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THE REVIEW
With a sarcastic smile, I am about to write a few lines about this film. Good from a scenographic/visual point of view, adrenaline-pumping in the shootouts. Otherwise, lots of stars and stripes contamination from a filmic standpoint.
The classic American trope that crudely draws inspiration from the attacks in France, or more simply the fateful September 11, 2011, a pretext to deliver an inappropriately obvious message to the viewer: terrorism is just around the corner, and it could strike anyone! A concept that in this film balloons to enormous, elephantine, and annoyingly implausible proportions, thus becoming tragicomic and pathetic. An inappropriately intimidating moral made evident by a Hollywood toy that dares to distort a dramatic reality, almost turning it into science fiction.
…If to all this we add an Gerard Butler untimely brash and annoyingly ironic, a Morgan Freeman clinging to a role seen and seen again, and still an anonymous Aaron Eckhart who can't make himself loved even for half a second, here the cup is full.
A director who therefore chooses a too delicate and inappropriate topic as a pretext to shoot yet another commercial action-movie for entertainment. More brazen than this is impossible!
Federico "Dragonstar" Passarella.
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Summary by Bot
Attacco al Potere 2 delivers visually thrilling action scenes but relies heavily on clichéd American tropes about terrorism. The film exaggerates its threat message to an almost absurd level, making it feel more like a tragicomic spectacle. Performances by Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, and Aaron Eckhart fail to engage, leaving this commercial action movie lacking depth and credibility. The director treats a serious topic in an overly simplistic and exploitative manner.
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).01 Reviews
