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Another Action Thriller—Review Of London Has Fallen (2016)@kemmyb744d

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Three years after the release of Olympus Has Fallen, we are presented with a sequel equally gripping, violent and action-packed. And most of the cast returns to reprise their roles.

Continuing from the first film, Aamir Barkawi, a Pakistani arms dealer is at his daughter's wedding when a drone strike happens supposedly killing him and his family. Two years later, the president (played by Aaron Eckhart) and Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (played by Gerard Butler) are seen laughing and jogging. They are still good friends.

Mike Banning is writing his letter of retirement as his wife prepares to give birth to their first child. Then the unexpected death of the British Prime Minister and the funeral is announced. The event is to host the world leaders of G8. Security and tensions are high in London as the leaders start to arrive. Banning changes the president's schedule and arrival time, catching the British by surprise.

As they proceed into the Cathedral, the car conveying another world leader explodes. London descends into chaos as terrorists disguised as the police come after the president. Will Banning be able to save the president in a foreign land where their means of communication is compromised?

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Just like the first film, the opening and plot of London Has Fallen is a captivating and violent siege—the life of the president is on the line and his best security agent must save him against all odds. The storytelling is seamless and enjoyable except for the visuals in some scenes. Action thrillers are not for the faint hearted so I expected nothing less in this film. It's fast-paced and throws the audience right in the centre of the well coordinated attacks on London.

Babak Najafi, the director, takes this film up a notch from Antoine Fuqua's excellent work in Olympus Has Fallen. While the previous film focuses on one world leader, Najafi broadens the scope to include the G8. The cinematography and transitions portraying the coordinated attacks are smooth. There's a rush of adrenaline that puts me on the edge of the seat as I watch the lead hero push through all barriers to save the president. Unlike the first film which runs for two hours, this one is about one hour and forty minutes but felt like only thirty minutes.

If you have a phobia for violence, then perhaps you should skip this film. The siege is violent and the way major landmarks are destroyed is baffling but I'm glad it's all CGI. One of the scenes I enjoy include where the US Marine Corp aircrafts engage in aerial combat with the aircrafts of the terrorists. It's impressive and intense. However, once the two film leads lose their ride and have to run for their lives through the woods and streets of London, the visuals become dim and uncomfortable to watch.

The scene of the shootout between the good and bad guys is poorly lit. The fight scenes are captivating but again, the lighting is not bright enough. This is the part of the film I find fault with, everything else is excellent.

The cast performance is impressive just like the first film and Gerard Butler's acting skill is compelling. His wit lightens up the mood of the film. I'm sad to see Angela Bassett leave the film series but she's superb as the secret service director. Morgan Freeman returns, not as the Speaker of the House, but as the Vice President. How this happened is unclear and the film does not provide an explanation. The addition of English actors like Colin Salmon and Patrick Kennedy makes the film authentic.

Overall, London Has Fallen is a well-executed and fine action thriller. I won't go into the morality or potential international tension arising from the plot's reference to the Middle East and terrorism. You'll have to see that for yourself. I watched solely for entertainment. I'll give it 3.8 stars out of 5 because of the poor lighting and visuals.

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›La Chute de Londres / London has fallen (film, 2016)@florenceboens1587d
Bonsoir à tous,

Après le film La Chute de la Maison-Blanche, sorti en 2013, voilà la suite : La Chute de Londres.

C'est le même acteur, Aaron Eckhart, qui interprète le Président des Etats-Unis "Benjamin Asher". Les autres acteurs sont différents, parmi eux, nous avons Gérard Butler (également co-producteur), Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Charlotte Riley, pour n'en citer que quelques-uns.

Synopsis : Les Etats-Unis ont lancé un missile sur le Pakistan, en visant un trafiquant d'armes et terroriste, mais ils ont raté leur cible principale en tuant une partie de sa famille. Du coup, le terroriste veut se venger. Le premier ministre britannique décède et des funérailles sont organisées. Les chefs des grandes puissances se doivent d'assister à ces obsèques et c'est donc l'occasion idéale de frapper un grand coup en faisant un maximum de dégâts, sans tenir compte des dommages collatéraux. C'est tellement idéal comme occasion, qu'on peut supputer dès le début du film que c'est le terroriste qui a fait assassiner le premier ministre britannique.

Avis : On ne s'est pas ennuyé en regardant ce film qui dure 1h40. Toutefois, il n'a rien d'exceptionnel. C'est très "américain" avec le héros Mike Banning (Gérard Butler), garde du corps du président US, qui est le grand sauveur, quasi seul contre les terroristes.

Il y a une suite qui est sortie en 2019 : La Chute du Président, avec Gérard Butler et Morgan Freeman, l'histoire tournerait à nouveau surtout autour de Mike Banning. On pourra le regarder si on en a l'occasion.

Bonne soirée et à bientôt,

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›London Has Fallen: The worst enemy is revenge.@fabian981857d

Greetings to all the community of film and television lovers, today I come with the second part of the saga President has fallen, starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman. This time the mission is no longer to protect the president from North Korean dissidents, but from the number one enemy of the United States: Middle Eastern terrorists.

