Chainsaws, beer and the Founding Fathers share the screen in America: The Motion Picture, a 2021 animated comedy from the United States that treats the American Revolution as raw material for a loud, deliberately anachronistic action romp.
What is America: The Motion Picture about?
The story recasts George Washington as a chainsaw-swinging hero who joins forces with Sam Adams, pictured here as a fun-loving, beer-drinking bro, in a campaign to drive the British out of the colonies. Rather than retelling the war with any pretence of accuracy, the script borrows famous names and events from the period and bends them into an over-the-top adventure. The approach is openly tongue-in-cheek: historical figures behave like modern action heroes, the stakes are inflated for comic effect, and the familiar schoolbook version of the Revolution becomes a springboard for spectacle and jokes aimed at adults.
About the cast
Matt Thompson directs. The voice cast named in the credits includes Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Bobby Moynihan, Judy Greer, Will Forte, Raoul Max Trujillo and the rapper Killer Mike. Many of these performers are well known from American comedy and action work, and the ensemble is built around rapid delivery and broad, energetic vocal performances suited to an animated feature.
Context & significance
The film sits at the crossroads of several genres at once: action, adventure, animation, comedy, historical satire and science fiction. That mix is part of the design. Adult-oriented animation in the United States has a long tradition of using cartoons to poke fun at national myths, and this title applies that habit to the founding story of the country, swapping muskets and speeches for exaggerated weaponry and comic set pieces. The historical backdrop functions purely as a setting for parody rather than as a statement about the period. Viewers looking for a documentary or a faithful dramatisation of the eighteenth-century conflict will find something very different here: a feature-length send-up that assumes the audience already knows the basic outline of the Revolution and enjoys seeing it turned upside down. Its reception was mixed, with audiences divided over the brash, irreverent humour. The running time is 98 minutes.
Watching America: The Motion Picture on Ktime
America: The Motion Picture is available to stream on K-Time. Reading this page is free; watching requires signing in with a K-Time account. K-Time is a Persian-focused streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora, with a Farsi interface for browsing and a catalogue that mixes Iranian titles with international films like this one.