Angel Has Fallen
Came out; 2019
Time; 2 hour 1 minute
Watched in; Netflix
Rating; R for strong violence and language throughout
IMDB Rating; 6.4/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Gerard Butler as Mike Banning
Piper Perabo as Leah Banning
Danny Huston as Wade Jennings
Lance Reddick as David Gentry
Morgan Freeman as President Trumbull
Tim Blake Nelson as VP Kirby
Storyline;
After the events in the previous film, Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself framed for an assassination attempt on the President. Pursued by his own agency and the FBI, Banning races to clear his name and uncover the real terrorist threat which has set its sights on Air Force One
Thoughts;
This was the 3rd movie behind Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. When my husband suggested watching this at first I was like “Fine” but honestly, I couldn't take my eyes off it, this was such a good movie.
It was a little obvious on who the bad guys was, but that didn't make this anymore action packed.
Plot Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
The
film starts with Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) undergoing a military
training exercise in which he runs through a building while being
shot at. He takes out all the targets in his way until he makes it
outside the facility and gets shot himself by his teammate Wade
Jennings (Danny Huston). One of the other teammates, Bruno (Rocci-Boy
Williams), gets pissed at Mike for knocking him down the stairs,
though Mike defends himself by reminding him that if he doesn't play
it like it's real, then he will die when it is real. Mike then walks
with Jennings, who talks about his paramilitary company, Salient
Global, while also bringing up Mike's potential promotion to Secret
Service Director, which leads to Jennings requesting that Mike could
put in a good word for a contract for his team to train in that
field. Mike promises to do what he can.
Lately, Mike has been
suffering from migraines and insomnia. He has gone to see doctors
about it, but has been keeping it from the now President Alan
Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) and his wife Leah (Piper Perabo). One
doctor even refers to him as a "disaster waiting to happen."
Mike and Leah also have to raise their infant daughter Lynne, which
makes him more hesitant to take on the Director position.
Mike
goes to the White House for a press conference alongside Trumbull and
current SSD David Gentry (Lance Reddick). Trumbull makes it clear
that he plans to make war nothing but a last resort, and he wants to
establish a better foreign policy.
Mike later joins Trumbull
on a fishing trip with the other agents. Trumbull tells Mike
personally that he is selecting him for the Director position, which
Mike thankfully accepts. Moments later, the men spot what looks like
a swarm of bats flying through the air. They soon realize that they
are drones, which begin to fire upon the agents. Men are blown up
where they stand, so Mike jumps to protect Trumbull. The two jump out
of the boat and into the water to stay hidden. Mike manages to get
Trumbull somewhere safe before both of them lose consciousness.
The
two men are taken to the hospital, with Trumbull left in a coma.
Because of this, Vice President Martin Kirby (Tim Blake Nelson) is
sworn in as acting president. Leah rushes to the hospital with Lynne
to see Mike. Mike is met by FBI Agent Helen Thompson (Jada
Pinkett-Smith), who begins to question him on his possible
involvement in the attack against Trumbull. Evidence found in the van
that activated the drones suggests that Mike may have carried out the
attack since his hair and skin cells, plus residue similar to that in
Mike's garage, was found. Mike believes he was set up, though
Thompson seems to think that he really was responsible.
Shortly
after, Mike is taken into custody. The escort team is then attacked
and killed, and they take Mike with them. He ends up fighting them
and causing them to crash into a tree in the woods. Mike recognizes
one of the villains as Bruno, leading him to realize the men from his
training exercise might be involved. Mike arms himself and starts
running for it. Authorities later come across the scene to discover
all the dead men. Meanwhile, it is shown that Jennings is the
mastermind behind the attacks, and he deliberately set it up for Mike
to take the fall by planting his DNA in the van.
Mike calls
Leah from a payphone to let her know he is okay, but the call is
being tracked by Thompson. Leah tells him that they have been
receiving death threats. Mike has to cut the call short when two men
who know he is a wanted man try to apprehend him, but Mike disarms
them and flees once again by hijacking another gunman's truck. He is
spotted by authorities and is chased down the road. Mike crashes the
truck into the forest and has to run again.
