Angel Has Fallen: A Good Finale For An Aging Hero

Angel Has Fallen is the third movie in the series starring Gerard Butler as secret service agent Mike Banning. This time around he is framed for the attempted murder of president Trumble played by Morgan Freeman. Mike starts to get residual pain and trauma and can’t function well. Of course he doesn’t tell anyone about it. This is just one of many cliches in the movie.

Mike meets up with an old war buddy played by Danny Huston. He works for a private military company and talks about the good old days. He is clearly being setup to be a villain but Huston is good at playing villains. His character feels reluctant to hurt Mike but will do what it takes to get what he wants.

After Mike is detained he is interrogated by an FBI agent played by Jada Pinkett Smith. The problem with this character is she is introduced to late into the movie and then the character is killed with no payoff. She didn’t realize Mike was innocent and then tried to help but got killed. Her character was pretty pointless.

Mike relies on other people more in this movie than the previous two movies. Including help from his father played by Nick Nolte. He plays a Vietnam veteran with ptsd and the two have good banter and chemistry. The father helps Mike get back to clear his name. They both have physical and mental healing to deal with which they deal with together. Mike feels more human in this movie then the previous two. It’s a nice send off to the character and the addition of Nick Nolte is funny. Cliches aside, Angel Has Fallen is better than London Has Fallen. 🍔🍔 and 1/2 🍔