London Has Fallen

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  • 2016


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$ 205 Million
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Average Rating 2.0/5
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0.5
Instead, Swedish director Babak Najafi (Easy Money: Hard To Kill) has thrown together one of the worst action movies in recent memory, its signal achi .. Av Club
0.5
people who harbor fantasies of being best friends with a president whos willing to kick some ass, and also believe that todays action movies dont feat .. Av Club
1.5
Whether youre a fan of Gerard Butlers blunt approach to action violence or not, you cant deny his commitment. Den Of Geek
1.0
Also like its predecessor, but perhaps more noticeably in the aftermath of shattering terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut as well as the troubling r .. We Got This Covered
3.0
Its all so overly macho that it plays like a camp pleasure cruise. Time Out
3.0
movie Gerard Butler returns as Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Butler) in London Has Fallen, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, which dealt with sim .. ETimes (TOI)
3.0
movie Gerard Butler returns as Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Butler) in London Has Fallen, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, which dealt with sim .. ETimes (TOI)
3.0
Instead, the filmmakers embrace those qualities and that brings the film right on the cusp of parody and passable popcorn entertainment. Collider
4.5
But, then again, London Has Fallen isnt about proper story structure or a compelling narrative. Collider
1.4
Perhaps mainstream American cinema has finally reached that promised land of guilt free mindless action entertainment that prevailed in the 1980s, at .. Paste Magazine
0.6
A horrible and wildly unnecessary follow up that might actually be worse than its predecessor. Rogerebert
3.4
Overall, I enjoyed the movie.For fans of Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen offers the same mindless thrills, and in true sequel fashion the stakes .. IGN
2.0
The film fleetingly comes into its own when it shakes off any pretensions of plot or message and allows itself to become the video game it so desperat .. Telegraph
3.2
The tropes of the old school action shoot em up simply dont cut it for most people anymore. The Young Folks
1.5
While he certainly doesnt drive this film to greatness by any means, I would be very curious to see the action film Najafi could pull off if it were w .. The Young Folks
2.0
But the action genre has grown and evolved over the years, and the audience for action movies is supposed to have evolved and matured as well, yet Lon .. Cinema Blend
3.0
Butler and the character could easily lead a major franchise, and its a shame the people involved didnt make the sequel a little more ambitious. JoBlo
2.0
London Has Fallen is an uninspired sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, but has some of its predecessors cheesy action movie throwback charm. Screen Rant
3.1
The film is a popcorn crowd pleaser, but a yippee ki yay or two away from something more memorable. The Globe And Mail
3.8
An impossibly enjoyable live action cartoon that plays on our real life anxieties about vengeful cadres of foreign radicals blowing up people and plac .. Philly
1.5
These stock figures make little more than cameo appearances, and the actors playing them are thoroughly wasted. One Guys Opinion
1.9
Theres little drama, but the fights and chases (Butler hanging out of a moving SUV) are exciting, if not very original. Rogers Movie Nation
1.2
Audiences showed up for Olympus instead, drawn to its hard R rated action and liberal pilfering of Die Hard, not just its formula. Blu Ray
2.5
This sequel to the action blockbuster Olympus Has Fallen (2013) is even more brutally violent and jingoistic than its predecessor. Chicago Reader
2.5
The locale may have expanded from the previous film, but the sequel feels restricted by the relatively bigger scale. Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
After all, it is just a big, dumb action film.There is a message in it, too, about the unintended consequences of targeted assassinations using armed .. Lariat
2.5
Indeed, when the movie is just doing its bare bones action thing, its fine. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
The inevitable sequel to 2013s guilty pleasure Olympus has Fallen doubles down on the guilt while losing the pleasure in sadistic monotony and narrati .. News Review
2.0
Director Babak Nafaji (Easy Money II) manages to extract some black comedy from all the pyrotechnics, although calling the PM Clarkson is an unintenti .. Radio Times
1.5
Is it great or even memorable.No, but if youre looking for a dont mess with us, rah rah America rules action flick where the good guys win and the bad .. Screen It
1.0
