Django Unchained 2 (2018), sequel to the first film. The sequel starts off immediately after the end of the first "Django" movie. Jamie Foxx reprises his role. tl;dr: Django fights in the Civil War.
Plot:
Django and Broomhilda move to Pennsylvania to start a new life after blowing up Candyland and freeing the slaves there.
But, things would not stay calm for long. Soon after moving to Pennsylvania and settling down, the election of 1860 occurs. The Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States. Django is an admirer of Lincoln for his anti-slavery views and is pleased with the result of the election. But, things ahead would not be all well and good. In response to Lincoln's election, the Democrat-controlled slave states declare secession from the U.S. and form the Confederacy.
That following April, the U.S. base of Fort Sumter is attacked by the Confederates and the American Civil War breaks out.
Two years later, it is 1863. Django and Broomhilda have managed to keep themselves out of the war for the time being, but not for much longer. The Confederate army invades Pennsylvania on their way to fight the U.S. Army at Gettysburg. While marching through the state, they ransack and burn down Django's house, kidnap Broomhilda and sell her back into slavery again.
After he finds out that Broomhilda has been kidnapped, Django joins the U.S. Army as a USCT and then embarks on a mission to find and rescue her, as well as get revenge on the men who kidnapped her.
Django soon discovers that the Confederate officer in charge of the men that kidnapped Broomhilda, the evil Colonel Candie, is related to the late Calvin Candie and wants revenge for his brother's death at the hands of a freedman. After he finds out that Django is in town, Colonel Candie takes it upon himself to find him personally.
After several attempts to corner and capture Django end in failure, Colonel Candie delivers an ultimatum. He states that Django surrender himself to the Confederates for torture and enslavement or else they will lynch Broomhilda and have her hanged and executed.
Django must find and save her from Colonel Candie before it is too late.
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Air Force One (2019), a remake of the 1997 film of the same name.
Changes:
The bad guys in this film are Japanese right-wing ultranationalists, rather than the communist guerrillas of the first film. Keeping the U.S. "pivot to Asia" in mind, I figured that having Japanese antagonists would be fresher and more interesting than the overused tired-old outdated commie baddies that damn near every film and video game has these days, since U.S. policy seems to be shifting from the E.U. to Asia in recent years. It seems the "Olympus Has Fallen" producers had the same idea by using North Korean baddies. Action fans will enjoy the high-octane scenes, and military buffs will enjoy the display of modern U.S. military hardware. History buffs will enjoy the backstory behind the terrorists' motives.
Cast:
U.S. President (R-NY) - Denzel Washington (perhaps Jamie Foxx or Will Smith if Washington's too old)
U.S. First Lady - Nicole Ari Parker
U.S. First Daughter - Nicole Beharie; young, good-looking, perfect for the role.
U.S. Vice President (D-MD) - Kerry Washington; since she plays white-collar politician types on TV.
U.S. Secretary of Defense - Michael Cudlitz; another
Walking Dead cast member, usually the SECDEF is portrayed as a tough guy.
U.S. press secretary - America Ferrera
Terrorist warlord - Ken Watanabe; cameo role since he's in damn near every Hollywood film that needs a Japanese character.
Terrorist hijacker leader - Sang-yeop Yeun; plays "Glenn" on
The Walking Dead, a younger guy would be nice to play the main baddie.
Japanese prime minister - Ken Jeong; wanted a direct contrast between Yeun's youth and charisma by a using an older comedian.
F-22 USAF Squadron Leader - Channing Tatum; humorous inclusion since he saves the U.S. president twice on screen now.
Secret Service Mole - Aaron Eckhart; humorous role-reversal from the "X Has Fallen" films.
U.S. Navy yeoman - Christian Serratos; another
Walking Dead cast member, saves the president at the end via heroic sacrifice.
Plot:
An American and Japanese joint military operation in Hokkaido results in the capture of a powerful right-wing Japanese terrorist that had acquired chemical weapons in a hope to overthrow the Japanese government and institute an imperial regime. Three weeks later, a diplomatic dinner is held in Tokyo to celebrate the capture of the terrorist, at which President of the United States expresses his remorse that action had not been taken sooner to prevent the suffering caused by the ultra-nationalist warlord, whose attacks took the lives of dozens of Japanese civilians, along with several U.S. Navy sailors and U.S. Marines stationed in Japan. He also vows that the U.S. will take a firmer stance against terrorism and that the U.S. will never negotiate with terrorists. He tours the Yokosuka Naval Base, meets with the sailors and Marines there, and attends a international friendly soccer game between the women's Japanese and U.S. national teams before finishing up his trip.
The President, along with his wife, daughter, several Cabinet members, and advisers, board Air Force One at Yokota Air Base to head to Indochina to attend an ASEAN summit. A disillusioned U.S. Secret Service agent, due to be fired in the upcoming weeks for corruption and misconduct, acts as a mole for a group of six Japanese terrorists and sneaks them onto the plane disguised as Taiwanese news reporters. Once in flight, the mole kills several Secret Service agents guarding the plane's armory, allowing the terrorists to acquire the weapons inside and seize control of the plane. When the attackers start a massive shootout with the Secret Service, the pilots attempt to land the plane at Osan Air Base in South Korea. However, the terrorists break into the cockpit at the last second, kill the pilots, and take control, diverting the plane towards northern China, where the terrorists have a secret base in the Gobi Desert. Secret Service agents take the President to an escape pod in the cargo hold, while the rest of the passengers are taken hostage in the conference room by the hijackers. The pod is deployed and the remaining Secret Service agents are all killed off. Believing the President has escaped, the hijackers separate his wife and daughter from the rest of the hostages, planning to use them as leverage.