To begin with, it must be said that London has fallen is the direct sequel to Olympus Has Fallen released in 2013. And it follows the same storyline where the agent Mike Banning, tries to avoid at all costs the assassination of the president of the united states, and in his mission, he will have to deal with dangers, betrayals, and threats that may escape his control.

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London has fallen begins with a scene where the main villain, Aamir Barkrawi, is attacked with bombs in his compound where he is left for dead. Years later Mike Banning is waiting for his daughter and once again considering leaving the service as high risk, while Aamir Barkrawi who managed to survive the bomb attack, plans revenge but waits for the right moment.

In another scene, it is seen that the British Prime Minister has passed away and the president of the United States along with other world leaders is going to his funeral, but Aamir Barkrawi has already set in motion his revenge plan that begins with bomb attacks and the destruction of the entire security service of the leaders.

And after several leaders have lost their lives and half the city has been destroyed, they manage to capture the president of the United States and take him to a building under construction that is used as a base of operations. While Mike Banning after an investigation concludes that the death of the British Prime Minister was not a coincidence but that he was poisoned and that there is a mole in the secret service who has been helping the terrorists to avoid the tactical teams.

So after using a secure communication network, Mike banning manages to get to the compound where they are going to execute the president, and together with a tactical extraction team they manage to stop Kamran before he executes the president, and after blowing up everything and killing all the terrorists, Mike accomplishes his mission to keep the president safe.

But the main villain Barkrawi wants to escape knowing that he has little left, so while in Yemen, he is called by the vice president who tells him that there is a missile headed for him, where on this occasion he finally dies.

Although the critics trashed this movie, I think it deserves credit as it has very good action scenes and suspense, plus it follows a solid story without going out of it, as the main goal of the movie is to save the president at all costs and that is what you see in the movie.

Also, it presents a great reality that happens in the whole world, where hundreds of innocent people suffer because of the war, not getting justice for those who have lost because they take it into their own hands, but it causes much more damage than you think.

One negative aspect of this movie, as well as all movies where Muslims are the bad guys, is that the world becomes insensitive and generalizes all Muslims as terrorists, which has led to different countries being treated with hatred and contempt.

Another thing that was bad about London has fallen, are the special effects, god they are unbelievably bad. They didn't even make an effort to try to make them more realistic or better quality, because the fire, plane crashes, bombs are extremely fake or like amateur special effects.

Other than that it's a awesome action movie.

All images, gifs, and the trailer are not my property, I have taken them from the internet that's why I put the sources listed here:

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Saludos a toda la comunidad de amantes del cine y la televisión, el día de hoy vengo con la segunda parte de la saga President has fallen, protagonizada por Gerard Butler, Aarón Eckhart y Morgan Freeman. En esta ocasión la misión ya no es cuidar al presidente de disidentes norcoreanos, sino del enemigo número uno de los estados unidos: Los terroristas del medio oriente.

Para empezar, hay que decir que London has fallen es la secuela directa de la Olympus Has Fallen lanzada en el 2013. Y sigue el mismo hilo argumental donde el agente Mike Banning, trata de evitar a toda costa el asesinato del presidente de los estaos unidos, y en su misión deberá lidiar con peligros, traiciones y amenazas que pueden escapar de su control.

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London has fallen comienza con una escena donde el villano principal Aamir Barkrawi, es atacado con bombas en su complejo donde es dado por muerto. Años más tarde esta Mike Banning esperando a su hija y considerando una vez más dejar el servicio por considerarlo de alto riesgo, mientras Aamir Barkrawi que logro sobrevivir al ataque con bombas, planea una venganza pero espera el momento más adecuado.

En otra escena se ve que el Primer Ministro Británico ha fallecido y el presidente de los estados unidos junto a otros líderes mundiales va a su funeral, pero Aamir Barkrawi ya ha puesto en marcha su plan de venganza que comienza con ataques bombas y la destrucción de todo el servicio de seguridad de los líderes.

Y luego de que varios líderes han perdido la vida y media ciudad ha sido destruida, logran capturar al presidente de los estados unidos y lo llevan a un edificio en construcción que es utilizado como base de operaciones. Mientras Mike banning luego de una investigación llega a la conclusión de que la muerte del primer ministro británico no fue casualidad sino que fue envenenado y que hay un topo en el servicio secreto que ha estado ayudando a los terroristas a evitar los equipos tácticos.

Así que después de usar una red de comunicación segura, Mike banning logra llegar hasta el complejo donde van a ejecutar al presidente, y junto un equipo táctico de extracción logran detener a Kamran antes de que ejecute al presidente, y luego de hacer volar todo y matar a todos los terroristas, Mike cumple su misión de mantener a salvo al presidente.

Pero el villano principal Barkrawi quiere escapar sabiendo que le queda poco, así que mientras esta en Yemen, es llamado por el vicepresidente que le dice que hay un misil que va hacia él, donde en esta ocasión finalmente muere.

