"You're welcome."
Although this third movie in the franchise follows the formula to a large extent, it also has a sombre, wintry mood that mirrors the ageing and physical/mental weariness of our hero and follows through with the change in tone from popcorn actioner to the more serious second film. In some ways this is also a problem for Angel... which takes itself very seriously and feels somewhat outdated in its machismo posturing and video-game kills. The body count and head-shots are again ridiculously high - Banning can shoot a gun out of an enemy's hand, but a whole army of sharp shooters consistently miss their only target. Of the three main set pieces, the drone attack from the trailer is sharper and extremely effective in the film, a night-time woodland car chase has a couple of spectacular moments, and the overblown finale keeps on going and entertains. Butler delivers his lines, Nick Nolte scene-steals as Banning's reclusive absent father, Morgan Freeman remains one of the best on-screen Presidents so far, but particularly impressive are the two female leads, with Piper Perabo making a lot out of her limited screentime as Banning's wife, and Jada Pinkett Smith engages as a steely FBI agent. Given its predictability and often uninspired dialogue, overall Angel Has Fallen is a fairly standard mid-range actioner rather than the deeper thriller to which it seems to aspire.
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