MOVIE REVIEW
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London Has Fallen
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TORY: Gerard Butler returns as Secret Service
Agent Mike Banning (Butler) in London Has Fallen, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, which dealt
with similar calamities involving the White House. Only
this time, Banning has to protect the US head of state
when he attends the funeral of the British prime Minister.
REVIEW: A lavish wedding party gets underway in
Lahore, Pakistan. But the father of this bride is Aamir
Barkawi (Aboutboul), a lethal arms dealer and one of the
most wanted men in the world. A drone strike swiftly kills
members of the wedding - including Barkawi's daughter - but he escapes serious injury, and he and his sons
vow vengeance. Two years later in Washington, D.C.,
Mike Banning and his wife Leah (Mitchell), their marriage stronger than ever, eagerly await the imminent
arrival of their first child. Having remained the Secret
Service Agent assigned to Asher, Banning is always on
alert. When the British Prime Minster dies unexpectedly,
Banning knows it is his duty to prep with Secret Service
Director Lynne Jacobs (Bassett) for them to accompany
the President to the state funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in
London. With every powerful world leader set to attend,
the funeral should be the most protected event on Earth.
Yet within moments of arriving, heads of government
are assassinated and London landmarks are attacked.
Asher, Banning, and Jacobs are ambushed and retreat
amidst a hail of gunfire and explosives. The devastated
British capital goes into lockdown. The London police
and armed forces realize that they have been compromised, with all communications being intercepted. Banning, as expected, goes off the grid and under the radar
to stay one step ahead of what he learns are relentless
operatives deployed by Barkawi, who have infiltrated the
city through the careful plotting of Barkawi and his son
Kamran (Zuaiter). Expect every action film cliche to be
thrown in. Also, you might wonder what the heck Gerard
Butler is doing with his career. But that said, it is clear
that he knows his niche. Clearly, this one's for die hard
Butler fans.
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