While watching G20, you might think of Air Force One—except instead of the world’s most famous airplane, the action takes place in a grand hotel. Viola Davis is just as enthralling in the lead role as Harrison Ford was in Wolfgang Petersen’s classic. However, the film’s most significant issue is its unevenness, likely due to too many rewrites.

Another problem: in a genre film like this, you need a strong villain. G20’s antagonist is one-note—not bland, but purely manic. It’s hard to feel or understand their plight, even though the character keeps repeating it repeatedly, like pulling the string on a talking doll. And with a movie that has suspenseful action, the ending is a letdown when it needed a repeatable, spectacularly over-the-top ending as ridiculous as the promise.

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