The film was a modest box office success ($205 million worldwide), proving that audiences still craved this brand of jingoistic, hard-R action. However, it was savaged by critics (28% on Rotten Tomatoes). Roger Ebert’s site called it “a cynical, ugly piece of work,” while others labeled it “ Die Hard for the Fox News crowd.”
For fans of the franchise, it serves as the messy middle child, sandwiched between the superior Olympus Has Fallen and the absolutely absurd Angel Has Fallen (which introduced a helicopter drone battle and a father named “Clay”). If you can stomach its politics, London Has Fallen remains a definitive example of the 2010s action movie: loud, fast, and utterly shameless. london has fallen full movies
London Has Fallen is not a good movie by traditional standards. It is predictable, politically tone-deaf, and visually uneven. But as a pure, adrenalized B-movie—watched late at night with low expectations—it delivers exactly what it promises: Gerard Butler saving the President while famous buildings explode. It knows its audience, and it serves them a double cheeseburger when they asked for a double cheeseburger. The film was a modest box office success