Angel Has Fallen Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

1. The Hilariously Bad CGI

Anyone who's seen a movie in this franchise before will appreciate just how horrendous the visual effects typically are, despite the films being made on relatively hefty $60-70 million budgets.

Angel Has Fallen is no exception, for though the opening drone strike sequence actually looks relatively passable from a VFX standpoint, the excessive use of green screen throughout the film, even in seemingly benign dialogue scenes, is distracting to the point of comedy.

The visual nadir, however, occurs in the film's chaotic third act, where an exploding building appears to be rendered with all the computational prowess of a PS2 game.

Given that the film is pure schlock through and through, it's easier to tolerate than if it were an otherwise serious-minded movie, but even so, the CGI is embarrassingly bad at times.

But thankfully, there's quite a lot to like in the film, and so here's everything it gets right...