Actors: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart,
and Morgan Freeman, with Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster,
Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O'Bryan, Waleed Zuaiter, Charlotte
Rile
Rating: 8 out of 10, is not as bad as
most critics would have you believe. Gerard Butler returns to an action role as
a secret service agent incapable of missing with any weapon that falls into his
hand. This is in stark contrast to the veritable army of terrorists he’s up against
who would probably shoot and miss the water from the beach. With this type
cast, which is loaded with talent, you would expect something loftier but this
is a simple shoot ‘em up action flick with the greater London area blowing up
spectacularly in CGI. If you like this type action then you’re going to like
this, I did, but I am one of those peasants serious movie critics hold in such
disdain. It wasn’t a cake walk though as some of the editing, especially early,
before things started blowing up, was a little jarring. There was also a
criminal underuse of the Washington based characters, which included Morgan
Freeman, Melissa Leo, and Jackie Earl Haley. Criminal. As long as you leave the
logical part of your imagination at the door, which you always have to with
this type movie, you’ll be fine. For those of us who miss Jack Bauer, this was
a great addition to our nonsensical movie repertoire. Critics be damned, let’s
go blow something up.
MVP: Butler as the incredibly accurate
Mike Banning
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