This enjoyably atrocious action thriller is so inept in parts that you think it must be a spoof. Independent
0.0
There should be a term maybe even a prison term for hacks who keep making the same junk movie over and over again.How about sucker punchers Rolling Stone
1.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t .. Pop Matters
2.5
If you cant suspend that level of disbelief for an hour and a half, London Has Fallen will not be your cup of Earl Grey. The Wrap
1.5
Red meat for the masses, London Has Fallen doubles down on everything that made Olympus Has Fallen a surprise hit in 2013.More guns, more explosions a .. Film Journal
2.5
The biggest falling of Landon has Fallen is its threadbare, Us vs Them script. Hindustan Times
1.0
The cheap as chips visual effects are pitiful (all sub Doctor Who CG explosions and video game helicopter crashes), the action sequences coma inducing .. The Guardian
2.0
But then its the same thing over again, with poor old vice president Morgan Freeman looking like a stricken deer in the emergency ops room. The Guardian
2.0
Its all silly and meant to be fun, except when Najafi tries to throw in some serious bits, which wind up being sillier still. Az Central
2.0
The tone is even more xenophobic this time round with Banning setting the pace. Smh
2.0
Extremely silly action movies are not new; nor is packing them with ideology, paranoia and propaganda.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone did that .. Smh
0.5
But we should also credit the lackluster performances and the terrible writing. Mountain X
0.6
I dont know the best way to deal with Americas enemies, but I suspect a jingoistic macho porn slaughterfest is not likely to win hearts and minds. Star Tribune
1.0
London might have fallen, but not as low as Morgan Freeman, who signed up to this rubbish. Daily Mail
2.2
But even beyond the politics, London Has Fallens action doesnt make sense.At one point, Banning takes out a whole heavily armed Delta Force squad of t .. Ew
2.0
The Iranian born Babak Najafi (Sebbe) is the surprising helmer of a relentlessly hyperbolic film determined to have its cake and eat it. Flim List
2.0
Theres no algorithm to measure it accurately, but London Has Fallen may just be the most daftly plotted action movie of recent years. Empire
2.0
Unfortunately, Najafi s confusing direction of the many action packed sequences defies credibility. Susang Ranger
2.0
Anyone who was calling for a sequel to Olympus Has Fallen shouldve been careful what they wished for; this sequel borrows shamelessly from many action .. Common Sense Media
3.0
Leave your brain at the door and enjoy the ride for what it is; an exercise in fun. Flickering Myth
1.3
Its not that the by the numbers film is unwatchable, and all movies borrow from the past, but London sets the bar low for creative inspiration.This la .. Sf Gate
2.0
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2.5
London Has Fallen is never as funny as when the Italian prime minister is observed giving his 30 year old honey a private tour of Westminster Abbeys r .. Slant Magazine
0.6
London Has Fallen is remarkable only because of how much worse it is than its inane predecessor, 2013s Olympus Has Fallen. Washington Post
1.5
President Benjamin Asher needs two things: better security personnel and better scriptwriters. The New York Times
2.0
Gaping plot holes and plausibility issues render the film ludicrous as does unintentionally (I assume) hilarious dialogue. Express
1.5
London Has Fallen is, unfortunately, too boring for me to care.Its lack of giving a shit sadly extends to the quality of its action. The Film Stage
1.9
The film, with its wearying gamer style rounds of death, is routine at best. Chicago Tribune
1.3
And the terrorists initial descent on Washington might have felt even more disturbing than intended. Boston Globe
2.5
It is an action thriller that is squarely aimed at the same audience that made the first a middling success. Reeling Reviews
1.0
I was in the mood for a good action movie, but instead it just all felt so unsettling. Uproxx
1.0
The rallying cry of London Has Fallen.The astonishing aptitude of the terrorists is meant to leave a fear mongered audience pissing in its pants and h .. Flickfilosopher
3.2
Brash, brutal, and simplistic in equal measure, its a retrograde work that, for better and worse, delivers its old school mayhem with punishing precis .. Blogs Indie Wire
3.1
Maybe thats enough for an evenings mindless, throw away entertainment, but I cant help but be disappointed that the filmmakers couldnt have brought so .. ReelViews
2.0
To be sure, the visual effects here are nowhere near the level of something like Inception or Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but they are just good e .. Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Watching the stop at nothing American hero take down any and every terrorists at times feels like propagandist fantasy, but its probably best not to t .. Lyles Movie Files
