Prime Videohas delivered another hugely popular action thriller, with their latest addition to the genre giving audiences the uncomplicated, explosive thrills they seek while also introducing a new action hero to root for. Debuting earlier this month,G20finds Oscar-winner and acting iconViola Davistaking the lead as a President of the United States who possesses her own particular set of skills. Skills that will come in handy when the G20 summit is attacked by terrorists. Forget Gerard Butler, all you need is Davis when Olympus falls.
G20is directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, and Logan and Noah Miller.Led by Viola Davis, the rest of the cast includes Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, and Clark Gregg, withThe Boysactor Antony Starr once again on charismatic villain duty.G20is available to stream now on Prime Video, where it has claimed the #1 spot both globally and in the United States. you’re able to check out the official synopsis below.
Antony Starr Talks Bringing Humanity to His ‘G20’ & ‘The Boys’ Characters
Antony Starr discusses playing complicated “villains,” from Homelander in ‘The Boys’ to his role in the new action movie ‘G20’ with Viola Davis.
“When the G20 summit comes under siege, U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis) becomes the number one target. After evading capture by the attackers, she must outsmart the enemy to protect her family, defend her country and safeguard world leaders in this action-packed thrill ride.”
The Response to ‘G20’ Has Been Mixed, but Does It Really Matter?
The response toG20’s no-nonsense action movie thrills has been decidedly mixed. The thriller currently holds a “rotten” rating of 57% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes alongside a lesser 48% from audiences on the Popcornmeter. “Too straight-faced to have as much fun with its juicy premise as it could,G20is more pedestrian than presidential but does have a commanding lead in Viola Davis,” the critics’ consensus reads.
However, sometimes the response of the masses must be disregarded, andG20is not without its fans.MovieWe’s own Will Sayre, for instance, heaped praise on the efforts of Davis and Starr and declared the movie a “Wildly Entertaining Action Thrill Ride.”
“It takes a hot minute for Davis' action chops to shine, but once the Oscar winner delivers, man, you’ll be shaking in your boots — or slippers, rather, since this is an at-home viewing experience. Starr, meanwhile, loses himself in the frenzied, villainous role of Rutledge, who uses video recordings of the captive global leaders to deep-fake them into “praising” bitcoin.”
Now best recognized for his role as the villainous Supe, Homelander,Antony Starr revealed exclusively to MovieWebhow he approached his newest bad guy, with the actor viewing his terrorist leader as a dark mirror of Viola Davis’ heroic POTUS.
“So I looked at it as the character is very intrinsically linked to Volia’s character they kind of mirror each other. So, whereas she came back and became a hero, the opposite happened to Rutledge. He came back in my backstory, like a lot of soldiers, with PTSD, and that didn’t go well with his family. And a lot of what I chose as a rock is that as a father, there would be nothing worse than having your kids lose touch and start seeing you as a failure, or because with the PTSD, not being able to mend that.
So, in my head she came back and she was made a hero. So a lot of what’s driving him is wanting to be seen as a hero by his own kids, and where she got her family and everything, Rutledge didn’t. And I think having that stuff back pocket for me, a lot of that backstory for me adds to the performance.”
