From: nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com   
      
   On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:45:24 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >   
   >>I borrowed the Amazon Prime Roku stick from the library.   
   >   
   >It occurred to me that Heads of State (2025) is on the Prime. As Rhino   
   >and others observed, it's light entertainment and quite enjoyable. Idris   
   >Elba isn't challenged by the script, but John Cena impressed me with   
   >improved acting, giving the character personality, and a deft comic   
   >touch.   
   >   
   >ASL in the fight scenes wasn't annoyingly short and Priyanka Chopra was   
   >fun to watch, when she was doing her own fighting, in those scenes. I   
   >did miss the long spectacular hair. I don't care if it's unrealistic for   
   >the character. If she needs her hair dressed immediately after fighting,   
   >that's what I want to see.   
   >   
   >I saw that the Stephen Root character was named Arthur Hammond in his   
   >death scene with captions. At know point did we hear the name in   
   >dialogue. Similarly, neither the male nor female henchmen were named.   
   >   
   >Jack Quaid was amusing in the safe house scene.   
      
   I did love the way he managed to know where all the enemies were.   
      
   >The script's main disappointments was the borrowing from My Fellow   
   >Americans (1996) in the road trip across Belarus and making Carla Gugino   
   >the main villain. It was a little hard to believe they weren't captured   
   >early on.   
   >   
   >BTR1701 likely had issues with security and how The Beast was portrayed.   
   >   
   >There were commercial breaks but they took care with placement and there   
   >were only 3.   
   >   
   >In the same year, Elba also portrayed the president.   
   >   
   >>There was a large selection of kids' shows. All I foumd that was   
   >>actually from Prime was The Night Manager (2016), adapted from the 1993   
   >>John Le Carre novel. It was on BBC One originally and I believe sold as   
   >>foreign programming to AMC in the US.   
   >   
   >I'm still watching this. Commercial breaks have been obnoxious,   
   >interrupting scenes. It really seems familiar so I must have watched 9   
   >years ago.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)