Angel Has Fallen - 全面攻佔3:天使救援

Angel Has Fallen (全面攻佔3:天使救援) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Gerard Butler. The supporting cast include Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston. This is the third installment of the "has fallen" series.



Mike Banning, played by Gerard Butler, is still protecting the President, but the current president is played by Morgan Freeman. The president wants to go fishing. The Secret Service protect him. But this time, the attack is successful and it lands the president in the hospital. But Banning is framed. On his way to prison, he escape and tries to figure out who is behind the attack. Instead of being a protect and serve like the previous two films, Banning is investigating and trying to get back to the President because he thinks there is a mole there. Can Banning make it back the president and solve the case?

I like this film and I liked the first two films. Banning is a very intriguing character and you want to believe that you would do the same thing if you were in his shoes. Which makes for a good watch. I've watched the other two films before this if it ever comes on TV while I am flipping around.

I got this film via Redbox T-Mobile Tuesday deal.

Warrior - 戰士

Warrior (戰士) is an 2011 film. The movie stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton. The supporting cast includes Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, and Frank Grillo.

Tom Hardy plays a ex-marine that's gone back home, named Tommy. Tommy's return home isn't warm or fuzzy. In fact, it's a shock to his formally abusive father, Paddy, played by Nick Nolte. Tommy joins a former boxing gym turned MMA gym around the corner to start working out. While there, Tommy knocks out one of the top 10 fighters in his weight class and it goes "viral". From that notoriety, he's asked to join a grand prix type tournament put on by the Tap Out folks. In another neighborhood, Paddy's other older son, Brendan is an school teacher trying to make ends meat. Brendan looks for a second job and ends up losing his primary job when he's beat up bad. Brendan was a former primetime MMA fighter that didn't have much success. Now, a bit older and in need of money, he travels the night circuits to make money. When he's about to lose his house to foreclosure, Brendan also joins the Grand Prix. It's only when the brackets are annouced that Brendan and Tommy see they're fighting each other.

Like many people in the 1990s, I rented and watch UFC 1 and UFC 2. They were such spectacles back then. Settling the age old questions of Karate vs. Sumo and so forth. However, when the grapplers took over, I quickly found it boring and stopped watching. However, face forward to the mid 2000s. Reality shows like the Ultimate Fighter and the IFL started to sprout up on cable. Eventually leading to EliteXC being on CBS. Since around 2007, I've be a regular follower. I follow MMA like I follow the NBA and NFL. I follow MMA more than MLB now. As I haven't had any martial arts training since elementary school, I am only a fan of MMA. But I am a very knowledgable fan. I pretty much can hang with any regular MMA fan for hours. The movie from the MMA front was pretty entertaining. It was actually pretty realistic and they had true life MMA fighters in some of the fights.

In all, the movie was very good. It's an story of two brothers that had a family tragedy, moved on in their lives, and are trying to reconcile their relationship in the aftermath of a reformed abusive alcoholic father. The MMA just adds to the uniqueness of the film and the glue to the overall storyline.