LOS ANGELES — The 20 most powerful world leaders come together in South Africa for the G20 summit only to find themselves come under siege.

The No. 1 target? U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Academy Award-winner, Viola Davis).

For nearly two hours, Davis delivers nonstop action as she tries to outsmart the enemy, protect her family, defend her country and safeguard world leaders.

The task of directing “G20” landed on Mexican-born director Patricia Riggen, who also directed “The 33.” In an interview with Spectrum News, Riggen said that the most important thing about the film is that “it is fun.”

“People need to know that if they want to have two hours of fun, from beginning to end, it is ‘G20,’” she said.

“G20,” Riggen said, has everything. “It has emotional moments. It has drama. It is action packed. It is funny.”

Patricia Riggen. (Image courtesy of Prime Video)

For Riggen, “G20” is like a classic action movie from the 1990s. As a director, Riggen said it was always her intention to be inspired by those movies, like the “Die Hard” films. Adding that working with Davis was a dream come true, but admits that at the beginning it was a bit intimidating.

“She has a very deep voice and a very large presence. She is very smart, and she is as talented as we all know her to be. She’s that talented,” she said. “At the same time, she is just a good human being that you immediately connect with her. She makes you feel safe.”

Starring alongside Davis is Antony Starr, whose character is the leader of the well-organized attackers who take the world leaders hostage in the film.

In his eyes, Starr told Spectrum News, he has never played a villain. Not even as Homelander in Prime Video’s “The Boys.”

“I have just played these characters that … everyone is a hero in their own story,” he said. “I just play characters that make the wrong decisions, possibly based on their own information.”

(Image courtesy of Prime Video/Ilze Kitshoff)

Starr said that his character in “G20,” Ruttledge, has a pretty good and just cause, but his method is probably not the best decision. Perhaps another bad decision Ruttledge makes: taking on the President of the United States in the film.

“What I should have said is ‘Viola don’t hurt me,’” he said. “Viola is a force. She’s like the fifth element. She does not turn up to play. We did a lot of training. She’s done ‘The Woman King,’ so she is very versed in action. Put us together and it was really fun. We had a great stunt team.”

Riggen said she hopes to one day be able to base a “G20” film in Mexico, though she did not confirm a sequel.

“I think the movie has the potential of a franchise. We have 20 countries. My dream is ‘G20 Mexico.’ Imagine that? It can go to so many countries. I hope the movie is very successful, and that Amazon wants to a sequel. It would be super fun,” she said.

“G20” stars Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Christopher Farrar and Antony Starr.

It is now streaming on Prime Video. Click the arrow above to watch the full interview.