Kirby talks to
other White House officials about the potential of the Russian
government's involvement in the assassination attempt, and what they
can do to resolve the matter. He later announces via a live press
conference that Mike was absolutely involved in the attack and that
he was working with Russia. Kirby also adds that he is employing a
private contractor to aid in a retaliatory attack against
Russia.
Mike gets a van and drives to find his estranged
father Clay (Nick Nolte), a former decorated Ranger who left Mike
when he was young and has been supposedly off the grid ever since.
Mike had managed to track him down and has known where he's been
hiding for a while. Clay has been living alone in a cabin while
preparing for any potential attackers. Mike explains his situation to
his father, though he is still sore about Clay abandoning him and his
mother. Jennings tracks Mike to Clay's location and sends his men
after them. The Bannings spot the men on Clay's surveillance cameras,
and they head out to fight back. Clay reluctantly helps Mike and sets
off explosives around the perimeter, blowing up the bad guys. Mike
takes on a few of them on his own before they are all dead.
In
the morning, Clay shows Mike a radio playing Kirby's announcement.
Mike contacts Jennings after realizing he is the villain. The plan
all along was to start a war so Salient Global would rack up
contracts and clients. Mike and Clay then drive away from the cabin.
While stopping for gas, Mike hears on the radio that Trumbull is
responding to stimulus, but he knows that Jennings won't stop until
Trumbull is dead. Mike also brings up Leah and Lynne to Clay,
stressing what he has to lose. Afterwards, Thompson and her fellow
agents come across the dead Salient agents, and as she knows what
Salient has been responsible for in Iraq, she starts to suspect that
Mike really is innocent.
As Jennings gets wind that Trumbull
is waking up, he gets a call from his employer - Kirby. He orders
Jennings to send his men to get it done.
Jennings sends his
men to the Banning house to get Leah and Lynne. Just as they are
being taken outside, Clay shows up to kill the two men. He explains
to Leah who he is, and he expresses remorse for abandoning Mike and
his mother. He says he will protect Leah and Lynne.
Thompson
and her partner fly in to the Salient base to confront Jennings. Once
he realizes that they know the truth, Jennings kills both of
them.
Mike makes his way to the hospital where Trumbull is,
just after he has woken up. He makes it upstairs but is apprehended.
Trumbull orders that Mike be brought to him. Mike asserts that he is
being framed, and Trumbull believes it, as he knows that he would not
be alive had it not been for Mike. Soon, Mike realizes that Salient
is hacking into the hospital's computer system, releasing gas into
the rooms. He knows that they are planning on blowing up the
hospital. The entire building is evacuated, which Salient tech agents
find out about. Jennings knows Mike got there before they did. Once
Jennings and his goons arrive, a shootout occurs between Secret
Service and Salient agents. Mike runs with Trumbull to get him to
safety while Jennings tries to kill both of them. The hospital's ICU
is then blown up in an explosion.
Mike leaves Trumbull with
Gentry as he heads off to kill the Salient agents. He shoots, stabs,
and blows up nearly every last man before a military group takes out
the rest of them. Jennings attempts to escape in a chopper, but Mike
destroys it. The two men then face off one-on-one, which ends with
Mike stabbing Jennings, leaving him to bleed out and die.
In
the aftermath, Mike is exonerated, while Trumbull and Gentry learn
about Kirby's involvement with Salient, and he is arrested. Clay is
then allowed to live with Mike and his family to make up for lost
time.
Mike goes to meet with Trumbull to tell him that he
feels he must resign since he failed to tell him about his recent
medical problems, and that he doesn't seem himself fit to protect
him. Trumbull forgives Mike and says that the Secret Service Director
position is still his if he wants it. Mike accepts.
During the
closing credits, Mike and Clay decide to spend some quality time
together by going to a spa. Clay does not appear to enjoy it.
