How to watch Heads of State: stream the Idris Elba & John Cena movie online

Idris Elba and John Cena in Amazon's Heads of State.
(Image credit: Amazon Studios)

Two big action stars unite in the new action-comedy movie Heads of State, which lands on Wednesday, July 2, and we'll help you find a way to watch it as soon as it comes out.

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Streaming: Prime Video
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Release date:
Wednesday, July 2
Runtime: 113 minutes

The movie stars Idris Elba and John Cena as the UK Prime Minister and US President respectively, whose flight is attacked by criminals as part of a conspiracy theory. They find themselves having to team up to save the world in a story that also includes Paddy Considine, Priyanka Chopra Jones and Jack Quaid.

Cena and Elba have worked together on lots of films before and it's also familiar ground for the streamer which recently put out G20 which was also about world leaders being attacked by terrorists.

Here's how to watch Heads of State online when it comes out.

How to watch Heads of State

If you want to watch Heads of State, you'll need to use Prime Video, and the movie isn't expected to be shown in theaters anywhere.

To watch movies on Prime Video you'll need to be a subscriber to Amazon Prime, with the subscription having a few different facets including access to Amazon's video-on-demand streaming service.

A subscription to Amazon Prime usually costs $14.99 / £8.99 per month or $139 / £95.

As a note, Prime Video movies and shows have commercials by default, which some may find annoying. Thankfully you can remove adverts from your Prime Video subscription, though this will cost you an extra $3.99 / £2.99 each month.

How to watch Heads of State for free

If you're curious about Heads of State (and perhaps other similar action thrillers on Prime Video, like G20 which we mentioned before) then you'll be glad to know that you can test the streamer without paying.

This is because there's a 7-day Amazon Prime free trial which lets you use Prime Video for a week. It also lets you check out other Prime perks.

This rolls into a monthly subscription once it ends so watch out for that, whether you're interested in continuing or not, as annual is the cheaper way to subscribe.

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Tom Bedford
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Tom is the streaming and ecommerce editor at What to Watch, covering streaming services in the US and UK.

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