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Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh
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Overview
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Rated R | Length 122 minutes
Actors
Gerard Butler | Morgan Freeman | Jada Pinkett Smith | Nick Nolte | Danny Huston | Tim Blake Nelson | Lance Reddick | Frederick Schmidt | Michael Landes | Ori Pfeffer | Rocci Williams | Piper Perabo | Harry Ditson | Linda John-Pierre | Jasmine Hyde | Ian Porter | Laurel Lefkow | Mark Arnold | Kerry Shale | John Strong | Mark Basnight | Jessica Cobley | Maisie Cobley | James Grogan | Stuart McQuarrie | Katya Bakat | Joseph Millson | Sapir Azulay | Buffy Davis | Mickey Nelson | Andrew Brooke | Mark Smith | Martin Behrman | Ryan Oliva | Liam Coote | Derek Siow | Derek Morse | Chris Browning | Greg Orvis | Brendan Kelly | Conor Boru | Haley Bishop | Wayne Gordon | Antonio Bustorff | Stacee Vatanapan | Mike Broomley | Osi Okerafor | Daniel Singh | Georgia Goodman | Chris Rogers | Michael Bodie | Clayton Adams | Erol Mehmet | Charlotte Statham | Hadrian Howard | Atanas Srebrev | Fahradin Fahradinov | Martin Geraskov | Nathan Cooper | Nadia Konakchieva | Sophia Del Pizzo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/24/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 4.5 stars |
| (Average) 4.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
I want to wholeheartedly hate on this movie but can’t entirely get there. I actually like the other two ridiculous movies in this franchise, and there are some nice characterizations and smaller pieces in this that I really like a lot. As a whole though, it was just too ridiculous for me to enjoy.
I think the thing that trips this one up is that it moves at a more moderate pace, which gives you too much time to actually think about how fucking stupid the plot points are. And they are monumentally stupid.
Another hallmark of the series is subpar digital FX. In this installment they took it to lower, shittier levels, especially noticeable in the hospital battle scenes with all the horribly fake smoke FX. Contrast that to the amazing drone strike FX at the beginning and it’s pretty obvious two different SFX companies were involved here.
Despite all that, I really liked the humanity they attempted to bring to the Bannon character and, even though it’s cliched as shit, the introduction of Bannon’s dad to bring some anti-violence sentiment to the whole thing. Compared to the previous films, in this one Bannon is a lot more reluctant to do violence (even though he still does a lot of violence). I just wish some of the plot points were better written and at least made some attempt to be remotely plausible.
Maybe I’ll change my mind when I eventually revisit this sometime down the road.
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