Action thriller starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman. Former Vice President Allan Trumbull has acceded to the Oval Office and recommends trusted Secret Service agent Mike Banning for a promotion. But when an assassination attempt leaves the President in a coma, Banning is accused of plotting the attack and goes on the run while trying to prove his innocence.
Gerard Butler's resourceful Secret Service agent Mike Banning is back for a third adventure, having picked himself up after both Olympus and London Has Fallen, but action in the field is taking its toll on his ageing, injured body which, according to his doctor, is "a disaster waiting to happen". To make matters worse, Mike is on the run after being accused of masterminding a spectacular assassination attempt on the US president (Morgan Freeman), and must fight to clear his name, helped by a shadowy figure from his past (Nick Nolte). Although it tapers off after the early, brilliantly staged attack on Freeman (an eye-popping drone strike that leaves 18 other agents dead), the movie is a perfectly acceptable box-ticking action thriller offering good bang-for-buck value. Nolte's grizzled survivalist brings a much-needed injection of humour to proceedings, precisely when the narrative runs the risk of taking itself too seriously.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Mike Banning | Gerard Butler |
| President Trumbull | Morgan Freeman |
| Wade Jennings | Danny Huston |
| Clay Banning | Nick Nolte |
| David Gentry | Lance Reddick |
| Vice President Kirby | Tim Blake Nelson |
| Leah Banning | Piper Perabo |
| Agent Thompson | Jada Pinkett Smith |
| Agent Ramirez | Joseph Millson |
| Sam Wilcox | Michael Landes |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Ric Roman Waugh |