3.0
Thats beyond tactful.London Has Fallen is smartly enough made by Iranian born Swedish director Babak Najafi, with some exciting chases and fights. Standard
1.5
...a script filled with hackneyed dialogue...automatic rifles that shoot thousands of bullets without needing reloading...filmmakers without the coura .. Tony Medley
2.0
Bannings shrewd decision to show up early, though, saves President Asher when coordinated bombs and guns go off across London, killing a handful of le .. Los Angeles Times
3.1
Its just plain nuts, walking a surreal line between being irredeemably offensive and goofily enjoyable with astonishing aplomb. Movie Freak
2.2
But its rarely exciting or suspenseful, and some of the digital effects are also reminiscent of a 1980s action movie level. Detroit News
2.5
Cruddily crafted, grimacingly performed and effortlessly racist, this sloppy dish of Gruel Britannia may just go down well enough to green light a con .. Variety
1.5
But otherwise this doesnt feel any bigger in terms of spectacle and action. Forbes
2.5
Well, now theres a sequel, and unless you count the animated How to Train Your Dragon series, this makes Gerard Butlers first real franchise. Forbes
2.5
While a third instalment of this gung ho goofballery would be severely testing the friendship, London Has Fallen cuts it where it counts. Herald Sun
1.5
But not boring.If you can stomach Butlers sadism and atrocious one liners, many of the films action set pieces whiz by with a bang. Consequence Of Sound
3.1
Movings shift from dull mediocrity to flat out disaster comes in its final half hour, however, as Metter delivers a needlessly frenetic and thoroughly .. Reel Film
1.9
Nothing succeeds like excess.Well, he succeeds in filling the screen with noise and fire, all right, but the action is indistinguishable; we cant even .. Nj
1.5
It manages to be ludicrously over elaborate and boring all at once. Vox
2.0
London Has Fallen hasnt quite got that same sense of adventure and irreverence that made the preceding endeavour so entertaining either. Hey U Guys
1.3
Its a rare moment of reflection in a movie that otherwise hammers home the jingoistic message that no world problem is too big for Uncle Sam, if you g .. The Star
1.0
This is where digital technologies can act as a potential game changer. Scroll
2.5
Big, dumb action movies are one of the greatest things ever to exist. Ner Dist
3.0
It was a pulpy, non stop action film with a good cast, handing Butler a plum role. Maki At The Movies
0.0
Racist, stupid and boasting cheesy effects that wouldnt pass muster on basic cable, the sequel to the surprise hit Olympus Has Fallen is a cautionary .. New York Post
1.5
The rest of the cast is slapped into atypical roles, each more unmemorable than the last.True, the film does effectively twang a Neanderthal nerve eve .. Star Burst Magazine
5.0
London Has Fallen felt like a pitch perfect parody of the hysteria around terror or a truly terrifying piece of xenophobic propaganda. If you choose t .. Nz Herald
2.0
But its all so straight faced that its more insulting than entertaining. Contact Music
1.5
It pretends to bring something new to the table.Instead, it makes you never want to sample what this fledgling franchise is serving ever again. Film Racket
3.0
The get the President movie, a genre we might term POTUS in Peril, has had a chequered history, from The Presidents Plane Is Missing, Air Force One an .. The Arts Desk
1.0
Instead, it takes a cheap jingoistic approach to a moderately competent action film. Killer Movie Reviews
4.5
In fact, they can level all of London.Itll make for such a cinematic spectacle. FilmFare
2.5
This by the numbers, blow up a city narrative has been done much better in other films. Patriot Ledger
2.0
Directed by Iranian born, Swedish filmmaker Babak Najafi, who apparently hasnt mellowed from his adolescent past as an Iran Iraq war refugee, this cas .. Scmp
1.9
You dont let that happen!.If it comes to it, I want you to kill me. Chicago Sun Times
1.5
Luckily, Asher manages to survive through a virtual orgy of violence. Straight
2.5
London Has Fallen is an absurd, bloody action romp that plays like a B movie. Movie Web
0.0
Anyway, its something to think about while you wait for the shooting to stop and the credits to roll. Sandiego Reader
3.0
Gerard Butler delivers brutal action and a terrorist killing good time, but the hokey and anti climactic finale ends it on a weak note. ComingSoon
2.0
But most of the film is just an excuse for nonstop action of the most ridiculous kind. Dead Line
2.0
When its cooking its easy to forget how blithely offensive much of this is, or that the script is barely sentient. Metro New York
3.0
Its all just dumb amusement amidst the wanton destruction just dont think too deeply. The Shiz Nit
2.0
Its so deliriously insipid that its impossible to take seriously, in large part because it takes itself so seriously. Crave Online
