Politicians. A group of people who we either know very little about, or in the case of some them like Trump, too much, who we elect to the highest positions in the land hoping they have our best interests at heart. Yeah right.

This film, from a trio of directors, focuses on the annual G7 summit meeting between seven of the world’s most powerful leaders, that doesn’t exactly go to plan.

Hilda Ortmann (Cate Blanchett), Chancellor of Germany, is hosting the latest G7 meeting, attended by six other powerful leaders, including the President of the USA Edison Wolcott (Charles Dance), the UK’s Prime Minister Cardosa Dewindt (Nikki Amuka-Bird) and Sylvain Broulez (Denis Ménochet) the President of France.

They are gathering at the recently built Gazebo, which Hilda is quietly proud of, where they sit with glasses of wine in hand attempting to put together their latest joint statement regarding the state of the world right now.

But as darkness falls, the group soon learn that not all is right with the summit – or indeed the world - as they find themselves abandoned in the woods, with no staff or security, facing what may well possibly be the end of the world.

Cate Blanchett certainly goes from one extreme to another. From the blockbuster flop based on the game franchise that was Borderlands, to this quirky political satire.

As entertaining as it is, the humour is somewhat uneven throughout. Perhaps it’s just that we have been spoilt over the years by the likes of Armando Ianucci, who has brought us the brilliance that has been The Thick of It, Veep and In the Loop.

Unfortunately the trio of Canadians behind this, brothers Galen and Evan Johnson, and Guy Maddin, who are all credited as writers and directors, aren’t quite in the same satirical league. It probably doesn’t help that there’s so many of them; you wouldn’t get in a taxi with three drivers and expect them to get you where you wanted to go without chaos, so why rely on three directors? Perhaps we’re old fashioned but you get a cohesive vision with one director behind the camera, and that is something that is lacking here.

The premise itself is amusing enough, but the overall execution struggles in places. It’s a funny scenario so make it as funny as you can. Unless that’s exactly what they tried, and if that’s the case, it just doesn’t hit the mark.

It may well be another nation’s humour not translating terribly well; this trio may well be Canada’s answer to Ianucci for all we know, but we still wouldn’t swap their three for our one on this evidence.

That said, it’s quirky and surreal enough – just – to hold your attention, but in terms of delivering the sharpest satire, it doesn’t get our vote.