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National security actioner from the director of Training Day, starring Gerard Butler as Mike Banning - a disgraced Presidential guard...
National security actioner from the director of Training Day, starring Gerard Butler as Mike Banning - a disgraced Presidential guard who finds himself trapped in the White House when terrorists capture the building and kidnap the President (Aaron Eckhart). Also stars Ashley Judd as Mrs President and Morgan Freeman as second-in-command.
When the White House (Secret Service Code: 'Olympus') is seized by the shadowy group, Banning gets trapped within the building. As the authorities scramble to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President, and avert a nationwide disaster.
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50 %199 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
66 %149,087 reviewsAudience score rating
"There's an obvious drinking game in Olympus Has Fallen: take a swig every time a hoary action dialogue cliché is uttered by one of the characters - "I'm the best chance you've got!"; He's in the walls!"; "Those tunnels were sealed years ago!" and so on. You'll be soused by act II."
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Flicks
Flicks"A North Korean terrorist may be responsible for taking the president hostage, but it’s Bulgarian-made CGI that does the most damage in Antoine Fuqua’s intense, ugly, White-House-under-siege actioner Olympus Has Fallen."
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Variety
Variety"An orgy of bloody explosions that’d be tough to endure if it weren’t so inadvertently self-parodic."
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Total Film
Total Film"A deep supporting cast brings its A-game to the ridiculous dialogue."
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Time Out
Time Out"A typical slab of Hollywood action in which the White House crumbles under attack, the American flag is tattered and tossed aside by baddies, and clichés rise like gods."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Generates a fair amount of tension and produces the kind of nationalistic outrage that rock-ribbed Americans will feel in their guts."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A grippingly brutal first act and strong cast can't stop this turning into a Steven Seagal film well before the end."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"While Olympus Has Fallen breaks no major new ground in the political thriller genre, Fuqua has directed a sharp, very taut adventure that keeps you engrossed from start to finish."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times"The one and only consolation for audiences is that the end of the world would never, ever happen this way."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubOlympus Has Fallen | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, contains strong action violence
- Runtime
- 119
- Genre
- Action, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