1.5
Millennium Films could claim to be Cannons natural successors, except theyre not that good. The Ooh Tray
2.0
Still, viewers may get a kick from seeing a bunch of London landmarks blown to smithereens (though not the Shard nor Walkie Talkie, sadly), while the .. What So
1.5
Pretty much the whole movie is incomprehensible, and the parts that do make sense are so stupid they could have been written by a six year old budding .. Lainey Gossip
2.0
Im no kidnapper.Ive never tried and, unless this film critic thing really falls through, I hopefully never will. Concrete Play Ground
2.5
Working with what appears to be a relatively low budget for an action moviethe special effects can be awfully chintzyNajafi emphasizes Butlers bruisin .. New Republic
1.9
Honestly, if there were any more writing on the screen this would count as a subtitled movie.Instead, its a film that at once assaults and insults our .. National Post
3.0
Youll be ashamed by how much fun youre having, but you should feel better in the knowledge that youll be laughing more at it than with it.Boom boom. Sky
2.5
As an action flick, its mediocre.As War on Terror agitprop, it hurts us as much as it hurts our enemies. M Tv
4.0
Its thrilling, pacy, explosive and doesnt take itself remotely seriously. Daily Star
2.0
Because who wouldnt want to live happily ever after with a jingoistic stone cold racist killer with anger issues.So this is a touching emotional eleme .. Toronto Sun
2.8
Basically, there is a lot of gunfire and explosions which all miraculously avoid our two protagonists in the film. Reel Talk Online
2.5
As it stands, its greatest achievement is turning Butler into the old school action hero that Hollywood has been sorely missing. Blog Bullz Eye
3.1
Audiences will likely find it refreshing.That is, assuming they cover their ears for some God awful dialogue. Hollywood Into To
1.5
The film takes itself a little too seriously, falling back on John McClane inspired cheesy one liners to keep things ticking, but to no real effect. Cairo 360
3.8
When the film comes to its inevitable conclusion, the proceedings have unfolded mostly along predictable lines but the story has offered some old fash .. Johnhanlon Reviews
2.0
But thats like comparing fertilizer to shit, a better refined product but still a stinker.What the attraction is to seeing London collapsing in a seri .. Honey Cutts Hollywood
1.9
Its like watching a bunch of kids make a movie with a big budget. Except the kids would be having more fun. Heral
1.5
Yet, it isnt a total disaster because director Babak Najafi manages to pull us into his film in the first 30 odd minutes. The Hindu
3.1
BY: Follow @SonnyBunch Theres an amusing scene in London Has Fallen that takes place after London has indeed fallen.Secret Service agent Mike Banning .. Free Beacon
2.5
The action is pumped up. The destruction is extreme. The whole thing is absurd. Seattle Times
3.1
Secret Service agent Gerard Butler and President Aaron Eckhart are on the run from terrorists in Lond Has Fallen. Commercial Appeal
3.0
A good action/thriller movie keeps you tense, engaged and excited. Dwight Brown Ink
1.8
Hollywood seems to be holding its breath to see if Butler might prove to be a worthy successor to Liam Neeson or if hell fall to the wayside and becom .. City Beat
1.0
Its an effective way of creating stakes and suspense, but its also created a stale filmic formula that lends itself well to full blown racism: were go .. Junkee
1.9
By Bob Bloom London Has Fallen is an entertainingly bad movie.It plays like a xenophobic propaganda film released by Donald Trump to scare people into .. Reel Bob
1.0
We can surrender to the dull violence and Butlers predictable day saving heroism. Ex Press
1.3
Tell them to go back to Fuckheadistan or wherever they come from..Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), the hero of what is now a two mov .. Trib
1.3
This film makes the latest Bond adventure seem like an exercise in sober realism. Baltimore Magazine
1.5
This sort of movie was made for television viewing. You could tune in or out at any moment and really not miss anything. Or just have a drink beforeha .. Sandiego Union Tribune
1.3
They cant stand us and our way of life, the film seems to be saying. Christy Lemire
1.5
Its hardly revelatory to suggest that a half baked sequel is often greenlit before they have a story to match, but here it feels even more frustrating .. Dork Shelf
1.0
The Has Fallen franchise may wish it was Die Hard, but Gerard Butler is no Bruce Willis, lacking both the charm and the comic timing to get away with .. Wow 247
2.0
Jingoistic enough to make the members of Team America stumble towards the woodchipper in disbelief. Portland Mercury
2.0
This perpetual motion action movie has one of the most ingenious (and outlandish) action film plots ever created: Chev, the films hero played by Jason .. War Movies



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