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He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege (2014)

thereviewers
Jan 30, 2015
2 min read

He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege is the sequel of the 2014 film: He Who Dares. As notorious criminal, Alexander Holt (Simon Phillips) attacks 10 Downing Street and holds the Prime Minister hostage for 104.6 million pounds, lone SAS trooper Chris Lowe (Tom Knight) must overcome overwhelming odds to take down Holt and his crew.

Overall Review Score

1.5 out of 10

Review

He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege follows directly on from the events portrayed in He Who Dares and sees Chris Lowe (Tom Knight) having to report to No. 10 to be dishonourably discharged from the military, before the doors come off and terrorists take the Prime Minister hostage. Director Paul Tanter and the cast deliver a film that is incoherent, inconsistent and lacks the witty one-liners from the original film. However, if you ignore that Downing Street Siege is meant to be an action thriller - which it dramatically fails at - and see it as a comedy created by someone who clearly has never seen, directed or starred in an action movie then the film starts to make sense and becomes enjoyable. Overall, while Simon Phillips continues to play a reasonable psychotic terrorist, if Downing Street Siege was a real life event the SAS would probably not be able to take it back as they would be in uncontrollable fits of laughter at the terrorist lacklustre attempts to convince COBRA they are serious about hurting the Prime Minister.

Reviewer 1's score & comments:

Score: 1 out of 10

Comments:

Director Paul Tanter returns to film the sequel of 'He Who Dares', with the challenge of portraying a siege on Downing Street, Tanter only delivers an incoherent script, woeful choreography, abysmal acting and a complete lack of authenticity. Returning actors Tom Knight and Simon Phillips pull out unoriginal performances and had me questioning, yet again, what cereal box tactics they were using.

Reviewer 2's score & comments:

Score: 2 out of 10

Comments:

He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege could have easily become the British, independent, version of 'White House Down' or 'Olympus Has Fallen' but sadly, like He Who Dares; it fails to hit the mark. Again, Director Paul Tanter had a conceptually great film but failed to make it materialise on the 'big screen'. He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege is not the worst film I have ever seen and is a marginal improvement on He Who Dares, in comedic value. However, it would have been so much better if 'Mohawk Man' returned and had to fight off the terrorists with a vast array of hair care products, as it could have then been marketed as the comedy that it is.