G20 (2025)

G20 (2025)

In Budapest, a young woman arrives at a church to complete a crypto exchange. She demands payment on delivery, but the buyer insists on verifying the blockchain before releasing her funds. When she senses a double-cross, she knocks him out with a vigil candle and escapes. The man's henchmen chase her through the city. She breaks into a tattoo shop, escapes through a window, and leaps onto a table umbrella, causing one of the pursuers to stumble and fall. She eventually slips into a bar and removes her jacket to blend in — but she's being watched. Rutledge follows her inside, gets a beer, and, after choking her, injects her with a sedative and steals the crypto wallet containing 70 million USD in Bitcoin.

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., President Danielle Sutton — a war veteran, a mother of two, and the first Black woman to serve as president of the United States — is woken up to the news that "Avid is on the move." She storms through the White House corridors with her entourage. It turns out that "Avid" is her own rebellious 17-year-old daughter, Serena, who snuck out of the White House to party at a Georgetown bar and ended up on the late-night news. After a brief confrontation, Serena argues she was just sneaking out, and her gadgets are confiscated as evidence since she may have hacked into the RFID system to create her own key card. President Sutton reminds her that she's not allowed to leave without security. Her father, Derek, insists it's for her protection, while Serena points out that her brother Demetrius knew she was sneaking out and said nothing. The first gentleman tells everyone to go to bed.

The following morning, Sutton trains in martial arts with her loyal longtime bodyguard, Agent Manny Ruiz. Their playful banter ends with Sutton throwing Manny to the ground. Later, Sutton meets with Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth while getting fitted for the upcoming G20 summit. A stylist suggests a red gown, which Sutton hesitantly agrees to wear.

At a press conference, President Sutton announces the Together Plan — her initiative to fight global hunger by providing sub-Saharan farmers with microloans in digital currency. She highlights how many in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to banking and rely on hidden cash to buy seeds, and outlines her goal of rallying world leaders at the G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa, to support the initiative. However, the press quickly pivots to her family issues. One reporter boldly asks how Sutton can protect an entire nation when she can't control her own daughter. Sutton abruptly ends the conference.

Later, Sutton tells her children they must cancel their weekend plans and accompany her to Cape Town. Serena protests, questioning whether this is just about managing the optics from the press conference, then storms off.

On the plane to South Africa, Sutton and Joanna reflect on their journey into office. Manny then briefs them on security. Vice President Mikkelson reassures them that the hotel is secure, though private contractors have been hired due to the host nation's inexperience — a fact that gives Sutton pause.

In Cape Town, Rutledge arrives separately and is greeted by the traitorous Agent Paxton. They head to the Grand Diamond Hotel, the specially prepared venue for the G20 summit. Sutton's family is given RFID passes upon arrival. In the ballroom, security conducts a sweep, and President Sutton, striking in her red gown, meets British Prime Minister Oliver Everett, who admires her personally but dismisses her plans for the future. Sutton is disappointed. She is also introduced to Elena Romano, the powerful new head of the IMF, considered by many to be the most influential woman in the world after Sutton herself.

Behind the scenes, Rutledge's team has been quietly and methodically infiltrating the hotel. They've reprogrammed the ballroom doors to respond only to their own key cards, smuggled weapons inside disguised as camera equipment, posed as room service staff, and shut down Cape Town's cell towers and Wi-Fi. Agent Darden — a trusted member of Sutton's own protective detail — enters an elevator with a disguised operative and activates a concealed poisonous gas tank. An armored truck arrives with more henchmen to secure the perimeter. Rutledge then triggers a bomb hidden in the honeymoon suite, obliterating the entire US Special Forces CAT team in a single blast.

Panic erupts in the ballroom after the explosion. Outside, guards begin dying from the poisonous gas, unable to access their RFID passes. The doors lock, and the world's most powerful leaders start to choke as their security is wiped out. A few moments later, what appears to be a rescue team enters the ballroom — but it's another trap. A leader tries to leave and is shot in the head. The attackers separate the politicians from their spouses. Meanwhile, Agent Paxton arrives and initiates an evacuation plan, but is immediately stabbed and killed by Rutledge.

