Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

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.

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writers:

Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt

Stars:

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Butler	...	Mike Banning
Aaron Eckhart	...	President Benjamin Asher
Finley Jacobsen	...	Connor
Dylan McDermott	...	Forbes
Rick Yune	...	Kang
Morgan Freeman	...	Speaker Trumbull
Angela Bassett	...	Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
Melissa Leo	...	Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Radha Mitchell	...	Leah
Cole Hauser	...	Roma
Phil Austin	...	Vice President Charlie Rodriguez
James Ingersoll	...	Admiral Nathan Hoenig
Freddy Bosche	...	Diaz
Lance Broadway	...	O'Neil
Sean O'Bryan	...	Ray Monroe

Storyline

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, former Presidential Secret Service Agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

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Plot Keywords:

u.s. president | president | speaker of the house | politics | political thriller | 

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Taglines:

When our flag falls our nation will rise.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

The intruding aircraft is a modified Lockheed AC-130, itself a modified C-130 Hercules. In the movie, the plane has two GE M134 miniguns on each side. In real life, the aircraft only has air-to-ground armament on the left side to provide close air support to ground troops, among other high-risk tasks.

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Goofs

When the 7th Fleet is called back, footage is shown of an aircraft carrier, clearly marked 67. CV-67 was the USS John F. Kennedy which was retired in 2007 - six years before the movie was shot.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mike Banning: You're going to seriously try to rope-a-dope me? That's an old man's move.
President Benjamin Asher: I am an old man.
Mike Banning: No, you're not. But you box like one.

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Alternate Versions

The 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.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.116 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Christmas With The Man I Love
Written by Andrew Kingslow (as Andrew Peter Kingslow) (PRS) and Sarah Dowling (NS)
Published by KPM APM (ASCAP)
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

focuses much on action and forget the script, more if you like action movie, this may please you

Olympus Has Fallen is another film that focuses more on action than on the script , at least the action scenes are fun to watch , plus the script sins with many errors , the steering gets far more in the course of the film he loses control , the cast is interesting , is Gerard Butler who is making more action films , he's fine , have Aaron Eckhart which is good, and the excellent Morgan Freeman 's fine too , the special effects are competent , the action scenes are good , the plot is simple , the soundtrack is average , you do not notice it much , Olympus Has Fallen is no better action movie in done, more is far from bad, the action scenes are cool. Note 6.9

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

22 March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

White House Taken

Filming Locations:

Bossier City, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,373,794, 24 March 2013

Gross USA:

$98,925,640

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$170,270,201

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Millennium Films, G-BASE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1