London Has Fallen is an action packed movie with the running length of only one and a half hours. However even with this advantage the movie does not have much to offer to the audience.
The movie is very fast in narrative and the events unfold so fast that if you blink you may miss something. However the movie has not much to offer with the storyline. There is nothing new in the story with the hero being a super man who kills a lot of people and saves the president. Again. If you talk of action, it is very good but falls short of innovative action sequences that we have seen in other similar movies like Live Free or Die Hard. Thus the movie becomes an average affair and one does not retain the sequences long after the movie.
Gerard Butler as the secret service agent in charge of the President's security, is good in his role. He has a very good screen presence in this movie like all his movies. He also has his jab of serious humour in this movie, which he is known for. This movie is a boon for Gerard Butler fans because you see him throughout the movie, doing what he does best. Aaron Eckhart as the President of USA is good, but his role does not have any layers. This does not give him any scope to show his acting skills. Morgan Freeman seems to have been wasted in the movie.
This is director, Babak Najafi's first English movie. Before this he has directed several Swedish movies, which I haven't heard of. His direction is poor in this movie. The action scenes have been well directed, but he has been hampered by a weak script.
Overall, the movie does not have much to offer other than action and Gerard Butler. One can go for the movie to catch the movie's action and if one wants to see London destroyed in seconds, he should go ahead and watch it.
Rating - 2.5 / 5
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