The current political landscape can basically be described in one word – bonkers. And it’s all down to one man, the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

With the Orange one currently the most powerful figure in politics, there is a common belief that nothing is off the table as far as outrageous behaviour and decisions are concerned.

So much so that creating a fictional story to match the unbelievable events currently playing out on the world stage will take some effort.

That said, this new film starring Viola Davis as POTUS has a decent crack at it.

Having to deal with some family problems, mainly that of a disobedient teen daughter, is Danielle Sutton (Davis). It’s the kind of family drama that wouldn’t be that much of a problem for a regular mom, but Danielle is more than that, being the current US president.

On top of dealing with her wayward daughter, she’s having to prepare for the G20 summit, a gathering of world leaders to discuss the major issues facing the world today, taking place in South Africa.

She decides to take her whole family to the summit, with the intention of keeping an eye on them as well as resolving the world’s problems at the same time.

What she isn’t aware of however, is the fact that there are plans afoot, set by Australian mercenary Rutledge (Antony Starr), to not only disrupt the event, but take it over, in an extremely hostile fashion.

But President Sutton isn’t only a strong mother and leader, she also served in the army, so she knows a thing or two about combat. But can the president save not only her family, but all the world leaders at the G20?

It’s been almost ten years since Mexican director Patricia Riggen was behind the camera, with the very non-action 2016 film Miracles from Heaven. She feels an odd choice then for this action flick, which may well be the reason for her thanking Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra in the film’s credits; he’s directed such acting flicks such as Non-Stop, The Commuter and the recent Carry-On, so not a bad person’s ear to bend about the action genre. It’s a shame then it wasn’t a bigger help.

This is a woefully poor cut and paste job, that borrows heavily from the likes of Die Hard and the Olympus Has Fallen franchise. And generic action films don’t get more generic than this.

Firstly, you know it’s a work of fiction as there’s a black woman as the president; as the US has proven, they like their presidents to be men, and right now, as orange as possible. But that isn’t the most difficult obstacle to overcome.

Kudos to the Oscar-winning Davis, who is a phenomenal actress. She continues taking on physical roles, as she did with the superb The Woman King, despite being 59-years of age.

But there’s something a little too far-fetched about this older stateswoman getting all John McClane with a bunch of crypto terrorists. It’s not that fact that she’s a woman, or the fact she’s approaching sixty, but simply the fact that the president has to take it upon herself to save the day. If nothing else, it makes her servicemen look bad, never mind the armed forces.

You also can’t help but feel that the flimsy material is beneath her; it would be like seeing Judi Dench appear in A Minecraft Movie - sure it could happen, but it would just feel every kind of wrong.

It’s just disappointingly bland and routine, with a ridiculous script that’s also painfully obvious, lacking any kind of originality whatsoever.

There are a couple of lines that are highly amusing, especially a Marvel inspired one, but it’s not enough to detract from the awfulness of it all.

Riggen’s film then isn’t one that has necessarily lost the plot, but more accurately borrowed so heavily from other, far more superior films, allowing you to react to it much like the current political climate – with utter derision.