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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

R03/20/2013Action, Thriller2h
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When our flag falls our nation will rise.

Overview

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gerard Butler

    Mike Banning

  2. Cast 1

    Aaron Eckhart

    President Benjamin Asher

  3. Cast 1

    Finley Jacobsen

    Connor

  4. Cast 1

    Dylan McDermott

    Forbes

  5. Cast 1

    Rick Yune

    Kang

  6. Cast 1

    Morgan Freeman

    Alan Trumbull

  7. Cast 1

    Cole Hauser

    Roma

  8. Cast 1

    Radha Mitchell

    Leah

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    Angela Bassett

    Lynne Jacobs

Olympus Has Fallen is, for all practical purposes, a modern remake of Die Hard that replaces Bruce Willis with Gerard Butler and Nakatomi Tower with the White House. Butler puts in a respectable performance as Mike Banning. Director Antoine Fuqua did as well as could be done with the story, and some gripping action makes it almost watchable. But the downfall of the film was its lazy writing. Almost no part of Olympus Has Fallen is remotely believable. A single airplane penetrates into protected airspace around Washington D.C. and riddles the White House with bullets. It takes 15 minutes for...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$70,000,000.00

Revenue $170,270,201.00

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