2013 | R | 1h 59m | Action, Thriller
When it comes to film and TV franchises, action thrillers tend to be among the most popular. There are many examples of successful action thriller series: Mission: Impossible, James Bond, John Wick, and, of course, one of my favorites, The Equalizer films starring Denzel Washington.
One of the things that I like about action thrillers is that they can provide “what if” scenarios of real-life situations and, if done right, link to socio-cultural and/or geopolitical events reflective of a timeline the particular films are being produced in.
It’s no surprise that one of my favorite contemporary directors, Antoine Fuqua, not only directed The Equalizer series, but also the Has Fallen films, another popular ongoing franchise. The Has Fallen series began in 2013 with “Olympus Has Fallen,” which blew away another White-House-under-attack movie that debuted that same year, “White House Down.”…