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London Has Fallen (2016)

London Has Fallen poster
Directed by
Babak Najafi
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5,141 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Secret Service agent must protect the US president during a violent terrorist attack in London. The terrorists have targeted world leaders at a funeral, leading to a rescue mission.

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What happens

London Has Fallen is a 2016 political action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John, and Christian Gudegast. It is the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and second installment in the Has Fallen film series, and stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman, with Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O'Bryan, and Waleed Zuaiter in supporting roles. In the film, Secret Service agent Mike Banning must protect United States President Benjamin Asher from terrorists who orchestrated a threat against the G7 during the British Prime Minister's funeral in London. Filming began in London on October 24, 2014. The film was released in the United States by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label on March 4, 2016. It grossed $205.9 million worldwide and received negative reviews. A third film, titled Angel Has Fallen, was released on August 23, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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