London Has Fallen

Andre Gonzales 8/28/2023 2:14:27PM 8.4

Great storyline of the movie but not as much action as the first. They went with the more drama side of things on this movie.

Reno 5/16/2024 3:18:30PM 8.4

> From an action packed flick to a game mode! The first film was a decent entertainer, I kind of liked that and a box office hit as well. So the producers saw an opportunity to bring another film and yep, this film did slightly better than the original, but the product was qualityless. The graphics were just okay, but overall very poor in those blow-up scenes which were the most essential for a theme like this. Not all, though some of the action sequences were terrible and the story was very weak. In fact, there's no story, the whole film was an action- thriller just like the previous film. But that's how this theme revolves, yet as a one, it is a bit disappointing follow-up without surprises. Anyway, I'm with the original film director who backed out of the project for giving him a bad script to direct. So the London is the latest victim of the plot for the US president's assassination. Particularly this 2nd part looked so much more alike a computer game than actors who are exhibiting their roles. Like the London is a battlefield and level after level the story making its progress till the game over, but we know who wins in the end. I don't know whose performance was much better, because I did not find anyone with par to appreciate. What this film did at the box office was a miracle, so I don't think the filmmakers go for another script anytime soon. But if they do, I'm wondering which capitol would be the next victim of a terror attack. Expecting Tokyo or Canberra, especially Mumbai would be an ideal location. This is not a bad film, you can try it once, but watching it like sitting next to who's with xbox joystick. 6/10

tmdbj987654 7/3/2026 11:42:37PM 8.4

As an action movie, it kept my attention. As for the content, it felt irritatingly pro-American. The movie is propaganda, as far as I'm concerned. The Americans can do no wrong - they are all very brave and professional. It's the other countries' leaders that get assassinated and whose communications get compromised. The bad guys bring up America's participation in wars abroad – among the listening Americans, there is not a single hint of self-awareness, or the slightest impression that they understand their deep hypocrisy in criticizing the terrorists for killing civilians, including as collateral damage. Pro-American: - Butler gives a speech about America while beating up a villain - The Americans can do no wrong - they are all very brave and professional - US President starts reciting his swearing-in oath while in dire straits - Only _other_ foreign leaders get assassinated - Other foreign leaders have basically no protection - Patriotic music in the background - Only foreign communications were compromised - The main villain is an arms dealer, and criticised for selling weapons, when the USA is the largest arms dealer in the world (leading in arms exports: https://worldostats.com/country-stats/arms-exports-by-country/), a fact that is never mentioned that I remember - Everyone in the Situation Room _and_ the British equivalent jump for joy and hug each other when they hear good news about the _US_ President Pro-interventionist: - Morgan Freeman's character literally defends US interventionism at the end, saying something like, "Some say we should be less involved, that we bring this on ourselves – nothing could be further from the truth. We live in a dangerous world with few good options". Lack of self-awareness: - In the end, the Americans use exactly the same tactic that started the problem to "solve" the problem - The US military killing dozens of civilians passed off as a regrettable accident ("we didn't know his daughter was there") when they obviously could have known, and there was no conversation about how the US could easily have done the operation differently. But the bad guys are bad for killing civilians as collateral damage! - At no point does any American genuinely wonder if they should actually take some responsibility, or apologize, or face accountability (like prison), for the many civilians they killed Xenophobic / racist / anti-brown people: - Butler's character makes an unnecessarily racist comment about countries ending in "stan". I've lived in one of those countries, and it is not fair that they are only referenced in this hateful way. As far as I remember, brown people are in this movie are exclusively the bad guys Equality: - Women have little screentime. The wife of the main character is used to motivate him. There is a pretty female MI6 agent with a role in the plot, but not much time onscreen. There are, however, at least 4 main male characters who spend plenty of time onscreen.