Review of Angel Has Fallen (2019) by Rebecca31 — 04 Sep 2019

Considered to be the best of the “Has Fallen” trilogy though that’s not exactly high praise.

If you are at all surprised by anything that happens in Angel Has Fallen then you really haven’t been paying attention. Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is framed for an attempted assassination of President Trumbull (yes you read that right) played by Morgan Freeman. Banning must now try to prove his innocence while trying to uncover the real threat. Gerard is back doing what he does best, growling and punching his way through yet another generic action movie that starts to feel like a video game on more than one occasion.

Butler and Freeman are clearly just here for the paycheck, in fact Morgan Freeman downright admitted that so I can’t be mad really. Though action movies in recent years have raised the bar, (looking at you Mission Impossible Fallout) if they keep churning out these mindless action movies will anyone bother anymore? Honestly the only reason anyone is bothering with Angel Has Fallen in the first place is it’s the third film (yeah I know how did that happen?) in a franchise starring everyone’s favourite knuckle head Gerard Butler. What it lacks, it almost makes up for in entertainment even if it is twenty minutes too long. The action sequences are well done and frequent enough to keep you interested and the addition of Nick Nolte was strangely hilarious. Perhaps Angel Has Fallen wasn’t supposed to be this funny but it’s enough to move it into the “so bad it’s good” category. Now I’m sure some of you are wondering whether you can see Angel Has Fallen without seeing the previous two movies in the franchise and the answer to that is yes you can. Recommended for the Gerard Butler fans or anyone needing your weekly cinema fix.