10 Incredible Action Scenes In Terrible Movies

While Olympus Has Fallen, the first entry into Gerard Butler's dad-thriller series, was a solid slice of B-movie fun, sequel London Has Fallen touted a much meaner and more misanthropic streak, as ultimately descended into outright xenophobia.

But amid its ugly "America, f**k yeah!" vibe, there is one set-piece that cannot be discounted - the superbly slick single-take shootout in which Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) battles his way through the streets to save a kidnapped U.S. President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart).

Alongside a Delta/SAS extraction team, Banning gingerly pushes forward through the streets, mowing down dozens of anonymous goons in a single, seamless take.

Even though the digital joins between the takes are incredibly obvious, it's clear that a ton of effort went into staging the sequence to be as immersive as possible, and it positively shames the resoundingly pedestrian action throughout the rest of the film.

For around five pulse-racing minutes, it almost convinced us that London Has Fallen might be - gasp - a good movie.