via ECHELON. While fleeing toward Italy by train, they are ambushed again; Hammond, regretting his actions, kills an assassin and, mortally wounded, advises them to go to his old office in Zadar, Croatia. There, they uncover chat logs implicating Derringer’s aide Simone Bradshaw in betrayal and then Clarke is seemingly killed in an explosion.
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In Trieste, Clarke shockingly returns alive and helps Derringer and Noel confront their real betrayer: Vice President Elizabeth Kirk, orchestrating the attack to dismantle NATO. A physical chase ensues Olga dies via grenade mishap, Gradov is taken down when a statue crashes into his helicopter, and the summit is saved. Two months later, the leaders have bonded and NATO is restored. In a post-credits scene, Comer is revealed alive thanks to a metal plate in his head and is approached by Noel at a bar, setting the door open for more intrigue.
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Director: Ilya Naishuller
Cast: Idris Elba (Sam Clarke), John Cena (Will Derringer), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Noel Bisset), Jack Quaid (Marty Comer), Paddy Considine (Viktor Gradov), Carla Gugino (VP Elizabeth Kirk), Stephen Root (Arthur Hammond), plus supporting roles in NATO and field agents
Runtime: 113 minutes
Watch trailer here.
