Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Directed by

Antoine Fuqua

Genre

action film, thriller film, political thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7,113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Terrorists seize the White House and take the president hostage. A disgraced Secret Service agent works alone to rescue him and stop the attack.

tensefast-pacedpatrioticgrimaction-packedurgentsuspensefulharrowing

What happens

Olympus Has Fallen is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, and is the first installment in the Has Fallen film series. The film stars Gerard Butler (who also co-produced), Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman with Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, and Rick Yune in supporting roles. The plot depicts a North Korean–led guerrilla assault on the White House, and focuses on disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to rescue U.S. President Benjamin Asher. The film was released in the United States on March 22, 2013, by FilmDistrict, and grossed $170 million against a $70 million production budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Fuqua's direction, action sequences and Butler's performance, but criticized the overt violence and the screenplay. Olympus Has Fallen was one of two 2013 films that depicted a terrorist attack against the White House; the other was White House Down, which was released three months later. A sequel, titled London Has Fallen, was released on March 4, 2016, with the principal cast members reprising their roles. A third film, Angel Has Fallen, was released on August 23, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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