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Aug 6, 2023 · Secret Service agent Mike Banning, portrayed by Butler, battles against time and terrorists to safeguard U.S. President Benjamin Asher, played by Eckhart. Amidst a symphony of chaos and suspense, “London Has Fallen” delivers an electrifying cinematic experience that propels the series forward.
Has Fallen is an American action thriller film series starring Gerard Butler as United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning. The series includes the films Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and Angel Has Fallen (2019).
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Aug 23, 2019 · Angel Has Fallen: Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. With Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston, Rocci Boy Williams. Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
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Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning (born September 16, 1970) is a former U.S Army Ranger who worked as a protective agent for the Secret Service and served as head of the Presidential Protection Division. He is the main protagonist of the Has Fallen franchise.
He served in the protection detail of President Benjamin Asher until the tragic death of his wife in 2011, which Mike witnessed, saving the President Asher's in the process.
Mike later transferred away from the Presidential Detail to the United States Treasury Department, but when the White House (code name 'Olympus') came under attack and President Asher was held hostage in 2013 by a North Korean terrorist group called the Koreans for United Freedom, Mike managed to get inside the building undetected and helped greatly in the rescue mission. After his successful rescue of President Asher and the prevention of a nationwide nuclear disaster, Mike was reinstated to the Presidential Detail.
In 2016, Mike escorted President Asher to London for the funeral of British Prime Minister James Wilson. However, the Barkawi Arms Network: an Islamic militant organization led by Pakistani arms dealer and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi assassinated five world leaders and tried to kill President Asher live via internet. However, Mike thwarted the live execution and rescued President Asher.
In 2019, Mike served Vice President turned President Allan Trumbull after Asher's presidency ended. After being framed by rogue private military company Salient Global for an assassination plot against President Trumbull, Mike worked to clear his name and was exonerated before being promoted to Director of the Secret Service.
Due to his heroic efforts of saving America and the President from certain death situations by deadly terrorists, Mike is considered to be one of America's greatest heroes.
Early Life and Military Career
Micheal Jameson Banning was born on September 16th, 1970, in Fort Hood, Texas, to Clay Banning, a decorated Army Ranger serving as a tunnel rat in the Vietnam War, and his wife Mary Banning (née DeWitt). After the war, his father abandoned him and his mother when he was young and went off the grid. His mother died years afterwards. Mike later joined the Army, where he became a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite special operations force. While in the Army, he met Wade Jennings and the duo formed a friendship and served in the 3rd Ranger Battalion together. According to Jennings, Mike brought a car for their army cook Moe.
Secret Service Career and Family Life
After his military service, Banning became a Secret Service agent in 2009, eventually serving as the leader of the Protection Detail for President Benjamin Asher. He married Leah, a nurse working at an unspecified hospital in Washington, D.C. Banning has a mother-in-law named Doris, who would become a grandmother to his daughter, Lynne, born at the end of the incident in London.
After Olympus Has Fallen
After his reinstatement to the Presidential Detail, Banning likely recruited many agents, including Bronson and Voight, into the detail to replace the ones killed during the White House Siege. During the three years that passed, Leah became pregnant with his first child. He began to question his life now that he is expecting father and had been contemplating whether to resign from the protection detail.
Characters met
•Benjamin Asher •Connor Asher •Margaret Asher •Kamran Barkawi •Clay Banning •Leah Banning •Lynne Banning •Doris •Dave Forbes •Lynne Jacobs •Wade Jennings •Allan Trumbull •Kang Yeonsak
Injuries
•2013 •Slashed in the forehead during a fall. •Slashed in the left forearm with a knife by Kang Yeonsak. •2016 •Slashed in the right side of abdomen with a machete by Kamran Barkawi. •2019 •Shot in the left shoulder with a sniper rifle by Salient Global commando #28.
Appearances
•Olympus Has Fallen (First appearance) •••File:Night Has Fallen logo.png
Trivia
•Banning has been compared by some film critics as being rather similar to the protagonist Jack Bauer on the TV show 24. Ironically, Banning kills the same number of terrorists in Olympus Has Fallen.
Mar 4, 2016 · London Has Fallen: Directed by Babak Najafi. With Alon Aboutboul, Waleed Zuaiter, Adel Bencherif, Mehdi Dehbi. In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
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Mar 22, 2013 · With Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott. Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
