Babak Najafi

Iranian-born Swedish film director best known for directing the action film released in Italy as Attacco al potere 2 (English title: London Has Fallen).

Babak Najafi is an Iranian-born Swedish film director. He directed the action film London Has Fallen (Italian title Attacco al potere 2).

One DeBaser review criticizes Babak Najafi's Attacco al potere 2 for relying on crude American tropes and implausible plotting. The review praises scenography and shootouts but finds the moralizing, frightening message inappropriate. Lead performances (Butler, Freeman, Eckhart) are judged weak or generic. Overall the film is seen as a commercial action piece mishandling a delicate topic.

For:Readers interested in action cinema criticism; viewers concerned with the depiction of terrorism in commercial films