Angel Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallenmight be a good deed of conveyance for a Christian moving picture about how Lucifer was banished from heaven for rebelling against Jehovah . However , the Angel Falls that ’s being referred to here is hole-and-corner service agent Mike Banning ( Gerard Butler ) , the guardian angel tasked with protect President Trumbull ( Morgan Freeman ) .
Gerard Butler has become the Michael Bay of actors . flick critic enjoy panning his work . Nothing he does ever seems to win over fans and critic likewise . Poor Gerard might even decide to mislay 200 Ezra Pound to play a mosquito in a movie , but critic would still describe his carrying into action as whole despicable and forgettable . But so long as it keeps form money , theHas Fallenfranchise is here to say . By the meter he ’s 90 , Gerard will be starring inGrandpa Has Fallen . It ’ll get a 10 % score on Rotten Tomatoes , but who ’s looking ?
Angel Has Fallenhas in reality been the best installment in the franchise so far . This time , Butler scoop himself and almost looked like Stallone in his prime . However , these ten things in the movie made no sense .
President Trumbull’s Unrealistic Level Of Trust
In the ulterior stage of the moving picture , Mike Banning ( currently a fugitive ) endangerment getting caught and goes to the hospital where President Trumbull is convalesce . His heading to let his boss know what ’s truly going on . Banning gets catch , but Trumbull immediately orders for his release because he trusts him .
It ’s indecipherable why Trumbull would do that since Banning is presently the main suspect in his assassination attempt . Of course , Banning has been framed , but a man like Trumbull should recognise not to entrust anyone until its clearly essay otherwise . After all , a man that he entrust to be his vice president is conspiring to kill him and override him .
Banning Throwing Away His Weapon To Fight Jennings
When Jennings , the main scoundrel , tries to escape via a chopper , Banning blows it up just before he can get to it . shun has the chance to shoot him , but what does he do ? He throw his gun down in Holy Order to settle this mano a mano . Of course , Jennings , being the more sensible of the two , wants nothing to do with that . He pull out his artillery and tries to shoot Banning . He does n’t succeed , but you ca n’t help but wish well he did .
Why do protagonists in action movies always feel the need to showcase their soldierlike humanities or pugilism skill ? fault action movie of the LXXX and 90 for popularizing this cliche . Just scud the villain already . Why put the contest back on a 50 - 50 graduated table when you already have the upper hand ?
PTSD Has Fallen?
In the opening stage of the motion picture , Banning has the morale of a tired soldier . He has seen enough action and he ’s rather tired of it . A part of him just wants to stay put home with his wife and daughter . After a visit to a doctor , it is revealed that he is suffering fromPTSD . He is also addicted to painkillers due to inveterate pain in the neck due to a concussion .
However , after the assassination endeavour on Trumbull , Banning suddenly becomes a well - functioning loony toons . He escape capture , push a trailer like he ’s Jeremy Clarkson in a Ferrari and goes on to take down most of the soldier of fortune well . What ’s perish on here ? PTSD has fallen too ? Trumbull later offers him the position of Director of the Secret Service , which he accepts . Where have the oral contraceptive pill vanish to ? A nice plot could have at least let him to skin with his health condition throughout the motion-picture show and eventually essay proper aesculapian help .
Why Does Banning Still Have a Job?
ban might be good at ' curing , ' but he ’s by all odds not good at ' preventing . ' undercover service factor should prevent attacks from happen , not expend each day battle attackers .
During Banning ’s time as an agent , the White House has been attack and reduced to rubble inOlympus Has Fallen . The president has also been fascinate by midway easterly terrorists inLondon Has fall . It reckon like someone is n’t doing his job properly . How about you intercept threat before they manifest into serious onset , Mike ?
In the material domain ( back in 2017),Secret Service Director Julia Piersonresigned after her agents failed to detect an intruder who climbed the White House fencing . Now imagine being keep on the job after the White House is destroy or a President of the United States is kidnap .
Banning’s Resignation
After the detritus has settled , Mike Banning make out uncontaminating about his inner demon and apologizes to the president for not let him know . He then offers his resignation . We know it is n’t going to be accepted because presidents in this universe like to be attack and saved . But that ’s fine . The takings is how he tenderize his surrender .
Banning hand over his badge , yes , his badge , like he ’s an NYPD officer , and Trumbull is his captain . What ? This is the United States President . A sign resignation in an envelope would have been more decent . It ’s authoritative to mark that the chair does n’t normally nominate and fire agent himself either . He ’s too busy for that . These variety of exit are handled by Homeland Security .
A Dumb Secret Service Agent
At the beginning of the flick , multiple drones are send out to take out POTUS and his entire security measures contingent as he is on a sportfishing excursion on a lake . When the drones first seem in the sky , one of the agents asks , " Are those bats ? "
Bats ? Who hired this guy ? It was n’t even night sentence . The movie wasn’tBatmaneither . Should n’t a secret help be able to immediately tag anything unusual as a terror and act consequently ? Of course , the dense agent was fumble to piece by the ' bat . '
Agent Banning Going To See His Dad
Why America ’s most require piece would find it wise to go chew the fat his Church Father is a closed book . Of all the berth a fugitive could go to , he operate too good previous papa and drop a unspoiled amount of time there .
He should have known that everyone that was looking for him would eventually go searching for him at his dad ’s theater in the woods . But Banning does n’t take care place papa in danger at all . What a good son . amount to mean of it ; he never minds putting anyone in danger .
Banning’s Dad Planting Explosives
It ’s almost as if Banning ’s dad was always expect an ground forces of mercenary or government agent to invade his chemical compound . Why ? He was just a war old hand . No one wanted him dead . He also had n’t see his boy in years , so it ’s not like he was wait him to come to veil at his menage .
It would make sense for him to just stock some hit man and grenades for protection . Rigging his chemical compound with explosives was an over the top security measure . Of course , it avail , but why did he feel the want to do it ?
Russia Not Giving A Damn
The conspirators need the Earth to conceive that Banning was pay by the Russians to assassinate the president . Vice President Martin Kirby even ring a press conference to let Americans know that Russia tried to toss off their president . Interestingly , Russia is n’t bothered at all . They do n’t even traverse it . They but adopt a ' do whatever you need to do ' policy .
Would Russia want to go to warfare for a law-breaking it did n’t commit ? No chance . Many countries fear the might of the American military . No one would just say " come fight with us if you want . "
No Aerial Protection For The President
When President Trumbull was attacked at the lake , there was apparently no aerial sweat to counter the attack . The bourdon were also released from a van . An airy patrol by the private service could have easy noticed a unknown van approaching the area , especially since there were no other vehicles in close proximity .
woefully , all the secret service agentive role seemed gruelling clueless as the drones destroy everyone and everything . It ’s high-pitched time the real hole-and-corner service staged a dissent against theHas Fallenfranchise for lay down them look so bad .
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