PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

dting2010 Great movie with non-stop action. I really loved Eckhart as the president. It made me proud to be an American. It's the greatest country in the world.

jonathanmark-77048 Plot: Disgraced Secret Service agent (and 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.This film is a great throwback to late 80s to early 90s action films, showcasing the action like it is, having likable characters, and having an interesting story. Gerard Butler proves he can be an action star with the right script and this is it. Mike Banning is a likable character that you care about and want to see get out alive. The rest of the cast also does a good job with their characters, especially our villain played by Rick Yune.Antoine Fuqua has shown in the past that he knows how to shoot action well which definitely shows in this film, especially the first big action set piece which was done a lot better here than in White House Down.Overall, Olympus Has Fallen is a really good throwback to classic action films, it has a great cast, great action, superb direction by Antoine Fuqua, and a simple premise that's not overly complicated. Give this a chance if you haven't, you won't regret it.

jimw-36807 Only one big difference, Die Hard was really good, this movie flat out sucked! Only people with 3 brain cells would like this movie and believe something like it could actually happen in real life. It does have a good cast, shame on them for lowering themselves to such an awful plot! The bad guy North Korean is the same dude from Karate Kid Part II and that terrible James Bond movie from about 10 years ago. Poor guy always gets cast as the bad guy. Don't even waste your time watching this movie for free if its on TV!!!!

EBJ Plot Overview: When terrorists attack the white house and hold the president hostage, it's up to Mike Banning(Gerard Butler), a disgraced ex-secret service, to stop the terrorists and save the president.Directed by Antoine FuquaStarring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Rick Yune.# NO SPOILERS!Overall: This movie is a solid fun time that you can enjoy. If you said it was dumb and unrealistic, I'd say you were right but that you were also taking it way too seriously. It's got solid action, a solid premise and solid acting. The plot is stupid but you just need to enjoy the film for what it is; a harmless action flick that you can watch with your friends.# POSSIBLE SPOILERS!Good:1. Gerard Butler provides one of his greatest ever performances as Mike Banning and you believe that he truly is a one man army.2. Aaron Eckhart does a great job as President Asher and actually impressed me.3. Morgan Freeman is great a Speaker Trumbull.4. In a very pleasant surprise, Rick Yune is fantastic in his role as Kang and provides a sinister and chilling performance that is scarily convincing. 5. All the characters, especially the villain, were interesting and had distinguishable traits.6. The premise of the movie is absolutely incredible and is just fantastic. 7. The 'End Game' weapon was also interesting and quite unique.8. After Gerard Butler has entered 'Olympus' the cinematography becomes great and you really feel isolated and alone which puts you directly in the shoes of Banning. It provides an eerie and claustrophobic atmosphere that follows you throughout the film.9. Excellent action scenes which are drastically aided by the atmosphere made by the cinematography. There is a real fear off unpredictability and you don't know when the next guys gonna come out and attack.Bad:1. Two performances didn't impress me. Radha Mitchell as Leah and Dylan McDermott as Dave Forbes. Neither actor impressed me nor did their characters even really help with the plot.2. The whole character of his wife was completely pointless and she just didn't need to exist.3. Some gunfights looked a little fight but this wasn't common.4. Most of the effects were pretty poor.8/10Would Recommend