As the chaos unfolds, Manny tries to escort Sutton and Joanna out. When Sutton runs back to save Prime Minister Everett, she's nearly caught, but Manny reacts fast, taking out the threat. Joanna, however, is captured. With the doors locked, Everett asks what the plan is. Manny mentions a hidden door behind the bar. Just then, Elena Romano suffers a panic attack. Thinking quickly, Sutton grabs a fire extinguisher, and Manny shoots it, creating a smoke screen. They escape through the hidden exit, removing their tracking bands once inside. Sutton, Manny, Everett, Elena, the South Korean first lady Han Min-Seo, and a handful of others have managed to get out — but the situation is dire.

Meanwhile, in the kids' room, Serena and Demetrius are under threat. Demetrius fights back, helping Derek overpower a henchman and buy them time. The family pushes furniture against the door and plans their escape, eventually slipping out to the opposite room via the balcony — leaving a tied bed sheet hanging to mislead their pursuers into thinking they climbed down to the floor below.

Back with Sutton's group, Manny suspects an inside job. The attackers clearly knew every emergency protocol, and even the US Special Forces were wiped out in the first wave. Any outside backup would be hours away. Sutton and Manny argue about how to proceed — Sutton expects to be armed and fight their way through, but Manny is hesitant, reminding her it's been years since she handled a weapon. Just then, Han Min-Seo spots a laundry chute and dives in headfirst. The others follow.

In the laundry room, Everett pressures Sutton for reinforcements, but she tells him it isn't possible. Manny proposes their only real option — the Beast, the president's armored military vehicle disguised as a luxury sedan, hidden in the underground garage. Getting to it, however, will be a mission in itself. Everett wants to wait for backup. Sutton refuses, reminding him that it was the so-called cavalry who hijacked the summit in the first place. Elena and Han choose to follow Sutton. Manny hands Sutton a handgun before they move out.

Rutledge, meanwhile, hijacks the internet with a global live stream. He accuses world powers of planning to rob weaker nations, reset the global monetary system, and manipulate citizens through financial control. He calls for mass rebellion, urging people to pull their money from banks and pour it into cryptocurrency — the only currency, he claims, that governments can't control. He warns that if anyone attempts to stop him or approaches the G20 venue, he will begin executing world leaders on camera. Back in the US, the intelligence community runs facial recognition and identifies Rutledge as Edward Rutledge, a former Australian special forces soldier. The revelation shocks them — the FBI already had a file on him. How did he get past the security checks?

Rutledge then begins forcing the captured world leaders to speak on camera, one by one, and recite a written script. The South Korean president is first and immediately notices something is wrong — it's a pangram, a sentence containing every letter of the alphabet. If recorded, it can be used to generate deepfakes of their voices saying absolutely anything. When the South Korean president refuses to comply, Rutledge slices off his ear. The rest fall in line, terrified.

The US task force, led by Mosley, is completely blind — all surveillance has been cut. Any military intervention risks triggering hostage executions and an international incident. They convene with representatives from the other 19 nations to plan a collective response.

Then the first deepfake videos drop online. In one, the German chancellor announces that the new world currency will allow governments to track every move their citizens make. In another, the French prime minister brags about using digital currency to manipulate elections and enrich himself. The world watches in horror. Panic spreads and, just as Rutledge planned, cryptocurrency begins to skyrocket while national currencies spiral. The crypto wallet he stole from the woman in Budapest is loaded, and the more panic spreads, the richer he becomes.

As more of Rutledge's men approach the laundry room, Sutton's group climbs through a ceiling trapdoor and onto the roof of the elevator. They begin to descend, but Prime Minister Everett accidentally hits his hand against the elevator wall and cries out in pain, alerting the mercenaries below. The men go quiet. It's a trap. Sutton drops into the elevator and is immediately attacked, nearly choked out — but Elena Romano, still clinging to the top, tears a strip from Sutton's gown, wraps it around the mercenary's neck, and yanks upward, knocking him out. Sutton seizes the opportunity and guns down the remaining attacker. She also takes out the man choking Manny. The group is shaken but impressed.

On the rooftop, Derek and the kids are trying to figure out how Rutledge is still broadcasting with the entire hotel network down. Serena realizes the TVs are still working and rigs components from the satellite to build a remote uplink. Just as she's about to send her message, two men approach. Demetrius recognizes one of them — Agent Darden, from their own protective detail — but Derek tells him to stay quiet. Something is very wrong. Derek confronts Darden directly, accusing him of betrayal. Darden snaps back, saying Sutton betrayed the US first by choosing African farmers over American citizens. As Serena hits send, the device makes a noise, exposing them. Darden searches the room, but finds nothing — the kids are now clinging silently to the outside ledge of the building. Serena's message is successfully received at the Pentagon. The vice president now knows the president is alive and that Darden is a traitor.