At the White House Situation Room, the terrorist ringleader contacts the U.S. Vice President, threatening to kill a hostage every half hour until their organization's leader is released. Meanwhile, USAF Pararescuemen from Kunsan Air Base locate the plane's escape pod at a South Korean rice paddy but find it empty. Unbeknownst to the hijackers, the President, a former military serviceman, stayed aboard the plane in a plan to rescue the hostages. As Air Force One enters Chinese airspace, the USAF F-22s that had been escorting it are ordered to leave Chinese airspace and the PLAAF dispatches their jets to escort the plane instead. The President covertly kills two of the terrorists in hand-to-hand combat down in the cargo bay and contacts the White House via satellite phone, imploring his Vice President not to negotiate with the terrorists. The terrorists find out two of their men have been killed, and, believing the President to be a Secret Service agent, demand he surrender, or else they will execute the White House Press Secretary. The President ponders what to do, and then runs out of time when the terrorists follow through on their threat. The President contacts the USAF at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland via satellite phone, who then give him instructions on how to dump the aircraft's fuel from the cargo hold, which he promptly does.
Running low on fuel, the hijackers request mid-air refueling and a KC-10 from Guam's Andersen Air Force Base arrives to refuel them. With the terrorists distracted with refueling, the President heads to the conference room and secures the hostages, and then sends a text message to the White House, instructing them to tell the KC-10 tanker to force the plane to descend to 10,000 feet above ground level so the hostages can parachute to safety without suffocating due to lack of oxygen. However, the terrorists discover the escape attempt and the ensuing confrontation causes an explosive decompression, destabilizing the plane for a few seconds. In the ensuing chaos, the fueling probe ignites and the tanker is destroyed. The President and his remaining advisers are captured.
With the President and his family held hostage, the terrorist ringleader demands the PLAAF break off their aerial escort, which they do. He then sadistically tortures the President and explains his identity and motives. Fluent in English, charismatic and highly-educated at U.S. and British universities, he is a former JMSDF officer who was fired from his job for his extremist right-wing views. A virulent nationalistic racist supremacist who despises Americans, Chinese, Koreans, and all non-Japanese peoples, he believes that the surrender to the U.S. of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II had Americanized, emasculated, and immoralized his country to the point of ruin, and that losing Korea and Taiwan was an embarrassment as well. Both the terrorist and his warlord boss want to overthrow the post-1947 Japanese government and turn Japan into an imperial power again, and ultimately hope to assert hegemony over Northeast Asia. The terrorist threatens to executive the First Family if the President does not acquiesce to the terrorists' demands. Thus, the President is forced to contact the Japanese Prime Minister to authorize the terrorist warlord's release. The Prime Minister, who was asked before by the Vice President, refused to do so until the President's proof of life could be verified. With verification, he reluctantly orders the warlord's release, knowing that by doing so, he could very well jeopardize the stability of the post-1947 Japanese government.
The terrorist ringleader and his men celebrate as news of the warlord's release is broadcast live via NHK and played over the plane's P.A. system, by singing "
Umi Yukaba". With the terrorists distracted, the President breaks free from his handcuffs and attacks them. While the President shoots and kills the remaining terrorists, the terrorist ringleader takes the First Lady hostage and heads down to the plane's parachute ramp, but is confronted by the President, who is armed with an FN P90 he had taken off a dead Secret Service agent. The First Lady attacks the terrorist ringleader, who loses his weapon in the process. The President and the ringleader begin to fight, and the terrorist is killed when the President ties cargo netting around the his neck and deploys his parachute, snapping his neck. The President and First Lady rush upstairs to the nearest telephone and contact the Japanese Prime Minister to halt the release of the terrorist warlord. As JGSDF soldiers attempt to recapture the warlord, he attempts to flee, and is shot and killed in the process. The Japanese Prime Minister and U.S. Vice President celebrate at the news of the warlord's death and the defeat of the terrorists.
The President directs Air Force One east, towards friendly airspace. The USAF F-22s that had left earlier return to the plane to escort it. A rogue PLAAF squadron, angered by USAF jets in PRC airspace, attack them. The F-22s defend the plane from the enemy jets, defeating them after an intense dogfight. However, Air Force One's flight control surfaces are severely damaged in the process, rendering the plane virtually unable to land. To make matters worse, Air Force One's fuel tanks are punctured and are leaking, with the plane critically low on fuel. A U.S. Navy C-130 and a SEAL team from the U.S. naval base at Chinhae, South Korea, is called in to conduct a daring airborne rescue over the South China Sea, sending SEALs over a zip-line tied to the plane to retrieve the survivors. After the President's family and the injured Chief of Staff are evacuated from the plane, the President, the Secret Service mole, and a navy yeoman are the only living people remaining on the plane. However, there is only time for one of them to be rescued. Though the president demands everybody be saved, the navy yeoman selflessly demands that the president go. But, the mole, revealing that it was he who aided the terrorists in hijacking Air Force One, kills the SEAL. The navy yeoman rushes the mole but is killed. The mole then attempts to save himself by tying himself to the last remaining zip-line. The President fights back and overpowers him, attaching himself to the line, before the hook attaching it to the plane breaks off. The fuel-less and damaged plane runs out of inertia and crashes into the Yellow Sea, killing the mole.
The C-130 crew reel in the President and change their call-sign to "Navy One", indicating that the President has been rescued alive and is safely aboard. Jubilant crowds in Washington, D.C. celebrate the news of his safe return.
