Review of London Has Fallen (2016) by Dburkeg — 13 Mar 2016

I do not believe it is a spoiler to say that this movie is very much what you would expect if you have seen the first movie. The action is hard hitting like the first film. The hand to hand and close arms conflict tends more towards brutal efficiency than it does towards being overly dramatized. That might be where the complaints concerning massive body counts comes from. If you are going to have a few really long fights, and you are making a minimal plot action movie, you might want to have a hundred short fights.

The cinematography is good. The acting is solid. The language is surprisingly vulgar, but otherwise the professional keep it professional, for the most part :) There are a couple moments where the writing didn't seem quite up to par, but maybe those were ad-libs.

This movie is not up to the level of Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, John Wick, or the Equalizer. It is a different kind of action movie. It doesn't do the cute clever moments. Without the Steven Seagal or Liam Neeson line deliveries and clever action moments, this film isn't fun like many action films can be. It is a brutal chase film. A well done brutal chase film. If you don't want to see a brutal combat chase film, don't go to this movie and the give it a 4, 3, 2, 1, or 0 score.

Like some other worthy sequels, this movie is true the first film without being a copy of the first film.