![]() ![]() After surviving the uselessly shaky action sequence that opens “Angel Has Fallen” - a shoot-out revealed to be part of a training exercise operated by cash-strapped private military contractor Wade Jennings (a cigar-chomping Danny Huston) - Mike immediately retires to his SUV to pop a bunch of pain pills. But Mike, like the genre his movie belongs to, is getting a bit long in the tooth. The 50 Best Action Movies of the 21st Centuryīutler, who seems almost deathly afraid of deviating from his archetype, reprises his iconic role as Agent Banning, a character defined by two things above all: His born-and-raised Americanness, and a barely concealed Scottish brogue. The 150 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time 'Sexual Drive' Review: Kôta Yoshida's Spicy Trio of Erotic Tales Puts a Tasteful New Spin on Food Porn New Movies: Release Calendar for April 22, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Instead, it brings a mediocre series to a fittingly mediocre close, and sends the summer movie season running away with its tail between its legs. With some actual craft, a pinch more personality, and even a single moment that didn’t feel like it was watered down from 100 better movies, “Angel Has Fallen” might have felt like a fond homage to a bygone era of blockbuster spectacle. Even in its best moments, the latest episode of Butler’s low-rent franchise is nothing more than a feeble attempt to refurbish 20th-century shoot-em-ups with 21st-century anxieties. You know, the steroidal stuff that Hollywood churned out back when men were men, explosions were the only special effects that mattered, and the President of the United States going into a coma wasn’t the best thing that could possibly happen to national security. On the contrary, the only prerequisite for enjoying “ Angel Has Fallen” - or at least for appreciating the essence of its potential appeal - is a fond nostalgia for old-school action movies. ![]() It’s not that complicated: Gerard Butler is an elite Secret Service agent with a heart of gold and a face of raw meat, he’s saved the free world a couple of times over the last few years, and he’s forced to do it again. No, you don’t need to have seen “Olympus Has Fallen” and/or “London Has Fallen” to understand the eminently disposable third chapter of the Mike Banning chronicles. ![]()
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