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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. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

The unthinkable happens when heavily armed and highly trained terrorists launch a bold daytime attack on the White House. The building is overrun, and President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his staff are taken hostage. Luckily for Asher, former presidential security officer Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is on the scene. With time running out, it's up to Banning to locate Asher's son before the extremists do and rescue the president before his captors unleash their ultimate plan.

Cast & Crew

Gerard Butler
Agent Mike Banning
Aaron Eckhart
President Benjamin Asher
Morgan Freeman
Speaker Trumbull
Angela Bassett
Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
Melissa Leo
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Ashley Judd
First Lady Margaret Asher
Rick Yune
Kang
Dylan McDermott
Agent Forbes
Radha Mitchell
Leah
Finley Jacobsen
Connor
Antoine Fuqua
Director
Creighton Rothenberger
Screenwriter
Katrin Benedikt
Screenwriter
Alan Siegel
Producer
Ed Cathell III
Producer
Danny Lerner
Producer
Avi Lerner
Executive Producer
Trevor Short
Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson
Executive Producer
John Thompson
Executive Producer
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Audience Reviews for Olympus Has Fallen

  • Jun 20, 2017
    Out of the wealth of "Die Hard in an (X)" movies that are on offer, "Die Hard in the White House" is an.... okay one. The story is old hat and the CGI is awful, but the sequence of the initial attack on the White House isn't just good, it's great.
    Gimly M Super Reviewer
  • Mar 30, 2016
    What a dumb, fun, entertaining movie this is. There really is no real story in this movie, other than an attack on the White House. Then it's just straight up "Die Hard" after that, and it's so beautiful to finally get to see a good "Die Hard" movie again. Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, who is basically just British John McClane. And then we have Aaron Eckhart as Benjamin Asher, the POTUS and Morgan Freeman as Allan Trumbull, the public speaker. They are very good too. This is just a very dumb action movie, and those are the kind of movies that I really love to watch.
    Lasse G Super Reviewer
  • Mar 21, 2016
    Worlds better than White House Down and Butler is a much mo believable hero than Channing Tatum. Taut and tense and well shot and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Very violent but a decent action film. 03-20-2016
    Christopher O Super Reviewer
  • Mar 20, 2016
    Typical actioner in that there is one man, our hero, up against a terrorist army ... and the terrorists, arrogant and cruel, don't know what we know, that they don't have a chance. Be prepared for the classic/obligatory scene wherein a hundred bad guys shoot at our hero and everyone of them misses, but every shot the hero fires back not only finds a target but does so spectacularly. Why do they make these? Because it's a fantasy that has not found bottom yet. People still buy the dream. Quite literally a dramatization of the old parental warning: "don't make me get up and teach you a lesson cause the learning's gonna hurt you." There's an interesting segment wherein a woman is tortured as badly as a man would be - glass ceiling break, baby.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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