By Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor
So clearly the cast of Olympus Has Fallen enjoyed working together so much that they decided to move it across the pond and make London Has Fallen together. President Barack Obama has had a rough presidency, but President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) has had his wife die tragically and his butt kicked, and finds himself literally just seconds away from being assassinated via livestreaming to billions around the world. But no worries his favorite Secret Agent Mike Banning played by the brooding Gerard Butler is there to protect him.
London does a good job of keeping you on the edge of your seats with quite a few “oh no!” moments as the synchronized bombings and shootings begin at the funeral for the prime minister of England. In a matter of moments at least five heads of states are killed. But the real target is President Asher and unlike his nemesis in the first flick, the president sort of picked this fight when in a drone attack he killed the daughter of an arms dealer.
Not only is Butler and Eckhart back but Morgan Freeman’s character has been promoted from Speaker of the House to Vice President. Also returning are Angela Bassett looking fierce as the Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs, Melissa Leo’s Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillian fares better this time around, and a few other familiar faces.
Is London Has Fallen a great flick no? But it is certainly worth a bag of popcorn as you sit back and enjoy the audacity of the terrorists as they execute their well planned diabolical plot. By the way, I think President Obama would agree after an attack like this, President Asher should probably just resign and start working on his memoir. Meanwhile you can check out London Has Fallen in your favorite local theater beginning on Friday March 4.
