Rent Angel Has Fallen (2019)
3.2 of 5 from 618 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger.
- Actors:
- Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston, Rocci Williams, Piper Perabo, Harry Ditson, Linda John-Pierre, Ori Pfeffer, Morgan Freeman, Jasmine Hyde, Ian Porter, Laurel Lefkow, Michael Landes, Mark Arnold, Kerry Shale, Tim Blake Nelson, John Strong, Mark Basnight, Jessica Cobley, Maisie Cobley
- Directors:
- Ric Roman Waugh
- Producers:
- Gerard Butler, Mark Gill, Matthew O'Toole, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Les Weldon
- Writers:
- Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh, Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2020, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/12/2019
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital Late Night Listening 2.0, Spanish Audio Description, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Even Heroes Fall: The Story
- Someone to Watch Over Me: New Blood
- Calling All Angels: Casting
- True Faith: Authenticity
- Fight for You: Stunts and Action
- Earth Angel: Recreating DC
- Angel Declassified
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/12/2019
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital Late Night Listening 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Even Heroes Fall: The Story
- Someone to Watch Over Me: New Blood
- Calling All Angels: Casting
- True Faith: Authenticity
- Fight for You: Stunts and Action
- Earth Angel: Recreating DC
- Angel Declassified
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Reviews (11) of Angel Has Fallen
ANGEL HAS FALLEN - Angel Has Fallen review by jc
When there is an assassination attempt on the President,
The Secret Service Agent Gerald Butler is wrongly accused and taken into custody,
He managed to escape from his capture the FBI find real treat to the US President and takes action.
Later the FBI find traces of clues to the wrongly accused Secret Agent and Gerald Butler Goes Free,
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.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Good watch - Angel Has Fallen review by CS
Took a while to get going but really enjoyed this movie. Lots of action and strong lead character with plausible script made this very watchable.
Comes highly recommended.
0 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
A very interesting and competently made thriller, albeit one which still has its problems - Angel Has Fallen review by TB
The Has Fallen franchise is one which, like many other actions staples, wears proudly on its sleeve exactly what it is. There will be action, laughs and big set pieces; logic will often be suspended but if you go with it, then you can have a silly 2 hours of fun. And one of the biggest strengths of this franchise is Gerard Butler. Whilst much has been written about his often-similar performances, which basically started with 300 and has then morphed slightly into whichever film he is doing, he is also at times a very skilled and capable actor. His finest performance for me will always be Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus, where he comfortably stood toe-to-toe with Ralph Fiennes and was totally believable, at times carrying the film.
I mention Coriolanus because one thing which sets Angel has Fallen apart from many other action films like it is the focus in the first chunk of the movie on the PTSD suffered by Mike Banning. And this is something which I feel was a real missed opportunity by the film-makers to not elaborate more on. It is a very welcome thing that more and more, mental health issues are brought up and shown in these types of films and it is also stated clearly and emphatically that this is not a sign of weakness. I remember being very moved by the suffering shown by Rambo in Rambo: Last Blood, and that in many ways was better at conveying it than Angel has Fallen, but that the limited amount that is shown was moving and I wished that it had been fleshed out more. And I have no doubt that Butler would be up to this task.
When the proverbial does hit the fan, Angel has Fallen then comfortably falls into the familiar pattern of the previous movies, albeit this time the focus is on Mike Banning proving his innocence whilst being hunted. The set pieces are on the whole, good, but the standout sequence is Banning seeking out his father, played by Nick Nolte. There is not only comic relief, but also another broaching of the massive damage done by PTSD and war, albeit in a reduced capacity.
The final action sequence is again everything you’d expect, but the final discussion between Banning/Butler and President/Morgan Freeman is something which leaves the movie on a real high, in that the difficulties shown earlier and the subsequent concerns of how Banning thought he would be treated were shown to be totally unfounded. To have this explicitly said in a blockbuster film shows the progress that is being made and extremely welcome.
There is another sequel being made, with the same team (actors and director) coming back, so hopefully this trend can continue.
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Critic review
Angel Has Fallen review by Mark McPherson - Cinema Paradiso
The third in the Fallen or Angel saga comes grinding to a halt with the same bland staging and tired action as that of the Taken franchise. The colors are drabby and washed out. The action is clunky and poorly shot in a manner of manic cutting and uninspired choreography. The very premise even shares similarities with Taken 3, the way the lead character has been thrust out of being the protector and is now on the run trying to clear his name. If body switching were the shark-jumping of television series, being on the lam should be issued in as the sign that an action saga is past its prime, if it isn’t already a standard.
There’s very little reveal about this tale that I haven’t already divulged in that opening paragraph. Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is once more established as the tough-as-nails bodyguard to the President of the United States (Morgan Freeman), ready to defend him at any time. But Banning is getting too old for this kind of crap. He has insomnia and migraines which isn’t too surprising considering he watched the White House and London turn into battlefields and survive both. And he has back pain, too! He really is too old for this staggering franchise that is on its last broken legs.
To put a little spring in this franchise’s misaligned steps, a fishing trip turns into a drone strike where Banning is labeled as a culprit. Now he has to go on a chase for the truth to clear his name and it’s just as explosive and routine as it sounds. Banning runs through a hospital trying to stop bad guys. Banning gets into a car chase. Banning calls his wife to say he loves her. And so on and so on. All could be forgiven and exciting if any of this was given some slight bit of style and staging to separate this production from the multitude of excessive vanilla action pictures of dull hero guy goes around killing hitmen and government agents. I’ve seen this so many times repeated in a dozens upon dozens of direct-to-video shlock that Angel Has Fallen slips so far down from being Die Hard at the White House it slides into that bargain bin of garbage action pictures.
Even the film’s most interesting aspect of revealing Banning’s dad to be played by Nick Nolte offers no comfort. In fact, he adds to the tired and groggy nature of this production because, well, this is Nolte we’re talking about. His stumbling of words is soon replaced by explosions right outside his house. This would be absurd if it weren’t for the fact that these Fallen films are already tap-dancing on so much absurdity that Nolte’s estate of explosive vehicles is not just par for the course, it’s a tired scene. You can practically hear the yawn as the explosions are set off and the clunky action resumes.
While the film isn’t as stumbling with Islamaphobia as London Has Fallen, it still makes the bad call of trying to have some fun with current politics. There’s an allusion to how the Russians may be involved in this act of terrorism which would make sense considering the previous pictures targeted Koreans and Middle Easterns as foes. Nope. This is written off as literally being labeled fake news. Ha ha. It’s funny because the film provided commentary that was both pathetic and propagandic.
There’s no point to Angel Has Fallen considering how distant it wants to be from anything substancial and let all its lazy action do the talking. I’m starting to regret having fun with Olympus Has Fallen as sort of ridiculous blender of Red Dawn meets Die Hard. I laughed at that film for its absurdity but now the joke is over and any fun that may have been left in this saga is replaced with muddled messages and dry action. Let this be the fall of the Angel or Fallen saga. Or the Banning trilogy. Or whatever.