![]() ![]() London Has Fallen is directed by Babak Najafi and include the main cast of Gerard Butler Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. At 1 hour 40 in an age of bloated long movies that think theyre more intelligent than they are this is frankly a breath of fresh air.Get a big bowl of popcorn and some sodi pops and enjoy relentless shooting stabbing swearing and explosions. This isnt going to get any Oscars but its a brilliantly retro action movie that takes itself far less seriously than throw back action films like Taken which is no less crazy in the plot department.Anyone who enjoys mindless action will not be disappointed and where this movie lacks realistic plot it makes up for it in pacing. Yes in places the CG is a bit shoddy but the movie is still quite spectacular in pulling off some big set pieces in London.London Has Fallen is mainly a two hander between Butler and Eckhart with some nice buddy moments and fantastic action sequences throughout including a mega shoot out at Somerset House a mega shoot out in the Underground and mega shoot outs in dark buildings including the finale in Soho of all places. Its never boring and the action sequences are really fun. Thats what I signed up for.The pacing of this movie is perfect. Im here to watch Butler stab bad buys repeatedly in the chest and shoot AK 47s out of 4X4 cars bombing along the Thames at 80 miles per hour. ![]() I know that sounds like an odd thing to say but go with me a e in an era of 12A action movies with tonnes of violence and no bad language Butler dropping the F bomb a billion times ironically brings a level of realism to London Has Fallen that is lacking in movies that take themselves far more seriously.Yes the entire concept is stupid but thats not what were here for. And yes its dicrously freaking awesome that is The first thing I loved about this movie was the bad language. Yes its still lacking well rounded characters. 1 star Not as good as the first movie Lets get real Olympus Has Fallen was equally ridiculous jingoistic lacking well rounded characters and originality so why is everyone surprised when London Has Fallen is no different Yes its jingoistic. ![]()
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