ILANG beses siyang nasaktan, ngunit hindi siya kailanman napabagsak. ‘Yan si Gerard Butler sa papel na Secret Service Agent Mike Banning sa global box office hits na “Olympus Has Fallen” (2013) at “London Has Fallen” (2016).
Ngayong 2019, ang tinatawag na “the President’s top guardian angel” ay haharap muli sa labanang susubok sa katatagan ng kanyang katawan at isipan sa pelikulang Angel Has Fallen.
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, ang Angel Has Fallen ay puno ng umaatikabong aksyon habang dinadala ang manonood sa “much deeper, darker journey”, ayon kay Butler.
Sinasabing dalawang script ang binasura bago napili ang kasalukuyang kwento na kumuha ng inspirasyon sa mga pelikulangThe Fugitive, The Bourne Identity, at Taken.
Kwento ni Butler sa isang panayam noong 2017, “I couldn’t even see a way to make a third (Fallen film), you know we’d joke about it ‘What, Tokyo? Hong Kong? What is it going to be!?’ Until this idea came along and until Ric came along – now I’ve gone from not knowing what to do with it, to thinking this is going to be the best one.”
Dagdag pa niya na gusto ni Direk Waugh na gumawa silang dalawa ng pelikula na maAalala ng tatlong henerasyon.
Hinikayat ni Butler na basahin ni Waugh ang script. May pag-aalinlangan man si Waugh noon, iba na ang kanyang paniniwala ngayon.
Nito lamang May 2019, nag-post si direk Waugh ng trailer ng Angel Has Fallen sa kanyang Twitter at sinabing, “For years@GerardButler and I have been wanting to collaborate. Damn glad it was this one. It was definitely worth the wait!”
Mapapanood ang Angel Has Fallen sa Philippine cinemas nationwide simula August 21, 2019. Mula sa Viva International Pictures at MVP Entertainment.
La Boka
by Leo Bukas
