DIRECTOR: Babak Najafi LEAD CAST: Gerald
Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett,
Robert Forster, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell SCREENWRITER: Creighton
Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast, Chad St. John PRODUCER:
Gerald Butler, Mark Gill, Danny Lerner, Matt O’Toole, Alan Seigel, Les
Weldon EDITOR: Michael J. Duthie, Paul Martin Smith MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Trevor Morris
GENRE: Action
Crime Thriller, Adventure CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ed Wild DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate
Films LOCATION: United
States RUNNING
TIME: 99 minutes
Technical assessment: 3
Moral assessment: 2.5
CINEMA rating:
V18
The United States launches
a drone strike that ruins the wedding of the daughter of Pakistani’s arms
dealer Aamir Barkawi, the mastermind behind terrorist attacks in Europe and
around the world. Surviving the
disaster, Barkawi meets his son, Kamran to set plans for a profound and
absolute revenge on the West. Two years later, the British Prime Minister Wilson
dies under mysterious circumstances. In short notice, the powerful leaders in
the world gather in London’s St. Paul Cathedral for Wilson’s state funeral that
starts out as the most protected event on earth. It turns deadly when the
terrorists having infiltrated every branch of the police and armed forces, surprisingly
wreak carnage, indiscriminately slaying world leaders, civilians and
pulverizing city infrastructures. While Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerald
Butler) brings the American President Benjamin Asher to safety, the terrorists
abduct the president. Kamran prepares to execute Asher, publicly broadcasting
the video feed live around the world. Banning risks his life to keep his boss
alive.
Two lessons
are a standout in London has fallen:
terrorism and vengeance bring no peace; and the best security for a child is love, not
baby monitors, not armaments.
