• Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

    The unthinkable happens when heavily armed and highly trained terrorists launch a bold daytime attack on the White House. The building is overrun, and President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his staff are taken hostage. Luckily for Asher, former presidential security officer Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is on the scene. With time running out, it's up to Banning to locate Asher's son before the extremists do and rescue the president before his captors unleash their ultimate plan.

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Olympus Has Fallen
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Release Date: March 22nd, 2013

DVD Release Date: August 13th, 2013

R |2 hr 0 min

Plot Summary

The unthinkable happens when heavily armed and highly trained terrorists launch a bold daytime attack on the White House. The building is overrun, and President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his staff are taken hostage. Luckily for Asher, former presidential security officer Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is on the scene. With time running out, it's up to Banning to locate Asher's son before the extremists do and rescue the president before his captors unleash their ultimate plan.

Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Genres: Action , Thriller

Production Co: Millennium Films Inc.

Distributors: FilmDistrict

Keywords: 2010s, Gripping, Rescue, Tense, Sacrifice

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 60
    Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter

    Generates a fair amount of tension and produces the kind of nationalistic outrage that rock-ribbed Americans will feel in their guts. show more

  • 63
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Any semblance of seriousness and verisimilitude suggested by the marketing campaign is quickly forgotten once director Antoine Fuqua's enjoyably tacky Die Hard-on-the-Potomac gets under way. show more

  • 0
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    Olympus Has Fallen is no fun at all. To the contrary, it soon grows tedious, odious and oppressive. show more

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