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Olympus Has Fallen Reviews

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Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

May 6, 2013

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.

Full Review Source: 3AW | Original Score: 3.5/5

May 4, 2013
Christopher Lloyd
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

In reinventing an old tale in a smart and engaging way, it's a thoroughly entertaining and often riveting way to spend two hours.

Full Review Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Original Score: 4.5/5

May 2, 2013

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.

Full Review Source: Rip It Up | Original Score: 3/5

April 26, 2013
Blake Howard
2UE That Movie Show

Olympus Has Fallen is the stupid, dark fantasy of backward white trash America that needs another domestic threat to trigger war.

Full Review Source: 2UE That Movie Show | Original Score: 1/5

April 26, 2013
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Original Score: C+

April 25, 2013
Marc Fennell
Triple J

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.

Full Review Source: Triple J | Original Score: .5/5

April 22, 2013
Ed Whitfield
The Ooh Tray

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?

Full Review Source: The Ooh Tray

April 21, 2013
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The movie is preposterous, paranoid, solemn and - though not I think intentionally - something of a laughing matter.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

April 21, 2013
Tom Glasson
Concrete Playground

What the studio's calling 'an action movie' - the Secret Service will call 'a comedy'.

Full Review Source: Concrete Playground | Original Score: 2.5/5

April 21, 2013
Jason Best
Movie Talk

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.

Full Review Source: Movie Talk

April 20, 2013
CJ Johnson
ABC Radio (Australia)

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.

Full Review Source: ABC Radio (Australia) | Original Score: 1/5

April 20, 2013
Graham Young
Birmingham Mail

Whether Hollywood is right to keep prodding North Korea simply because it's not a valuable trading partner, only time will tell.

Full Review Source: Birmingham Mail | Original Score: 3/5

April 19, 2013
Tara Brady
Irish Times

Antoine Fuqua is a dependable action director whose talents will never be maximised while the 1980s continue to be over.

Full Review Source: Irish Times | Original Score: 2/5

April 19, 2013
Rich Cline
Contactmusic.com

As this massive blockbuster thriller progresses, it's impossible not to become amused by how ridiculous its script becomes.

Full Review Source: Contactmusic.com | Original Score: 3/5

April 19, 2013
David Sexton
This is London

Reactionary fantasy, then - but what else are action films for?

Full Review Source: This is London | Original Score: 3/5

April 19, 2013
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Some will find it ridiculously entertaining. I found it entertainingly ridiculous. Either way, it's a guilty pleasure.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | Original Score: 3/5

April 18, 2013
Henry Fitzherbert
Daily Express

Olympus Has Fallen may be pure Hollywood hokum but it remains tense, exciting and credible enough right through to the suspenseful climax, even if the dialogue is laughable at times.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | Original Score: 4/5

April 18, 2013
Chris Buckle
The Skinny

A movie that looks like a Die Hard film, feels (sporadically) like a Die Hard film, but lacks the wit and coiled adrenaline that made that series' debut a classic.

Full Review Source: The Skinny | Original Score: 2/5

April 18, 2013
Dominic Corry
Flicks.co.nz

Has more bloody on-screen deaths than any action film in recent memory.

Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz | Original Score: 3/5

April 18, 2013
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