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G20 movie review

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There are these set of Hollywood movies that are jingoistic in nature. They show a situation where a set of people from around the world are either captured or attacked by aliens or terrorist groups, and how the protagonist from America saves the day. Independence Day and its poorly made sequel , Air Force One , White House Down , Olympus Has Fallen , London Has Fallen are the movies that come to mind when talking about jingoistic movies where America saves the day. G20 is another movie of this formula. The heads of the G20 are captured by a villain whose intentions are unclear and are all over the place, and Viola Davis, who plays a black American woman president saves the day. Add to this the fact that there is a lot of focus on diversity where women are shown to be much stronger and smarter than the men, the white British Prime Minister is shown as a caricature of a combination of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, a Latino guy, a black man, and a black woman are shown to be the mai...