Angel Has Fallen

Gerard Butler takes viewers on a thrill ride as he fights for his reputation and his life.

As an action-thriller with political intrigue, this movie does its job. It's Nolte who at times lifts it to another level.

Angel Has Fallen is a film in search of a soul. It doesn't find it, but the effort is appreciated.

Efficient B-movie trash that I enjoyed watching...I enjoyed myself, and I really hadn't expected to.

It's a throwback piece of entertainment, but in the way it evaporates as soon as it ends, it's also a throwaway. By the time it's over, it's already fallen from your memory.

The franchise has fallen and it can't get up.

It presumes itself an intricate and intense thriller, and yet I predicted every plot point, from the real culprit(s) to upcoming lines of dialogue, so effortlessly that I may as well not have even bothered seeing the film before reviewing it.

Silly plot contrivances and head-scratching character decisions end up standing out more than the action. And for a movie like this, that’s not a good thing.

The narrative through-line is a bit nonsensical... and then Nick Nolte shows up and really changes the trajectory.

...a guilty pleasure for all sides of the political spectrum...