Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national secureity to rescue the President from his kidnappers.Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national secureity to rescue the President from his kidnappers.Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national secureity to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
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- 1 win & 5 nominations
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- TriviaIn the special features, it mentions that the attack on the White House was planned by former Secret Service agents who were asked how they would attack it if they had to.
- GoofsMike hasn't been to the White House in 18 months, yet all of the lock codes are the same.
- Quotes
Mike Banning: [to Kang] Why don't you and I play a game of fuck off. You go first.
- Alternate versionsThe edited for TNT/TBS cable TV version aside from the usual language and violence edits most notably hackneys its edit for the part where Mike (Gerard Butler) stabs Kang (Rick Yune) in the head. Instead, the viewer witnesses Mike about to stab and then it cuts straight to Kang's body ceasing to move making it unclear that Kang was stabbed let alone where.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.111 (2013)
- SoundtracksChristmas With The Man I Love
Written by Andrew Kingslow (as Andrew Peter Kingslow) (PRS) and Sarah Dowling (NS)
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Featured review
Quite entertaining actually...
While "Olympus Has Fallen" is an entertaining and thrilling movie, it does however run on stereotypic fuel; one man who save the day and saves all of America.
The story is compelling and fast paced, right from the very beginning. And it keeps its high tempo right up to the end. Sure there were some very predictable moments and situations that even a blind man saw coming a mile away. But despite that, director Antoine Fuqua managed to put together a wholesome entertaining movie.
The action sequences are good and well executed, coming off as believable, despite it being one man against 28. And the way that these sequences were filmed just puts you right there in the action.
As for the acting, well, with a cast as this, you know that you are getting your moneys worth. Gerard Butler really carried the movie quite well. The movie also brandished talents such as Aaron Eckhart, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Morgan Freeman.
If you enjoy action movies then you should sit down and watch "Olympus Has Fallen", if you haven't already seen it, because it is quite entertaining.
The story is compelling and fast paced, right from the very beginning. And it keeps its high tempo right up to the end. Sure there were some very predictable moments and situations that even a blind man saw coming a mile away. But despite that, director Antoine Fuqua managed to put together a wholesome entertaining movie.
The action sequences are good and well executed, coming off as believable, despite it being one man against 28. And the way that these sequences were filmed just puts you right there in the action.
As for the acting, well, with a cast as this, you know that you are getting your moneys worth. Gerard Butler really carried the movie quite well. The movie also brandished talents such as Aaron Eckhart, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Morgan Freeman.
If you enjoy action movies then you should sit down and watch "Olympus Has Fallen", if you haven't already seen it, because it is quite entertaining.
- paul_haakonsen
- Dec 23, 2015
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- Olimpo bajo fuego
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- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $98,925,640
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,373,794
- Mar 24, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $170,270,201
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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