Aunque la crítica destrozo a esta película, pienso que merece crédito ya que tiene muy buenas escenas de acción y suspenso, además de seguir una historia solida sin salirse de ella, ya que el objetivo principal de la película es salvar al presidente a toda cosa y eso es lo que se ve en la película.

También, nos presenta una gran realidad que pasa en el mundo entero, donde cientos de personas inocentes que sufren por culpa de la guerra, al no obtener justicia por quienes han perdido pues la toman por mano propia, pero causa mucho más daño de lo que se cree.

Un aspecto negativo de esta película, así como de todas las películas donde los musulmanes son los malos, es que el mundo se vuelve insensible y generaliza a todos los musulmanes como terroristas, lo cual ha llevado en distintos países que sean tratados con odio y desprecio.

Otra cosa que fue realmente malo de London has fallen, son los efectos especiales, dios son increíblemente malos. Ni siquiera se esforzaron por tratar de hacerlos más reales o de mejor calidad, porque el fuego, los choques de aviones, las bombas son sumamente falsas o como efectos especiales de principiantes.

Fuera de eso es una película de acción realmente increíble.

Todas las imagenes, gifs, y el trailer no son de mi propiedad, los he tomado de internet por eso pongo las fuentes ennumeradas aqui:

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›London has Fallen (film) : A disappointing followup to "Olympus."@gooddream2435d
I hadn't expected to enjoy Olympus has Fallen but i actually did like it despite the fact that it was also, completely impractical. In London has Fallen they take the very far-fetched premise of getting past extreme levels of government security and stretch it from not just to one important building being held hostage, but an entire city.

I don't think it is terribly necessary to warn about spoilers because this is a Gerard Bulter action film and all of those are the same... but whatever... SPOILER ALERT

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Really, I think that anyone who goes into this film feeling as though it is going to be anything intelligent or even remotely sticking to realistic scenarios is going to be disappointed. Olympus was pretty outlandish but London takes this to another level entirely.

The basic idea in the film is that someone very important who is British has died and all of the world's Prime Ministers and Presidents are coming at once to pay their respects. Of course this is a wonderful time for the terrorists to have a very well coordinated strike and teach the world a lesson.

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I expected the film to be a bit unbelievable but the force that the baddies accumulate and once again, quite easily defeat all the London Police as well as the personal security details of all the world's nations, is more frustrating to watch than exciting. They are able to magically get superior firepower to these events that if there actually was an event like this would be so tightly controlled that no one would be able to get anything like that anywhere near it.

However, the only thing the baddies need in this film is to have a bogus police uniform and then everyone is just like ... "oh yeah sure, come on over.. I mean you are clearly a member of the police force.. bring that AK-47 with you too, it's fine... you are wearing yellow."
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That aspect of the film is extremely dumb as is the lack of a global response. Also, does London have no response unit or something? The whole city is just taken over so easily? Oh well, I never thought that the taking of the White House in Olympus would seem reasonable, but compared to this, it certainly does. The idea of the whole thing is ridiculous and empty but i suppose there are a couple of interesting fights but that is about it. The rest of the action in this movie is so unbelievably preposterous that it starts to get old and boring pretty quick.
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There are a lot of frustrating cinema crimes in this film but here are just a few:
- At one point the terrorists intentionally blow up important London landmarks even though doing so provides zero strategic advancement for their side.
- The security detail for all of the world leaders combined was maybe 60 guys. The baddies have a lot more. The "good guys" also only have small arms and no snipers, no swat team in reserve, no back up, nothing.
- All of the security other than Gerard Butler and a handful of others are horribly inept bullet-sponges
- The terrorists experience very little difficulty shooting down helicopters from rooftops with portable weaponry
- There's no military response team from any nation? Come on now. At one point the UK military wants to get involved but the police say "no, we got this" You clearly don't have it pal! Martial law would have been declared immediately
- It was exceptionally easy to hack all of London's electrical grid because you know, all that is controlled by a website or something apparently.
- All civilians in London immediately obey orders to stay in their homes. There is no panic in the streets... actually there is no one in the streets at all
- Bullet proof cars are knocked out of commission quite easily.... with bullets. In one particular scene a car window that has been shot i dunno, 50 times at that point, get's hit by a dude's body and he goes straight through it
- The Japanese Prime Minister is traveling in a Lexus with one guard / driver and no security detail at all.
- The French Prime minister arrives by boat... haha
There are many many more... to the point that this movie could be easily turned into a drinking game. Drink every time something completely impractical happens... better get a LOT of bottles.
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This movie was basically just Olympus has Fallen but much more absurd. There is a 3rd one called Angel has Fallen and I have to say I am morbidly curious how they could possibly make a film more fundamentally flawed than this one but I gotta say, I'm gonna watch it anyway.

I think you can enjoy this film if you approach it expecting to have some fun with the completely silly events that happen here and just kind of accept the fact that this is just a movie where everyone is pretty much useless except for Gerard Butler.

If you want a film that has some element of realism, a bit of a story that isn't completely predictable, or maybe somewhat of a life lesson or a compelling storyline..... this is not the right movie for you.
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