A film this incurious about the world it demolishes is perhaps smarter when it plays dumb, though even at its most purely physical, "London Has Fallen" remains short on style, rhythm or evenWhen world leaders gather for the PM's state funeral, London is hit by an "attack which has decimated most of the known landmarks of the British capital!!!" Crikey!
March 3, 2016. Action movies often get the reputation of being predictable: the good guy lives, the bad guy dies, and many bullets are fired in the process. 2013's Olympus Has Fallen was no
PLOT: After a terrorist attack on London ends with most of the leaders of the Western world dead, it's up to Secret Service agent Mike Banning ( Gerard Butler) to keep the U.S president alive
Synopsis. During the funeral of a British Prime Minster in London, the city is swarmed by Islamic militants and becomes the site of a series of devastating terrorist attacks masterminded by a Pakistani terrorist leader and his son. Variety described London Has Fallen as "effortlessly racist" invoking "familiar Islamophobia", a "terrorsploitation" fantasy designed to spread fear after the November 2015 Paris attacks, and "ugly, reactionary fear-mongering." Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter styled it as "major world capitals destruction porn sub-genre" that feeds a "paranoia". .