Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 177
Fresh: 84 | Rotten: 93
It's far from original, but Olympus Has Fallen benefits from Antoine Fuqua's tense direction and a strong performance from Gerard Butler -- which might just be enough for action junkies.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 19
It's far from original, but Olympus Has Fallen benefits from Antoine Fuqua's tense direction and a strong performance from Gerard Butler -- which might just be enough for action junkies.
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Movie Info
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 our 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 crisis. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs an all-star cast featuring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart,
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Gerard Butler
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Morgan Freeman
Speaker Allan Trumbu... -
Angela Bassett
Secret Service Direc... -
Melissa Leo
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Ashley Judd
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Rick Yune
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Dylan McDermott
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Radha Mitchell
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Robert Forster
General Edward Clegg -
Cole Hauser
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Finley Jacobsen
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Phil Austin
Vice President Charl... -
James Ingersoll
Admiral Nathan Hoeni... -
Freddy Bosche
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Lance Broadway
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Sean O'Bryan
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Keong Sim
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Kevin Moon
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Malana Lea
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Mike Snyder
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Josiah D. Lee
Korean Pilot -
Edrick Browne
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Sean Boyd
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Hunter Burke
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Aonika Marie Laurent
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Jace Jeanes
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Sione Maumalanga
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Tory Kittles
Agent Jones -
Shane Land
Agent Davis -
Shanna Forrestall
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Ian Casselberry
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Dorothy Deavers
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Amber Dawn Landrum
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Bill Stinchcomb
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Michelle Celeste
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Met Salih
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Darrell L. Connerton
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Terry Dale Parks
Army Commander -
Michael Stallings
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Elliott Grey
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Scott Walker
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Catherine Shreves
Female Reporter
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All Critics (177) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (84) | Rotten (93)
The thrills and the effects are cheap, but this is in hard-driving, good-humoured command of its own silliness.
Top CriticThis ludicrous actioner strives to be as loud, violent, and patriotic as possible.
Fuqua doesn't deliver on what he has set up.
Olympus Has Fallen is a disgusting piece of work, but it certainly hits its marks - it makes you sick with suspense.
The carnage is cruel and crude.
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.
A vile propagandistic action flick that shamelessly indulges fears of terrorism while also failing on a basic narrative level.
Less Die Hard In The White House than a glorified Steven Segal flick.
Olympus Has Fallen has excellent action sequences, and Fuqua does a terrific job making Washington, D.C., look like a battleground. For indulgent viewers, this will be enough.
Olympus Has Fallen is a serious take on a silly premise that strains believability and ultimately can't help being just another forgettable action flick.
All that prevents this from being a four-star action blockbuster are some larded subplots and a superfluous degree of buzz-killing violence.
It's a seemingly foolproof premise that is, to a slight yet palpable degree, squandered by Fuqua...
Butler's presence makes perfect sense. He's an empty, mindless vessel. Just like his movie.
A fiery pile of turdy dialogue, turgid action, and xenophobic boosterism for the frequently 'God bless!'-ed US of A. This movie's so stupid, the only suspense it offers is if your brain can avoid falling into a coma before the screen finally goes to black
Provided you can handle such deliberate over-kill in the chaotic swirl that goes on here, Olympus Has Fallen offers a super-sized serving of grit-tinged fantasy action guaranteed to satisfy those who don't mind splatter over style.
In reinventing an old tale in a smart and engaging way, it's a thoroughly entertaining and often riveting way to spend two hours.
With guns blazing and spouting one-liners, Gerard Butler revels in being the tough guy and leads a decent cast, with all-American Aaron Eckhart a worthy addition to the hallowed list of movie presidents.
Olympus Has Fallen is the stupid, dark fantasy of backward white trash America that needs another domestic threat to trigger war.
Gruesome, cliché-ridden terrorist attack on the White House actioner has a lot of energy to go along with its relentless and well-choreographed carnage.
t's a terrible action film but a brilliant piece of North Korean propaganda. The American characters act so stupidly that you're pretty much rooting for Kim Jong-un. THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS.
There's a single line of dialogue that interrogates America's sanctions against some of the poorest people in the world. And who said this kind of thing couldn't be thought provoking?
The movie is preposterous, paranoid, solemn and - though not I think intentionally - something of a laughing matter.
What the studio's calling 'an action movie' - the Secret Service will call 'a comedy'.
As bystanders get mown down, the Washington monument topples and the Stars and Stripes is shredded, the onslaught delivers a real taboo-busting frisson... the sequence would pack an even bigger punch if the CGI special effects weren't quite so cheesy.
Having stayed up much of the night to watch the hunt for, and ultimate take down, of Suspect 2 in the Marathon Bombings, it was particularly distressing to watch this vile abomination of a movie whose "relevance" only adds to its dishonor.
Whether Hollywood is right to keep prodding North Korea simply because it's not a valuable trading partner, only time will tell.
Audience Reviews for Olympus Has Fallen
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- General Edward Clegg: I am ordering you to stand down!
- Speaker Allan Trumbull: News flash, asshole, I don't work for you.
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- Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs: Sparkplug received!
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- Mike Banning: 40 commandos breached the gate, 28 are left.
- Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs: How do we know we can trust the information?
- Mike Banning: I just asked nicely.
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- Mike Banning: You speak English? They teach you that where you come from? 'Cause you know what they teach me? Is how to extract information from people like you.
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- Mike Banning: Classified? Really? Well right now, I think I have the proverbial need to fuckin' know.
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- President Benjamin Asher: United States of America doesn't negotiate with terrorists.
- Kang: Who said anything about negotiating?
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Garbage | 38 days ago | 132 |
| What's wrong with this movie? | 5 days ago | 57 |
| Wow, this looks like shit | 5 months ago | 39 |
| Die hard in White House. | 5 days ago | 25 |
| If a critic says, "reactionary", I'm buying a ticket. | 6 months ago | 19 |
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Foreign Titles
- Olympus Has Fallen - Die Welt in Gefahr (DE)
- La Chute de la Maison Blanche (FR)
