Viola Davis is one-woman army as U.S. president under siege in 'G20 trailer'
Viola Davis stars as a U.S. president who has to save other heads of state from a terror plot in the new trailer for action-thriller 'G20.'
New Amazon Prime Trailer: G20 - Viola Davis is a one-woman army as a U.S. president under siege
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Viola Davis is a one-woman army as a U.S. president under siege in G20 trailer
Davis stars as a dignified head of state who can fight dirty when pushed in Amazon MGM Studios' new action thriller.By Ryan Coleman
Updated on February 12, 2025 09:21AM EST
"Madame President, we have a situation."
The first trailer for Amazon MGM Studios' new action-thriller G20 kicks off with this promising opening line and features Viola Davis kicking a ton of butt — and saving the world in the process.
The Oscar-winner stars as Danielle Sutton, the sitting president of the United States with a military past. A framed cover of Combat Heroes magazine features Davis' Sutton holding a limp body amid a chaotic warzone, paired with the caption, "Fallujah Under Seige."
Sutton informs her husband (Anthony Anderson) and children (Marsai Martin and Christopher Farrar) that they'll be accompanying her to Cape Town, South Africa, for the annual G20 summit. Her eldest, Serena (Martin) has been taking one too many tips from the Bush daughters' playbook, so Sutton wants her watchful eye on them at all times.
That's where things go wrong.
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As heads of state from around the world assemble, so too does a terrorist unit bent the execution of a nefarious plot called "Project Deepfake."
"To the governments watching, I've taken the G20 by force," a villainous Rutledge (Antony Starr) says over livestream to a command room of nervous-looking American officials. "When we launch Project Deepfake, we will reset the world's financial markets."
Little do Rutledge and his henchmen know, separating Davis from her husband and kids has launched her into a no-holds-barred survival state. "If you want to live you'll follow my lead," she commands her fellow dignitaries, as she kicks, shoots, and pan-fries (seriously, watch the trailer) her would-be captors.
'G20' trailer.
Davis was at work on G20 as early as the summer of 2023. Despite being granted a waiver to resume production on the film amid that year's SAG and WGA strikes, the actress voluntarily halted production in solidarity with her comrades in front of and behind the camera.
"I love this movie, but I do not feel that it would be appropriate for this production to move forward during the strike," she said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly at the time. "JuVee Productions and I stand in solidarity with actors, SAG-AFTRA, and the WGA."
While the film was in production the following February, Anderson revealed he'd sustained an injury while filming a fight scene. Smiling in a picture taken on a hospital gurney, Anderson wrote on his Instagram, "Me against two goons and a chair! Guess who didn't win! Who needs a stuntman? Me that's who!"
The film was directed by Patricia Riggen, best known for her 2007 Mexican-American family drama Under the Same Moon. Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Clark Gregg, Gideon Emery, and The White Lotus' Sabrina Impacciatore appear alongside Davis in the cast. The film is set for release on Amazon Prime worldwide on April 10.