For UK audiences, this full-on assault on a very-familiar Central London rings uncomfortably plausible, except for the massively credulity-stretching extensive infiltration of police and homeland security! Whereas Olympus Has Fallen was an lunk-headedly entertaining Die Hard-wanabee bottle show, the expansion to a large area of London relies more on silliness, but where this sequel scores is that once you get past some dreary set up, a five-minute assault on various world leaders at a handful of London landmarks up for destruction here is very attention-grabbing, and the subsequent kills, thrills and screenwriting are all mostly slick and efficient with some great stunts thrown in. There is some supremely low-rent CGI in the early stages of the attack on the city, and at times the final act is shot more like a good videogame, but overall the tone feels more consistent with this outing and the comedy lines more from friendly gallows banter than a need to shoehorn in conscious one-liners. The unusually strong top-line cast gives the material some gravitas, and this is one of Butler's more effective and watchable performances. Overall, London Has Fallen is another well-made but dopey action romp that draws in the viewer with its sheer energy.
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