Review: London Has Fallen Blu-ray

 

 
Film Info
 

Release Date: Blu-ray was released on June 14, 2016
 
MPAA Rating: R
 
Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Angela Bassett, and Charlotte Riley
 
Director: Babak Najafi
 
Writer: Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John
 
Producer: Gerard Butler, Mark Gill, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, and Les Weldon
 
Distributor: Focus Features
 
External Info: Official Site and Facebook
 
Genre: , ,
 
Critic Rating
 
 
 
 
 


User Rating
3 total ratings

 

What We Liked


It’s a perfect “turn off your brain and enjoy” action flick.

What We Didn't Like


The film takes a while to set everything up in the first act.


Bottom Line

I thoroughly enjoyed London Has Fallen as a brainless action flick. It might not be as good as the first installment, but it is still an entertaining way to spend an hour and forty minutes.

The incredible lack of decent bonus features makes me hesitant to say this film is worth owning, and I also know that some might want more from their action films, so I am going to say this is merely a solid rental.

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Posted  August 14, 2016 by

 
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There were two White House invasion thrillers released in 2013: Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down. Out of the two, White House Down seemed like the stronger bet at the box office with leads like Channing Tatum London Has Fallen Blu-rayand Jamie Foxx and a director, Roland Emerich, who is known for blockbusters. Alas, Olympus Has Fallen came out three months earlier, earned more money, was arguably the better film, and got a sequel in London Has Fallen.

I am a fan of Olympus Has Fallen and was intrigued by the series shifting over to London, so much so that I checked this movie out in theaters (something that not a lot of people did). Despite the harshly negative reviews, I must say I enjoy London Has Fallen quite a bit. Is it the next Die Hard or hard-R action classic? Absolutely not; the film has a thin plot, one-dimensional characters, and generic villains.

What makes London Has Fallen so much fun, however, is the action. The film takes a while to set everything up in the first act, but by the time the second act hits, the action does not stop. The action is always intriguing and entertaining, something that not all action flicks can say nowadays.

Overall, London Has Fallen is a perfect “turn off your brain and enjoy” action flick. Some people may not be looking for that, and that is totally understandable, but for me, London Has Fallen satisfied my action movie needs.

BONUS FEATURES

There are two featurettes included on the Blu-ray of London Has Fallen, with neither of them lasting more than three minutes. They are both just quick looks at how the filmmakers and actors brought the action to the big screen and are not groundbreaking.

Scott Davis

Scott Davis

Scott Davis is a recent graduate of Oakland University where he earned a degree in journalism. He worked for the student newspaper on campus, The Oakland Post, where he became the paper's managing editor. He also earned a minor in Cinema Studies at OU. Scott enjoys all things film and TV related, especially the blockbuster kind. He might be the biggest Christopher Nolan fan you know.