Lancaster claims his motive was to prove that the current military budget left the country vulnerable to terrorism and attempts to convince Marshall to join his cause, but she kills him. Marshall helps British authorities restore London's security system and confronts MI5 Intelligence Chief John Lancaster, learning that he was Barkawi's mole, having left his security fingerprints in the system. Banning and Asher escape just before the building is destroyed by the Delta Force/SAS squad using an explosive that Mike had planted earlier, killing Kamran and the remaining terrorists. Kamran escapes when his hacker Sultan Mansoor drops a grenade with his dying breath, forcing Banning to protect Asher from the blast. Banning joins the extraction team to infiltrate the building, arriving seconds before Kamran can decapitate Asher on camera. Trumbull's staff identify a building owned by one of Barkawi's front companies, drawing massive power despite being unoccupied, and realize it is Kamran's headquarters. Banning is rescued by the combined Delta/ SAS extraction team, who suspect a mole in the British government. He fights and kills all of them and drives away with Asher, but their car is struck before they can reach the US Embassy, and Asher is taken. Security monitors display an approaching Delta Force team, but Banning realizes they have arrived too soon and are actually Barkawi’s mercenaries. Marshall receives a voice message from Trumbull that they saw Banning's sign and an extraction team is en route. Trumbull orders his staff to locate Barkawi's known operatives and find any connection to the attack, while British authorities stand down all first responders so any left in the open can be identified as terrorists.Īfter leaving a sign to be picked up by satellite, Banning leads Asher to an MI6 safe-house, where agent Jacquelin 'Jax' Marshall briefs them. Seeking revenge for the drone strike that killed his daughter, and having poisoned Wilson to lure the G7 to London, Barkawi promises to broadcast Asher's execution online if Kamran captures him. He receives a call from Barkawi, still alive and operating in Sanaa. In Washington, D.C., American Vice President Allan Trumbull investigates the incident with British authorities while trying to track down the President. Banning escorts Asher into the London Underground as the city's power is lost and residents shelter indoors. Fatally injured, Jacobs makes Banning promise to stay alive for his unborn child, and to punish those responsible for the attack. The terrorists destroy the helicopter's escorts with Stinger missiles, forcing the damaged helicopter to crash-land in Hyde Park.

Paul's attack, and Banning returns him and Jacobs to Marine One.

The entourage arrives via Air Force One at Stansted Airport, and Banning arranges an earlier arrival at Somerset House in London via Marine One.Īs Asher's Presidential State Car arrives at St Paul's Cathedral, a large army of mercenaries led by Barkawi's son Kamran launch coordinated attacks on the city disguised as Metropolitan Police, the Queen's Guardsmen, and other first responders, killing five world leaders, damaging major landmarks and generating mass panic. Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs assigns agent Mike Banning to lead American President Benjamin Asher's overseas security detail, even though Banning's wife Leah is due to give birth in a few weeks. Two years later, British Prime Minister James Wilson suddenly dies, and the G7 prepare to attend his funeral in London. G8 intelligence services locate arms trafficker and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi at his compound, and authorize a US Air Force drone strike during his daughter's wedding, killing Barkawi's family and seemingly Barkawi himself.

The film was released by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label on March 4, 2016, and grossed $205 million worldwide.Ī third film, titled Angel Has Fallen, was released on August 23, 2019. A Christmas break started in November with filming resuming in February 2015. The film follows a plot to assassinate the world leaders of the G7 as they attend the British Prime Minister's funeral in London and Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to protect US President Benjamin Asher from being killed by Islamic terrorists.įilming began in London on October 24, 2014. It is the second installment in the Has Fallen film series, the sequel to Antoine Fuqua's 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen and stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman, with Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O'Bryan, Waleed Zuaiter and Charlotte Riley in supporting roles. London Has Fallen is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St.

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