Viola Davis' 56% Rotten Tomatoes Spy Movie Just Broke a Major Streaming Record

The world’s newest fictional president has just broken a major record on a streaming platform: Amazon MGM Studio’s action spy filmG20,which starsViola Davisas an American president who gets caught up in a terrorist plot, has become one of the 10 most-watched films of all time on the studio’s flagship streaming service, Prime Video. This puts it in good company despite the fact that the film garnered only modest reviews.

At the time of this article’s publication,G20,which released on April 10, has garnered over 50 million views on Prime Video, according toDeadline. Additionally, the film reportedly rocketed to the top spot on theNilesen chartsduring its debut week, with 516 million minutes of the film streamed. This is despite the fact that the film was not that well-liked from critics or audiences;G20currently holds only a 56% critic’s score and 46% audience score onRotten Tomatoes. But it seems this has not stopped people from enjoying the action.

G20sees Davis in a new light as a bonafide action star, with the acclaimed actressportraying U.S. President Danielle Sutton, an Army veteran who has since made her way to the Oval Office. Sutton and her family arrives for the G20 summit in South Africa, along with other major world leaders, when they are ambushed by a group of terrorists. As the world hangs in the balance, Sutton must use her military prowess to stop the terrorists and save her family.

‘G20’ is a New Type of Film for Davis

While Davis has had a remarkable and award-winning career, action films are relatively new for her. Davis' first major action role came in 2022’sThe Woman King,an acclaimed project where she portrayed a warrior general in the West African kingdom of Dahomey. However, she has had less physical roles in other action films, includingThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesandThe Suicide Squad.But perhapsG20will be the start of a renewed action career for Davis.

G20also starsAnthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Christopher Farrar,andAntony Starr.It was directed byPatricia Riggenfrom a screenplay byCaitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, Logan Miller,andNoah Miller.It was produced by MRC, Andrew Lazar for Mad Chance Productions, and Davis andJulius Tennonfor their JuVee Productions banner, which currently has a first-look deal with Amazon.