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Official Trailer: ‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ (2026)
Plot Synopsis
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
In a direct-to-camera introduction, Ali G reflects on the success of Da Ali G Show and his subsequent fall into poverty following its cancellation, which forced him to return to his hometown of Staines. After learning that his longtime girlfriend Julie is pregnant, Ali struggles to find employment and begins pawning his possessions. Among his belongings, he discovers a fax from HBO offering him $3.2 million to produce a third season of Da Ali G Show.
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Ali and Julie travel to America, where he celebrates his return to television with an extravagant brunch alongside his new production crew. However, he soon discovers that HBO's offer expired 22 years earlier. Undeterred, Ali decides to revive the show independently and distribute it through TikTok.
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
After securing a sponsorship deal with a nutrition company, he begins livestreaming interviews that incorporate popular internet trends, including an ASMR session with an army general, a mukbang with Allan Lichtman, and a clothing haul with Arthur B. McDonald.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
News of Ali's comeback reaches Nira Cain-N'Degeocello, a lecturer who has long criticized Ali for cultural appropriation. At an Oakland community center, Nira attempts to rally opposition to Ali, only to be met with indifference and ridicule. He subsequently confronts Ali during a livestream, condemning his politically incorrect humor and vowing to destroy his career. Meanwhile, Ali receives a comment from a viewer named Rocky, who claims to be his father and urges him to call "ASAP."
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Misinterpreting the message, Ali concludes that rapper ASAP Rocky is his biological father and therefore believes himself to be half-Black, seemingly undermining Nira's accusations of cultural appropriation. As Ali's popularity grows, Nira assembles a group of social justice activists determined to expose his true ancestry. The group breaks into Ali's hotel room to collect a DNA sample, eventually succeeding when Nira disguises himself as Julie and sexually assaults Ali.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
One of Nira's followers later confronts Ali with the results of his ancestry test, revealing that he is entirely of Scottish descent. Facing mounting criticism, Ali organizes a summit with representatives from around the world to issue a public apology. His attempt at reconciliation takes the form of an AI-generated music video in which he portrays Jesus Christ, accompanied by depictions of Tupac Shakur, Moses, Adolf Hitler, Greta Thunberg, and the Notorious B.I.G., all rapping about his sexual attractiveness. Although Ali and Julie prepare to return home, Ali discovers that his controversy has transformed him into a prominent symbol of opposition to cancel culture. He is subsequently offered a hosting position on The Free Speech Show with Ali G. Despite Julie's pleas for him to abandon his career ambitions and help raise their child, Ali accepts the offer, prompting the couple to separate.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
During production of The Free Speech Show, Ali becomes increasingly disturbed by the program's extremist political messaging. One segment, featuring George Santos, involves a game called "Final Solution," in which people designated as "undesirables" are rounded up and sent to gas chambers disguised as showers.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Annika Dop © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Another features participants performing Nazi salutes while chanting about free speech. Recognizing the program's overt racism and hateful rhetoric, Ali confronts the producers, accusing them of promoting hatred under the guise of free expression. He abandons the production and resolves to reunite with Julie.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Annika Dop © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Learning of Ali's departure, Nira devises a plan to abduct Julie in retaliation. He infiltrates a self-defense class led by martial artist Erran Morad and impersonates an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Nira convinces Morad and his conservative followers that Ali is a drug lord whose pregnant wife is engaging in birth tourism and must be deported.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Annika Dop © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved
The group subsequently abducts Julie using a makeshift ambulance, with Morad and his volunteers posing as medical professionals. Julie gives birth while in their custody but soon realizes that her supposed caregivers are impostors. She is forcibly sedated, and the volunteers place her newborn child inside a bag attached to a drone, intending to transport the baby to Mexico to prevent the child from obtaining American citizenship.
(L to R) Morgana Robinson as Julie and Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Ali arrives during the operation and pursues Morad to the drone's launch site. When the volunteers notice him approaching, they decide to drop the bag from the air, intending to kill the child. Ali manages to catch the falling bag and rescue his baby, but Morad prepares to kill them both. At the last moment, Ali recognizes Nira and exposes his affiliation with antifa, horrifying Morad and his followers.
(L to R) Morgana Robinson as Julie and Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G in ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
As the group turns against Nira, Ali delivers an impassioned speech urging them to abandon their political hatred and build a better world for future generations, where people are not persecuted or killed for their beliefs.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen and actor Morgana Robinson on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Annika Dop © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Director/Actor/Writer Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of ALI G: WHO IZ I?, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo Credit: Michael Legato © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
In the epilogue, Ali reunites with his biological father, Rocky, and reconciles with Julie, whom he marries in an ASMR-themed wedding livestream. Julie establishes a successful foot fetish-focused OnlyFans account, while Ali embraces his Scottish ancestry, adopting the name Ali McG and launching a Scots-inspired revival of Da Ali G Show. Nira is arrested for sexually assaulting Ali. Finally, it is revealed that the film's direct-to-camera narration has been Ali recounting his life story to his son.
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