Making their way toward the service entrance, Sutton's group passes through the hotel kitchen, where five hostages are being held by two of Rutledge's men. Manny wants to press on, reminding Sutton that her safety is the priority. Sutton refuses to abandon innocent people. They hatch a plan — Manny floods the kitchen floor and electrifies the water, electrocuting one of the guards. Sutton charges in and shoots another in the leg, but he recovers and overpowers her. She grabs a frying pan and slams it into his head, knocking him out — or so she thinks. As she unties the hostages, the mercenary revives and raises his gun at her. Manny leaps in front of the bullet to save her life. One of the hotel staff — who turns out to be Melokuhle, a South African special operative embedded undercover — throws a knife into the henchman's chest, killing him.

Sutton now knows she has allies inside the hotel. Melokuhle reveals he and another agent were placed there by the South African government. Sutton sends them to find and protect her family, and they exchange radios for communication.

Rutledge escalates the situation by shooting the Australian prime minister dead in front of the remaining hostages. When the South Korean president tries to fight back, Rutledge kills him too. Everett and Sutton share a quiet moment of connection. She tells him the real story behind her famous Time Magazine cover photo — that she had to pry a child from the arms of his mother, who had been blown apart in the crossfire. She had only been on that battlefield for a few minutes. The photo made her a hero. The truth was far more complicated.

The group finally makes it to the underground garage and reaches the Beast. They are preparing to escape when Rutledge's voice crackles over the radio. He has captured Derek. He threatens to kill him if Sutton doesn't reveal her location. Sutton asks what he really wants. He tells her plainly — he wants her. He then spots Serena and Demetrius on surveillance footage and gives Sutton the ultimate ultimatum: surrender, or her children die. He lets Derek speak briefly, and Derek manages to shout "Darden is one of them!" before being punched and beaten. Hearing her husband's voice, Sutton breaks down. She says she loves her kids, reveals her location, and surrenders — instructing the others to leave in the Beast without her. As the vehicle pulls away, the South Korean first lady embraces Sutton, thanking her, then boards the Beast with the others. When Manny realizes Sutton is not with them, he throws open the door and jumps out of the moving vehicle to go back for her.

At the poolside, Serena and Demetrius are cornered by Rutledge's men — but Melokuhle and the South African agent arrive just in time to take the attackers out. Sutton, now alone, leaves a note and her ring for Serena. Agent Darden arrives to collect her at gunpoint — but the Beast suddenly returns, and Manny ambushes Darden, killing him. The world leaders came back for her.

Serena radios in. She and Demetrius are safe. She wants to help and tells her mother she still has the key card reader she used to sneak out to the club — she can hack the hotel's RFID system again to let in outside forces, but she needs a specific component that Sutton must retrieve for her. Elena and the other world leaders agree to help create a diversion. Elena drives the president's limo straight toward the perimeter gate, with Prime Minister Everett riding beside her. The car is riddled with gunfire — but it's bulletproof. Rutledge orders a missile strike. The first missile grazes the limo. Three more follow in rapid succession, but the vehicle crashes through the gate and makes it out. On the rooftop, Demetrius and a South African agent target and destroy Rutledge's missile launcher. Realizing the attack came from within the compound, Rutledge sends men to hunt down the insurgents.

With the main weapon disabled, Everett contacts the US team. They formulate a counterattack — a small Navy SEAL strike team will enter through a back door while Serena disables the security systems within 12 minutes. Sutton and Manny fight their way to the hotel's power room. Sutton salutes Manny, knowing he may not survive what comes next, and leaves him to barricade the area. Manny kills the lights in the east wing, giving Sutton the upper hand as she clears the route for Serena to retrieve the component she needs. After getting it, Serena escapes while Sutton is forced into close-quarters combat — shooting multiple enemies until she runs out of ammunition and must fight hand-to-hand. She manages to choke out her final attacker just as the SEALs close in on the building. She calls for Manny to restore the lights. Though bleeding heavily, he does it.

