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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.
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Olympus Has Fallen is made from action-movie mix. Just add sweat. Jan 3, 2014 | Full Review…
Olympus Has Fallen is made from action-movie mix. Just add sweat.
Wesley Morris
Reactionary fantasy, then - but what else are action films for? Apr 19, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Reactionary fantasy, then - but what else are action films for?
David Sexton
Butler hardly knocks it out of the park, but he steals the film. And what a film... Apr 18, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Butler hardly knocks it out of the park, but he steals the film. And what a film...
David Jenkins
A no-stereotypes-barred, red-scare disaster movie of the sort Jerry "Airplane!" Zucker might write after a head injury. Apr 18, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A no-stereotypes-barred, red-scare disaster movie of the sort Jerry "Airplane!" Zucker might write after a head injury.
Peter Bradshaw
The thrills and the effects are cheap, but this is in hard-driving, good-humoured command of its own silliness. Apr 17, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The thrills and the effects are cheap, but this is in hard-driving, good-humoured command of its own silliness.
Guy Lodge
This ludicrous actioner strives to be as loud, violent, and patriotic as possible. Mar 28, 2013 | Full Review…
This ludicrous actioner strives to be as loud, violent, and patriotic as possible.
Drew Hunt
Olympus Has Fallen is a solid action film, and it hints at big ideas that make it something more than purely superficial entertainment. Dec 13, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Olympus Has Fallen is a solid action film, and it hints at big ideas that make it something more than purely superficial entertainment.
Kelly Jane Torrance
However, Olympus Has Fallen is an overactive cliché-driven concoction that panders to the familiar "White House under attack" formula that we have seen countless times over. Olympus has indeed fallen...and in so many unimaginable ways possible. Nov 18, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
However, Olympus Has Fallen is an overactive cliché-driven concoction that panders to the familiar "White House under attack" formula that we have seen countless times over. Olympus has indeed fallen...and in so many unimaginable ways possible.
Frank Ochieng
The film is so patriotic and jingoistic, it would make Michael Bay blush. Nov 1, 2018 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…
The film is so patriotic and jingoistic, it would make Michael Bay blush.
Jennifer Heaton
Well before halfway what it resembles more than anything is another Die Hard film, only without Bruce Willis. Oct 31, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Well before halfway what it resembles more than anything is another Die Hard film, only without Bruce Willis.
Matthew Bond
It's reminiscent of the Die Hard movies, with Gerard Butler taking the Bruce Willis-esque role of secret agent Mike Banning. Sep 5, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's reminiscent of the Die Hard movies, with Gerard Butler taking the Bruce Willis-esque role of secret agent Mike Banning.
Andrew Williams
As pure action-packed spectacle, Olympus Has Fallen's big open has few recent peers. Jul 14, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
As pure action-packed spectacle, Olympus Has Fallen's big open has few recent peers.
Sonny Bunch
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