title : Top Movies - London Has Fallen Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
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article2016 Reviews,Olympus’ sequel sees London under siege by a terrorist organisation, while Gerard Butler is trying to save the US President’s life and throwing around late 80’s action one-liners.
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Babak Najafi
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Abutbul,
Radha Mitchell, Angela Bassett, Colin Salmon & Charlotte Riley.
Radha Mitchell, Angela Bassett, Colin Salmon & Charlotte Riley.
Run Time: 99 min.
US Release: 04 March 2016
UK Release: 03 March 2016
German Release: 10 March 2016
Click here if you want to read my review for Olympus Has Fallen.
If you read my review for Olympus Has Fallen, you will know that I was not a particular fan of the 2012 action blockbuster, so having heard that it obtained a sequel somewhat disappointed me. Nevertheless, when I saw the first trailer I was hoping that this second instalment might offer something better than the first movie, sadly that wasn’t the case. In fact, this atrocity is even worse than I could have possibly imagined and I was very close to simply leaving the theatre I sat in.
While the first film was directed by action-veteran director Antoine Fuqua, this sequel was directed by Babak Najafi, who brought us movies such as Easy Money II. Najafi tries to jump on the success-train from the first movie, which was a throwback to old 80’s and 90’s action cheese, but he completely failed by trying to make the sequel bigger but dumbing down the story and dialogue.
When the British Prime Minister passes away from a heart attack, the leaders of the Western world are invited to attend his funeral. Included are US President Benjamin Asher (Eckhart), his protector and Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) as well as the Director of the US Secret Service Lynne Jacobs (Bassett). What starts out as the most protected event of the world, quickly turns into a deadly trap to kill the Western leaders, planned by a terrorist cell. Mike Banning and his MI-6 contact (Charlotte Riley) are the only ones able to stop the terrorists from unleashing their plan.
Olympus Has Fallen was a fun throwback to early 90’s action flicks, which implicated that its story might have been a little far fetched, but still believable enough for the audience to accept it. London Has Fallenis, on the other hand, completely unbelievable from beginning to end! There is absolutely no way that a terrorist cell would be able to infiltrate all infrastructures of one of the best-protected cities in the world, without anybody noticing! The plot in general is laughable and absolutely stupid, expecting the viewers to just turn off their brains and accept what they are seeing on screen.
While Najafi produced a simple-minded action flick that surely did not try to offend anyone, the studio managed to release an incredibly politically incorrect and xenophobic action-film. Apart from all the bad guys being either South-Asian or from Orient decent, it also depicts all Western countries (apart from the US, who saves the day once again) as being completely incompetent or just plain stupid. I also found it preposterous and distasteful, how Vice-President Trumbull was ready to sacrifice millions of British civilian lives (and possibly further from other countries), to save one President. It is an appalling scene that made me despise Morgan Freeman as an actor.
The only positive aspect this movie has is in its depiction of action, which accounts for 80 percent of the movie. I was having a blast watching London fall into chaos, while Mike Banning was running around, with President Asher right behind him. I do believe that action sequences have more impact in a European city because everything is more enclosed, compared to the wide-open streets in the US. That said, the dialogues used for the slower parts in between the action sequences, are extremely stupid, and has Butler recite a lot of Arni one-liners from previous action films.
Mike Banning, played by Gerard Butler, is a real badass and reminded me of Sam Fisher from the Splinter Cell game series. Having said that, what made him such a fun hero in the first film was the fact that he was a broken man, who was trying to find himself again in the middle of a crisis. In London Has Fallen he seems to be invulnerable, shooting down every enemy from impossible angles and that did hurt his credibility, making the audience care less about his safety. The fact that he tortures an enemy with a knife, just for apparent fun, is an action that costs him sympathy points.
Aaron Eckhart portrays once again President Asher and while I liked the chemistry between him and Butler, making them look like real buddies on screen, I found him to be one of the most useless characters. His persona was hiding under Butler’s armpit for more than half of the movies runtime, while complaining and moaning about the situation. It is only during the last action scene that he finally decides to fight back.
Angela Bassett was another disappointment. She plays head of Secret Service Lynne Jacobs, but as soon as shit hits the fan, she is completely incompetent to do anything at all. Morgan Freeman though, portrayed the most despicable character in the whole film. His rendition of VP Trumbull was not only that of a reckless man, but he also had the nerve to give one hell of a bullshit speech by the end of the blockbuster, justifying America’s involvement in recent wars.
Cinematographer Ed Wild did a good job for most of this film. The actions scenes were nicely captured and increased the enjoyment, when Gerard Butler kicked some serious terrorist butt. There were however a couple of crass cuts that pulled me out of the action sequences and the visual effects in this movie were a complete mess and could not have looked more unrealistic!
Verdict: London Has Fallen is a poorly written and edited sequel, that tries to springboard from the successful original Olympus Has Fallen. While it does contain extremely fun action sequences, it is the appalling story and the dull and brainless dialogue that kills any enjoyment out of this blockbuster. Aaron Eckhart and Angela Bassett are seriously underused and their characters are nothing but useless, while Butler’s Mike Banning turned into a trigger happy & bulletproof superhero that can’t be hurt at all. I despised myself for deciding to go watch this action flick and can’t recommend anyone to go see this action travesty in cinemas. I will give London Has Fallen a 3.5 out of 10!
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