The main difference between 2013's similarly themed Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down is that one made enough box office returns to warrant a sequel. Thus, we get the $105 MILLION London Has Fallen, upping the stakes overseas. 

With Aaron Eckhart returning as the president of the Unite States, Gerard Butler as the blood-hungry bodyguard, and Morgan Freeman with enough screentime to put his name on the poster as a selling point, we get treated to a nice dose of "sequelitis". Once again the president has been kidnapped, this time in London and Butler's character must go save him before he gets executed on live television. 

THE GOOD: 

With the first one being a sleeper-hit, they obviously wanted to bank on a sequel that raised the stakes from the first. Having the setting take place in London, where all of the world's leaders are gathering for the funeral of a mysteriously deceased Prime Minister, can be intriguing. When all chaos breaks loose and the "enemies" are firing at you in the same outfits your allies are in, it really adds to the tension of the initial attack. 

Once again, Butler's character of Mike Banning is out for blood. And in all honesty, the dude is a straight up psychopath. Sure, he's fighting for his country, but the man takes pleasure in seeing his enemies in pain taking his time twisting that knife inside their already impaled bodies -- Joker line anyone? But, just like in every dumb cheesy action B-movie, you get scenes after scenes of crazy chases and macho one-liners that are sure to make you go:

There's even an attempted long-take halfway through the movie -- which I'm a sucker for -- that embarrassingly tries to hide all of the cuts by pumping smoke onto the camera lens. It's not the worst one I've seen and would consider it the best action piece of the film, but it's like watching a kid wobbly try to ride his bike for the first time. It's a cute attempt. 

THE BAD:

The movie is dumb. 

We're talking in the sense that BAY hasn't even sunk this low. Amidst of all of its patriotism -- which we'll get to in a bit --, we get some of the worst CGI that we'll probably get all year. It looks as if the VFX artist dipped at the last minute and the assistant director finished the effects using a free app on their iPad. They're so atrocious, it's possible the same generator will be used as an "explosion filter" on Snapchat next month. 

Besides how cartoony the visuals are, the set up is even more ridiculous. Sure, it's aiming to be a dumb B-movie, but every line that's delivered in this rated-R catastrophe is done with the same overdramatic delivery that PG-13 movies do with the one F-bomb they're given. Even with the exception of one surprise death, you know nothing is going to happen to the leads. I mean, in an Unbroken like fashion, Eckhart gets punched repeatedly and looks even better after every hit.

When they're roaming the streets, they're magically empty. When a building explodes and they're in it, they pull a Batman Forever and become fire retardant. When a bad guy sees their comrade get shot in the head when they enter a room, they still follow right after them to their own death. It's beyond idiotic. 

And while I'd rather just judge a movie on its own and not bring up politics, it's kind of hard with this one. I mean, the film starts off with an American drone bombing Barkawi's (the bad guy) daughter's wedding, killing almost everyone except him -- epic fail. But the movie just avoids that America killed many innocent civilians and are actually surprised that Barkawi then sets out to get revenge. Not only is it the complete opposite of the upcoming Eye in the Sky, where they refuse to kill the man they're after because they might hurt one innocent child, but it's a film that seems to thrive on a political agenda of fear. 

From the delay of October 2015 to right smack dab in the middle of the Republican debates --which Butler claims would be when the movie strikes a chord with audiences the most --, it's kind of hard to ignore the message they're trying to push. It may be dumb entertainment, but it's just as much a propaganda piece. 

A sloppy put together set up where a Scottish guy can repeatedly exclaim, "MURICA!"

By the end credits, I would give London Has Fallen one of the lowest STREAM IT's I can give a film. It's dumb entertainment, but ignorant as well. 

But hey, 'Murica, right?