London Has Fallen (2016) on Netflix
R20161h 39mActionCrimeThriller
Secret Service agent Mike Banning guards President Benjamin Asher in London at the British Prime Minister's funeral. When the world leaders are attacked, Banning must keep the president alive.
- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb5.9/10182,189 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes28%
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Plot summary
A drone strike ordered on the compound of arms trafficker Aamir Barkawi kills his family during his daughter's wedding. Two years later, British Prime Minister James Wilson dies suddenly, and the G7 leaders prepare to attend the funeral in London. Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs gives agent Mike Banning charge of President Benjamin Asher's security detail, though Banning's wife Leah is close to giving birth. Banning brings Asher into the city early by helicopter, ahead of the schedule. Then mercenaries disguised as police officers and royal guardsmen strike at St. Paul's Cathedral and across the city, and Banning has to get the president away.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about London Has Fallen (2016)
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- The release timing was criticized as "insensitive" by Philip Nelson, chair of the Tavistock Square Memorial Trust: it fell in the week of the 10th anniversary of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, which killed 52 people, and alongside the 2015 Sousse attacks, which killed 30 British nationals.
- Scotsman Bryan Larkin, who plays SAS Commander Will Davies, was cast as a "posh English guy", but director Babak Najafi and star Gerard Butler decided on set that he would use his natural Scottish accent.
