10 Dreariest Film Sequels Released In 2016 (So Far)

Olympus Has Fallen was a glorified 80s action movie (think Die Hard relocated to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), so it’s apt that this sequel follows suit and gives us a movie that would’ve been perfect for Arnold Schwarzenegger circa 1985. Unfortunately, Gerard Butler is no Arnie and London Has Fallen is no Commando, though there are hints that it would like to have been.

Just like during Arnie’s B movie period, this is real Boys Own stuff, all guns and macho posturing, and if even Oscar winner Morgan Freeman barely gets a word in, you can probably imagine how little time the movie gives its female characters. In order to succeed, or at least be memorable, this kind of material requires a muscleman who takes on opponents with his fists, throws them off cliffs and says, “I let him go.”

Instead, we get some humdrum chase sequences, some digital explosions and a bit where the President has to kill a man to save Butler’s life. Yawn. If you’re going to do a third one, cast Sigourney Weaver as the President, Margot Robbie as her bodyguard and have them fight aliens that’ve taken over the bodies of a female volleyball team.