The premise of Olympus Has Fallen, the new action thriller, is simple: terrorists take over the White House. Think of it as the Red Dawn (old school) plot but in DC.
Our movie starts with secret service Mike Banning (Gerrard Butler from 300) and President Asher (Aaron Eckhart from Batman). Close friends until a tragedy with the first wife (Ashley Judd) in a car accident. Fast forward 18 months later, Mike finds himself behind the desk job wishing he was back as the President’s detail service until one day, he gets to prove himself.
The real story starts when the South Korean Prime Minister visits the President at the White House, only to have his security guards execute the plan to take over. The North Korean Terrorist Kang (Rick Yune from Fast and Furious) comes in with guns blazing and takes down “Olympus”. Capturing and taking the President and his cabinet member’s hostage. This leaves the Speaker of the House (Morgan Freeman) as acting President. Banning puts everything on the line to save his friend, and America.
This movie should have been named Rambo or Die Hard 6: The White House. The violence and attitude Banning had a likeness to “John McClane”. The directors really did their homework. The oval office and White House replica was very convincing.
The movie had me pondering the plausible “what if” scenario. Did this movie write the book of how to take down the white house? Maybe. However you feel, this movie certainly left the viewers cheering and applauding. There was a sense of patriotism when people walked out. If you love a good old action flicks, then go see Olympus has Fallen.
Olympus has Fallen Trailer
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