Reviewed as the xenophobic sequel, London Has Fallen is a story taking place in the backdrop of London. It is an American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St John and Christian Gudegast.
The story twists with Mike Banning’s discovery of a plot to assassinate all the world leaders attending the British Prime Minister’s funeral, who has died under mysterious circumstances. His funeral happens to be a must-attend event for leaders of the Western world. The plot takes a deadly turn as what supposedly should have been the most protected event in London turns out to be a deadly field of mass elimination of the world’s most powerful leaders. As soon as the plot is disclosed, the US President Benjamin Asher, played by Aaron Eckhart, his formidable US Secret Service lead agent Mike Banning played by Gerard Butler, vice president Allan Trumbull, played by Morgan Freeman, and British MI6 agent Jacquelin Marshall, played by Charlotte Riley, takes it upon their shoulders to stop the crime and trust no one.
London Has Fallen is a sequel to Antoine Fuqua’s 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen. The filming began on October 24, 2014 and was released on March 4, 2016 by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label.
