Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security 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 security 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 security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
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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.
- GoofsThe intruding Gunship shoots down both planes sent to intercept it. In real life, to avoid incidents like that, one interceptor establishes visual contact with the intruder and flies beside him. The other plane flies behind the intruder to shoot him down if the first interceptor experiences hostile action.
- 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)
Published by KPM APM (ASCAP)
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Olympus Has Fallen — America is under attack, to hell with logic
Olympus Has Fallen is yet an other US president oriented flick. A ton of action and special effects with almost as many logical flaws.
The acting is good, particularly Morgan Freeman (to a lesser extent: Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart) and there's no denying the roller coaster ride, but it has many shortcomings. Aside from the usual suspension of disbelief, logic fails at almost every turn. Then there's the poor dialogs, the easy retorts, the one dimensional underdeveloped characters, the incredible body count, and the overly flag-centric pride.
It's action based entertainment for sure, but not much else.
The acting is good, particularly Morgan Freeman (to a lesser extent: Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart) and there's no denying the roller coaster ride, but it has many shortcomings. Aside from the usual suspension of disbelief, logic fails at almost every turn. Then there's the poor dialogs, the easy retorts, the one dimensional underdeveloped characters, the incredible body count, and the overly flag-centric pride.
It's action based entertainment for sure, but not much else.
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- Apr 15, 2013
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- White House Taken
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- $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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- 2.39 : 1
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