Secret Service agent Mike Banning, played by Gerard Butler (300, Law Abiding Citizen) is one of the best men on the job whom President Asher, played by Aaron Eckhardt (The Dark Knight, Thank You For Smoking) considers a friend, but after a horrible tragedy strucks both Banning and Asher, Banning is demoted to a desk job. During a visit from the South Korean Prime Minister, North Korean insurgents, lead by a mysterious North Korean, played by Rick Yune(Die Another Day) attack and seize the White House, it's up to Mike to save The President and maybe even the world.
The film is essentially a Die Hard rip-off with a patriotic inspired script that puts an emphesis on swear words and macho lines from B-list action movies. Nothing out of your ordinary action movie, but the good thing is, that the movie and its' plot are very tight so it doesn't take long for the action to begin and when the action starts it does not stop until the end. Director Antoine Fuqua (Shooter, Training Day) gives the action scenes an edge and ferciousness with the most impressive sequence being the actual takeover, which happens in stages, shows Fuquas' great sense of scope.
All the charachters, except for our main hero are one-dimensional stereotypes, which is sad considering the amount of quality the actors in this picture have, Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Angela Bassett (Malcolm X) to name a few, with that said, it was great seeing Gerard Butler fight the foreign attackers. Combining his physicality and Fuquas' good camera work lead to some well-done fight scenes.
To sum it up, Olympus Has Fallen is better than your usual generic action flick, but not that much.
6/10
Rron Muhaxhiri
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