Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Heads of State Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 00:38:00 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: <104f4t8$2hp7s$3@dont-email.me> References: <10476s7$d4o1$1@dont-email.me> <104eodi$2dsqb$10@dont-email.me> <104es83$2f62e$5@dont-email.me> <104eu30$2g9ms$4@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:38:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4fba57990532f75bdb36fc64909d354f"; logging-data="2680060"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HpHMt7iFvtY4IUTHyvPnO8uK/ttk6RxI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nsG8LOiJoLD9F2aNICvOHRmo/yY= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) BTR1701 wrote: >On Jul 6, 2025 at 3:10:11 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" wrote: > >> BTR1701 wrote: >>> On Jul 5, 2025 at 3:45:54 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" wrote: >>> >>>> Rhino wrote: >>>>> New from Amazon, we have John Sena and Idris Elba headlining an >>>>> action-comedy. Sena plays new American President Will Derringer while >>>>> Elba is the Prime Minister of the UK. President Derringer is a >>>>> Schwartzenegger-style movie star renowned for his action movies and Elba >>>>> doesn't much like him but circumstances - the shooting down of Air Force >>>>> One over Belarus - force them to work together and to try to save NATO. >>>>> There's also a romantic subplot between the Prime Minister and a woman >>>>> from his past. >>>>> >>>>> I won't spoil any more of the plot. Suffice it to say that there's lot >>>>> of shootin' and killin' to keep us engaged and a fair number of puns. >>>> >>>> I enjoyed the fact that they acknowledged they were in a punning contest >>>> and working to come up with new ones. >>>> >>>>> It's not going to win any awards for realism but I enjoyed myself and I >>>>> think you will too. >>>>> >>>>> IMDB gives it 6.5 but I think it deserves higher. >>>>> >>>> Agreed. >>>> >>>> Hey, BTR, did you ever get to ride in "The Beast"? >>> >>> Yes, I drove it twice. >>> >>> It's a lot more resilient than they portrayed in the movie. >>> >>> And it doesn't have a sunroof for Jamie Foxx to shoot out of like in WHITE >>> HOUSE DOWN. In fact none of the windows move at all. They're welded in place. >> >> If there's no sun roof, then how does the ejector seat work? > >Poorly. If I'm tasked with detailing that vehicle, I'm filing for workman's comp!