Serena and the South African agents storm the surveillance room, and Serena begins hacking the system. She unlocks the doors, allowing the SEALs to flood into the building, and switches the surveillance feed to her mother's floor. She spots a man creeping up behind Sutton — and so does Sutton, who takes him out without breaking stride.

The SEALs breach the ballroom and neutralize Rutledge's remaining men, but Rutledge has already moved Sutton, Derek, and Joanna to a private conference room. The SEALs don't know this. Serena offers to guide them there herself.

Rutledge releases yet another deepfake of Sutton — this one sends the stock market into a fresh spiral and balloons his crypto holdings to $150 billion. Sutton tries to argue the video's credibility, but Rutledge is unmoved. He then forces her to read the pangram aloud, recording her voice and face to produce even more devastating fakes that crash the US economy and further enrich him and his men.

Then he reveals his true motivation. He tells Sutton he was in Fallujah. He was in the front caravan, clearing the road of bombs, when an explosion — an American bomb — killed two of his brothers. While he was left to grieve in obscurity, Sutton pulled a child from the rubble and came home to a hero's welcome. He calls her a fraud. He says everything her presidency was built on is a lie. Sutton fires back, telling him he will never leave this situation alive. Furious, Rutledge shoots Derek.

Sutton tackles him and they brawl. During the struggle, the crypto wallet falls from Rutledge's possession — and Joanna quietly scoops it up and hides it. Just as Rutledge is about to shoot Sutton, Han Min-Seo — who had hidden a knife after mourning her husband's death in the ballroom — stabs him from behind. Rutledge collapses. Sutton rushes to Derek and discovers — to her enormous relief — that he is wearing a bulletproof vest. Then she turns around and catches Joanna concealing the crypto wallet. The betrayal is confirmed. Joanna confesses that she had worked her entire life for the presidency, only to watch Sutton take it. Sutton slaps her to the ground and takes back the wallet, reminding her simply: "I was elected."

But Rutledge is gone. Demetrius rushes in to tell his mother that Rutledge has grabbed Serena and is heading for the rooftop helipad. Sutton races up to find Rutledge strapping Serena into the helicopter, preparing to flee. Sutton holds up the crypto wallet and offers to trade it for her daughter. As she gets close, she hurls the wallet into the air. Rutledge dives for it — and misses. The wallet tumbles off the edge of the ridge and is lost. Enraged, Rutledge opens fire, and the helicopter begins to tilt dangerously. Sutton wrestles his gun away and throws him off the helicopter. Rutledge falls to his death.

But the helicopter itself is now dangling over the rooftop edge, about to drag Sutton and Serena down with it. Serena pulls her mother to safety just in time. The rescue teams arrive, and the Navy SEALs, the South African agents, and the surviving world leaders all grab hold of a rope and pull together — hauling the helicopter back from the edge.

In the aftermath, the world celebrates. The African Farmers Initiative — Sutton's Together Plan — is signed by Elena Romano and Prime Minister Everett. Manny survives his injuries. Joanna is arrested and sent to prison for her role as a terrorist accomplice. And in the final moments, the Sutton family gathers to look at a framed red gown and shoes — a symbol of everything they endured and everything they survived.

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Cast Of Nosferatu (2024)

Viola Davis as President Danielle Sutton

Anthony Anderson as Derek Sutton

Ramón Rodríguez as Agent Manny Ruiz

Marsai Martin as Serena Sutton

Antony Starr as Rutledge 

Douglas Hodge as Prime Minister Oliver Everett

Elizabeth Marvel as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth

Christopher Farrar as Demetrius Sutton

Sabrina Impacciatore as Elena Romano

MeeWha Alana Lee as Han Min-Seo

John Hoogenakker as Agent Darden

Conrad Kemp as Bousquet

Joseph Steven Yang as Lee Young-Ho

Emmanuel Castis as Titos

David James as Csonger

Clark Gregg as Vice President Harold Moseley

Julius Tennon as CIA Director Mikkelson

Theo Bongani Ndyalvane as Melokuhle

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Director: Patricia Riggen

Writers: Caitlin Parrish - Erica Weiss - Logan Miller - Noah Miller - Logan Miller - Noah Miller

Genre: Action - Thriller

Release Date: April, 2025

Countries of Origin: United States

Filming Locations: South Africa - Hungary

Production Companies: Amazon MGM Studios - Big Indie Pictures - JuVee Productions - MRC Film - Mad Chance

Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes