Olympus Has Fallen

After seeing this movie, I had to purchase it and I've watched it many times. I have to view this movie in two lights: First, take it for what it is and just enjoy the action and watch it play out like you know it will. Gerard Butler, as always, gives a superb performance. Aaron Eckhart, I could have done without as president because of the demeanor and lines with which he was given to deliver. His language and expressions are not those of what we would like a president to be. Just as a side, I have to say a person's language, expressions, and actions are so indicative of their self-control, or lack of it. In this script, the president nor the over inflated general didn't have it whereas Morgan Freeman's and Gerard Butler's character did. Self control allows us to think/reason clearly, hopefully making good decisions. I will always watch a movie with Denzel Washington (even Training Day) and Morgan Freeman. You can't beat them (or Angela Bassett) for giving us entertainment we repeatedly watch. Another thought that kept running through my mind is I just can't believe, as a country, we're not smart enough to have offensive weaponry placed and used that doesn't waste so many lives. For the movie, it was part of the action but in reality, and I know there has to be those on the front line, but surely we can do better than to let an enemy pick off so many, especially in an environment (the White House) that is prone to enemy attach. Anyway, I hope you watch 'Olympus Has Fallen'. It's a great one to see. I'm always torn between this one and 'White House Down'. I've watched both many times.

Because London Has Fallen (the sequel) is coming out on March 4th, I re-watched the DVD of Olympus Has Fallen. My opinion that it was a Five-Star film of pure entertainment held true. I saw this movie and White House is Down at the theater when both films came out in 2013. Everyone has their favorite of the two films. Mine, of course, is Olympus Has Fallen, and I'll tell you why. The first reason is Ashley Judd, who has a very short role in the beginning as the President's wife. She is so talented and beautiful in those first ten minutes that you literally fall in love with her yourself and understand why everything else follows. When she plays a short, supporting role, Ashley conveys a certain magic on screen that is utterly captivating The second treason is Gerard Butler who somehow manages to steal every movie he's in. Butler is the perfect "every man". He's able to project humor, drama, and action without any effort. He's also the type of actor that most men would like to have as a friend, while the ladies find themselves attracted to him for other reasons. He certainly sold me on being a Secret Service agent, who just happened to be ex-Special Forces. The fight scenes are showcased with great aplomb and display Butler's hand-to-hand combat skills to the fullest extent. I almost expected Butler to say, "Yippy ki ya" to the main villain, who's played by Rick Yune The third reason is the rest of the main cast with Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassatt, Morgan Freeman, Rick Yune, Raha Mitchell, and Robert Forster. They all bring their characters to the forefront of each scene, creating a realness to their roles and helping to move the film along. The fourth reason is Antoine Fuqua, who directed the film. I haven't seen a movie of his that I haven't enjoyed like Training Day and Tears of the Sun to name a few. He makes the impossible happen, and you're immediately swept up into the urgency of the situation with a roller-coaster type ride until the final scene is viewed in all of its majestic glory. This is not only a film worth seeing, but you will want to own it as well. Now, if only London Has Fallen is half as good as this one, I'll be a happy camper.

Favorite movie to re watch

Lots of brutal action. Good acting. I don't want to write a spoiler so I'll just say it kept me glued and I am picky. You won't see a hot chick beating up a big man in this movie.

Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen is probably the wildest ride you'll take since the last time you rode Space Mountain, the Cyclone or even Kingda Ka*. Watching this action adventure is the equivalent of a turn on one of the world's scariest roller coasters with a release of adrenaline and dopamine that makes us feel frightened, shocked, giddy and intensely alive. Whenever I get off a rollercoaster, I want to get right back on. I felt the same way after I saw this movie. We've all heard the term "edge-of-your-seat" thriller. If you've never actually been on the edge of your seat while watching a movie and thought that was just so much hyperbole, that is exactly the place from which you will watch most of this movie.If you've seen a trailer or clip, you know that the relative calm with which the movie opens, a picture of a happy family that just happens to include the President of the United States (Aaron Eckhart), won't last. It's like the clickety-clacking of that rollercoaster slowly making its way up to the first peak and then BAM! We get a brief respite while we and the characters on screen recover. When the action starts again, it really starts and seldom lets up for the next hour and a half. Director Antoine Fuqua's pacing and the talented cast keep us from looking too closely for the zippers up the backs of the monsters. The plot moves so fast and the actors sell it so well, that we don't have time to look for holes. (And I'm not saying I didn't see any, but when you're biting your nails and dodging bullets you don't have a moment to think about whether or not "that would really happen".)If you think the sight of the Washington Monument moments after a plane hits it looks familiar, it's supposed to. It evokes one of the defining moments of our country's recent history for a reason. It's designed to deliberately stir our patriotism precisely so that when the shooting stops, you understand the journey that the people who inhabit the United States on screen under President Asher (Aaron Eckhart, looking extremely Presidential I may add), have just taken. It neatly sidesteps jingoism by giving the bad guy (Rick Yune as Kang) a cause, but does not delve too deeply into his back story except to let us know that however just that cause may or may not be and how cool, calculated and brilliant he may appear, he took the train to Crazy Town long ago. It avoids predictability by resolving one subplot in particular quickly, without dragging it out into cliché and also by not treating the hostages as "damsels-in-distress" waiting to be saved, but as tough patriots determined to go down swinging if that is their fate. Again, I have to stress the brilliant casting.Without an actress of Oscar winner Melissa Leo's caliber, we might not buy a female Secretary of Defense or what she undergoes in that bunker. The same could be said of Angela Bassett's Director of the Secret Service. Her part was originally written for a man, since there had never been a female director. She is completely plausible and despite the fact that we never learn a single thing about her background, with Bassett's performance we can understand how tough Lynn Jacobs would have to be, to even be considered for the job. Gerard Butler is more than credible as both Agent Mike Banning, the head of the President's protection detail, mentor and guardian of the President's son, as well as Agent-in-Exile Mike Banning, with visible, barely contained anxiety stemming from his role in the death of the First Lady and the desire to get back "in". Butler does "damaged hero" very well and this movie lets him play to those strengths. We absolutely buy him as an ex-special forces commando able to thin the enemy's numbers single-handedly. We especially buy his banter. The many one-liners he gets off are hilarious and speak volumes about the man and how he handles himself under pressure. Credit the writers, Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, as well as Butler himself, from whom many of those lines originated. Do I even have to tell you that Morgan Freeman was completely believable as the Speaker of the House who becomes the Acting President? We've seen him in charge before and we always believe him. In fact, there are factions in this country who think he's so good at acting like the president that they think he should run for the real job. (Mr. Freeman, I've read, takes that as a compliment to his abilities, but has no plans to run.) Freeman's very casting is almost a spoiler. How could everything not turn out okay on his watch? I don't want to spoil anything, for instance there are more than a few of those one liners of Banning's that I'd love to quote, but I will refrain. (In some ways I think there have been too many clips of the film released. I will say this, it's all about context.) I can tell you that the fight scenes you may have seen, as well as the battles and carnage, are but the tip of the iceberg. I am serious when I tell you this movie doesn't let up until the last two minutes of screen time. I can also tell you that the audience I saw the movie with (all 3x so far) laughed, whooped and gasped at appropriate times and then erupted into cheers and applause when the bad guy finally bought it. There will be people for whom this movie will be too much. Too much noise, too much blood, too much suspended disbelief, just too much. (For me there was a little too much kettle drum in the score.) This is a hard-R action movie. Lots of s*** gets blowed up and the F-word is carpet bombed. It won't please everyone, nor should it. Those that like this sort of thing will love it. My first response to a friend after I saw the movie? "However good you THINK Olympus Has Fallen will be-multiply that by 10". The only nit I'll pick was that I think there was probably originally more to Mike Banning's relationship with his wife that didn't make the final cut. Radha Mitchell is very good in her limited screen time and both she and Butler do convey a sense of the state of their relationship with very little, but I do believe we were denied a love scene. Just puttin' that out there.

What to say. You couldn't ask for a better action movie with a great cast. Sure the whole plot was a bit absurd, I have more faith in our military and the response teams to protect the president and the white house than was shown in the opening siege. I know for a fact that a bogey c130 would never had made it into dc causing the damage it did before being taking down, regardless if it had USAF markings on it. They would not have asked the plane to turn around, it would have been shot down immediately. .... You can't make this movie out to be some political statement or look for deep thought about the characters or society. It was non stop action thriller in a hypothetical situation, one that would never happen but fun to watch. Now bein said, the acting president would never had ordered the 7th fleet to withdrawal to save the lives of the president and his cabinet, nor would he have withdrawn the troops from the dmz. If such a Cerberus device exist those people would have died before giving up a secret code. True they are only human and humans are fallible, but I like to think that as a proud American each one would have died before givin up the first two codes, and the president would have let them die to save the country and the world. So yeah this movie takes some giant leaps into the insane and absurd, but not everyone in our government is a snowden traitor; and its still enjoyable. What I did believe is the strength and character Butler's character portrayed, our boys are trained well and can kick ass all over the world. The fight scenes were epic. Yes it was bloody but it couldn't be any other way in this scenario. Will I watch this movie again, hoora, yes I will with the surround sound up louder. Would loved to have seen in the credits America's response with full scale invasion of North Korea, or more so nuclear devastation of its insane ass leaders. Im sure all the terrorist and mullahs out there loved the first half of the movie,its like their wet dream, but GOD BLESS AMERICA cause Gerard saves the day. overall. great "ACTION" movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, and Aaron Eckhart star in this edge-of-your-seat thriller. As the movie begins, the President (Eckhart) is spending time at Camp David during the Christmas holidays preparing for a fund-raiser. Among the others there is secret service agent Mike Banning (Butler). While the group is en route, a terrible accident occurs which claims the life of the first lady (Ashley Judd). Mike manages to save the President, however. Despite his split-second decision to save the President, Banning is released from his duties. Fast forward 18 months. Mike is now working in the Treasury department. A mysterious C-130 gunship is spotted flying over Washington D.C. Soon, it starts shooting up everyone and everything in sight. Fighters are scrambled and the White House's missile system is activated, but to no avail. Eventually the plane is brought down but not before dozens of North Korean terrorists have stormed the White House, kidnapped the President and vital members of his cabinet, and locked themselves in the Presidential bunker 120 feet below the surface. Witnessing these activities from the Treasury department, Mike makes his way over to the White House. Finding most of the secret service agents on duty dead, Mike make his way inside, determined to do whatever he can to stop the terrorists. In the meantime, the Speaker of the House (Freeman) has taken control of the government. Now begins a cat-and-mouse game between the Speaker, Banning, and the terrorist leader (Rick Yune). Who will win? This is an excellent movie. The plot is exciting and the acting, especially by Butler and Freeman is first-rate. There's lots of exciting action, and the special effects are really good. If you like fast-paced action thrillers, then be sure to watch "Olympus Has Fallen". Highly recommended.

The reason this is such a terrific action movie and a lot of fun to watch is GERARD BUTLER. He has this incredible ability to totally dissolve himself into whatever character he plays on screen. Here, he is a one-man army and it is so much fun watching him take down his opponents one-by-one with such lethal force. He is terrifyingly competent as Mike Banning. HE doesn't just make threats -- he follows through on them. I LOVED the "interrogation" sequence between him and his two captured terrorists -- laughing with them right up to the point where he kills them. (NOTE TO SELF: BE SURE TO SPEAK ENGLISH AROUND MIKE BANNING!!! SAVE YOURSELF SOME PAIN -- LOL)! My favorite scenes, however, were his fatherly interactions with the President's young son -- especially where he "coaches" him on how to climb up this chimney-like enclosure in the White House. It was very tender and endearing to watch him give the young lad his Secret Service badge before sending him on his way. I also love Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart, and if their performances seem lackluster here, I'm afraid it is the fault of the writers who gave them so little to work with. These two powerhouse actors were grossly underused in their roles here and given little opportunity to shine. They definitely deserved better. Rick Yune makes for a very good, believable opponent for Gerard Butler, but . . . lets be honest here -- you put those two in a room together to fight it out to the death and you KNOW Gerard Butler is going to be the last man standing. From beginning to end, this is one of the best action movies EVER -- IF . . you can suspend logic and reason. For instance, why give three people different cerberus codes, if the President can just order people to give up their codes. It kinda' defeats the purpose. Secondly, what kind of wimpy naval commander WOULD EVER give up his code to a terrorist. Thirdly, how is it possible that NO ONE figured out till "after the fact" that the incomplete entering of all three codes could be used to cause a nationwide nuclear holocaust in our own country??? It defies logic. Still . . . The whole movie is a winning non-stop thrill ride. Buy the movie and get on board the adrenaline train!

This review is for the DVD of "Olympus Has Fallen". It is a single-disc version. The video quality is very good, with an average bit-rate around 6500 Kbps. Main Feature: "Olympus Has Fallen" [1:54:35] Audio Languages: English [448 Kbps DD 5.1], Hindi [448 Kbps DD 5.1], Tamil [448 Kbps DD 5.1] & Telugu [448 Kbps DD 5.1] Subtitles: English Special Features: 6 Trailers [10:30] Disc Size: 7.22 GB Regions: Region Free

Excelent movie

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Listen... We can't deny that this movie is pure entertainment and a little bit of a piece of propaganda. But past that, it's also a very well crafted movie. The script is very well structured. If the writing is weak in terms of dialogues, it's very intense in terms of conflict and it presents high stakes that will leave you on the edge of your seat! Many people have pointed out the special effects, which are very average, but I guess the budget really went into having an all star cast! A movie like that needed great actors to be taked seriously and reach its highest potential, because without strong performances, this movie could've been very campy, which would've been a terrible fail due to the nature of the subject. I would recommend this movie if you want a brutal action film that is entertainment over psychology, because sometimes is good just to have gun fights and explosions in spectacular settings, but this one also benefits from a strong narrative structure and solid actors!

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