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ENTERTAINMENT: UNPRETENTIOUS ACTIONER SEES UK PM TEAM UP WITH US PRESIDENT

- Hein Kaiser

What happens when two heads of state, let's say the president of the United States and the UK prime minister, become action heroes? Heads of State on Amazon Prime answers that question with a toe-curling weekend-watch movie that just keeps giving to its audience.

Heads of State is a buddy comedy along the same lines as the Lethal Weapon series, except of course, the heroes aren't cops. They're world leaders.

It stars Idris Elba as UK Prime Minister Clarke with John Cena as US President Derringer. The latter, a-la Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a voted into office Hollywood blockbuster actor with Clarke a traditional career politician.

Clarke cannot stand Derringer's swag, but circumstances of course, turn them into best of friends at the end. And heroes.

The pair have a bitchy public fallout at a press conference, then to improve the optics, it's suggested that they travel to a Nato conference together on Air Force One.