A Geeky Guys Guide to G20 (Brought to you by Bitcoin, RIFD Technology, and the Letter G)

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I can't even imagine what the writers were thinking when they came up with this one. Wait. No. That's a lie. I can picture exactly what these writers were thinking. It went a little something like this...

Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller got together, had about 640 million drinks and watched Die Hard. They kept drinking and talking about other action movies they loved.

"Die Hard was awesome!"

"Yeah and do you remember that boat one with that actor who lost his mind... Under Siege!"

"Remember when Han Solo yelled 'Get off my plane!' in that Air Force One movie? That was so cool."

"Ooo president ones! How about that dreamy guy Channing something in that one with Jamie Foxx as the president... White House Down!"

"We should make that movie."

"Which one?"

"All of them. At once. At the same time."

"Yes!!!!!!!"

"Ok. What else do we like?"

"What about the lady who plays Waller in Suicide Squad. She's awesome!"

"Ummm you mean Oscar Award–winning actress Viola Davis? She is so badass!"

"I like the show Black-ish. Let's get the dad from that."

"I like The Boys. Let's get the main bad superhero guy!"

"Ok. It sounds like we have our movie."

"But we don't have a story."

"Whatever. Shut up."

"We’ll just throw all the scripts from those other movies in a blender and voilà! Duh!"

"Brilliant!"

"Ok how do we pay for it?"

"How about a product placement?"

"Hmmm what's the hottest thing out there right now?"

"I got it! Bitcoin!"

"Bitcoin! We’ll make this a huge commercial for Bitcoin!"

"But we don't know anything about Bitcoin."

"Whatever. Shut up. No one does. It will be fine."

I am not kidding about any of this. I truly believe that is what happened. Ok no I don't... except for one thing. I guarantee you that this was meant to be a commercial for Bitcoin made by people who do not understand Bitcoin. In the first 5 minutes of the movie, a bad guy (you can just tell) orders a woman to "Put the Bitcoin wallet under the pew." They flash to an object the size of an iPad with a digital screen that shows the amount of Bitcoin and the value of that Bitcoin. This was the first time I paused the movie to make a comment to my wife. "That's not how that works. All he needs is 24 words on a piece of paper. They don't need this giant clunky piece of technology. And how the hell is it displaying the amount and up-to-the-second price? Are they connected to Wi-Fi with $250 million of BTC?" later in the movie to show how easy it is vor a president to manipulate the market, the price shoots up and is shown in real time on the giant space-aged device.

But that wasn't the commercial. That was just the first product placement. Later on the President of the U.S.A., played by Oscar winner Viola Davis (did I mention she's the President?), gives a speech that actually had some facts in it. She points out that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a godsend for people in developing nations who do not have access to a bank. All they need is a phone and they have access to a bank for savings, can borrow against it, and can pay for goods and services. This was the second time I paused. "Holy shit. That is actually 100% right. That is what actually got me hooked on crypto. I used to think 'Who needs that? We have banks.' But I was being a very arrogant American. We have banks. But today 1.4 billion people do not. And that is down from 2.5 billion thanks in part to crypto." See I told you it was a good commercial for Bitcoin.

But this isn't just a commercial for Bitcoin. It is also an action movie packed with action movie clichés. As soon as you meet the President's daughter, you just know she is a computer genius. How? Well she is a teenager wearing all black with gloves on. Duh!

In between people getting shot, things blowing up real good, and unnecessarily long hand-to-hand combat scenes, there are also some other handy lessons. Did you ever wonder what an RFID device does? Wonder no more. This movie will explain it at least 3 times.
Are you scared of AI and deepfakes? Not yet? Well you should be! Just ask the G20. They will give you a step-by-step guide on how you can deepfake any person.

Ok that was a lot of snark. Is this movie any good? Well you probably already know the answer. If you read "We’ll just throw all the scripts from those other movies in a blender and voilà!" and you rolled your eyes, this movie is not for you. If you read those words and started popping popcorn, you won't be disappointed. It is a ridiculous over-the-top action movie that is never boring... and stars Oscar winner Viola freaking Davis! What more could an action fan want? If you are that kind of action movie fan, this is definitely worth your hour and 47 minutes. FYI, it pairs very nicely with a Bourbon Old Fashioned or two.

I'm going to try to put something interactive at the end of all of my posts.

For this one, what movies would you like to see thrown in a blender to make a new movie? (I'll give a full vote to the best answer)

I'm also doing 100% power up for anyone who cares.