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Olympus Has Fallen

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
273K
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POPULARITY
1,568
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Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
273K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,568
272
  • Director
    • Antoine Fuqua
  • Writers
    • Creighton Rothenberger
    • Katrin Benedikt
  • Stars
    • Gerard Butler
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Morgan Freeman
Top credits
  • Director
    • Antoine Fuqua
  • Writers
    • Creighton Rothenberger
    • Katrin Benedikt
  • Stars
    • Gerard Butler
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Morgan Freeman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 858User reviews
    • 382Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

    Videos7

    Exclusive Debut
    Trailer 0:39
    Exclusive Debut
    U.S. Version #1
    Trailer 2:34
    U.S. Version #1
    "What If"
    Featurette 1:32
    "What If"
    "Patriotic"
    Featurette 2:03
    "Patriotic"
    "The Cast"
    Featurette 1:50
    "The Cast"
    "Angela Bassett"
    Featurette 1:48
    "Angela Bassett"
    "Action"
    Featurette 1:14
    "Action"

    Photos190

    Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Antoine Fuqua in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Gerard Butler and Radha Mitchell in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Aaron Eckhart and Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Ashley Judd and Aaron Eckhart in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart, Robert Forster, Gerard Butler, and Finley Jacobsen in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Aaron Eckhart in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Robert Forster in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Rick Yune in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Morgan Freeman in Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

    Top cast

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    Gerard Butler
    Gerard Butler
    • Mike Banningas Mike Banning
    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • President Benjamin Asheras President Benjamin Asher
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Speaker Trumbullas Speaker Trumbull
    Angela Bassett
    Angela Bassett
    • Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobsas Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
    Finley Jacobsen
    Finley Jacobsen
    • Connoras Connor
    Dylan McDermott
    Dylan McDermott
    • Forbesas Forbes
    Rick Yune
    Rick Yune
    • Kangas Kang
    Melissa Leo
    Melissa Leo
    • Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillanas Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Leahas Leah
    Cole Hauser
    Cole Hauser
    • Romaas Roma
    Phil Austin
    Phil Austin
    • Vice President Charlie Rodriguezas Vice President Charlie Rodriguez
    James Ingersoll
    • Admiral Nathan Hoenigas Admiral Nathan Hoenig
    Freddy Bosche
    • Diazas Diaz
    Lance Broadway
    • O'Neilas O'Neil
    Sean O'Bryan
    Sean O'Bryan
    • Ray Monroeas Ray Monroe
    Keong Sim
    Keong Sim
    • Lee Tae-Wooas Lee Tae-Woo
    Kevin Moon
    • Choas Cho
    Malana Lea
    Malana Lea
    • Limas Lim
    • Director
      • Antoine Fuqua
    • Writers
      • Creighton Rothenberger
      • Katrin Benedikt
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In 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.
    • Goofs
      The 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 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.111 (2013)
    • 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 reviews858

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Best Die Hard rip-off in a good while
    Forget airs and graces here: OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN is a straightforward siege-based action flick, heavily indebted to DIE HARD and its ilk, offering maximum thrills and spills and little else besides. It's hardly a thinking man's movie but it does ably do what it sets out to do, which is to offer plenty of action, high stakes and suspense.

    The story is, in essence, DIE HARD in the White House and there's no more or less to it than that. Gerard Butler is good value in the action stakes (as we already know from 300, so it's a shame he's been wasting away in dumb rom-coms ever since) and the intricate plot sees a huge squad of terrorists kidnapping the President (an unlikely Aaron Eckhart), leaving Butler the only man on the ground with the power to stop them.

    The action consists of a handful of brutal hand-to-hand fights and shoot-outs augmented with some CGI stuff of plane attacks and missiles; the CGI isn't great but it's better than you'd find in a B-movie at least. Morgan Freeman shows up as one of those guys whose business it is is to offer sage advice and look worried in equal measure, while Rick Yune tackles the role of lead North Korean terrorist with relish.

    OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN isn't perfect by any means; it's occasionally cheesy, occasionally silly, and mostly far-fetched. It could also do with some more action, what there is is a little limited considering the running time of two hours. But it IS a perfect piece of action entertainment, the kind of switch-off-the-brain fun that I look out for in a movie.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • White House Taken
    • Filming locations
      • Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Millennium Films
      • G-BASE
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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