Sunday 22 March 2020

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

A step down from the last two. It's not as tight conceptually - the villain and FBI stories just fade out halfway through, the neat idea of Banning having to deal with concussions and spinal injuries from all those floors he fell through in the previous movies adds up to nothing and, while it's always pleasing to see more movies lift the Last Crusade father and son dynamic, Nick Nolte's character drops in and out of the movie in a way that suggests multiple script drafts clashing. The action isn't as spectacular either, though it has a few nice sequences (the drone attack, the lorry chase and the forest raid), and the franchise's history of under-utilising character actors is in full force here. More competent than solid.
Rating: Bad

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