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Fast-Paced And Thrilling || Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)@kemmyb745d

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I don't know if one of the most secure buildings in the world like the White House has ever come under attack and been breached but this adrenaline pumping, action-packed, political thriller, Olympus Has Fallen (2013) gives us an idea of what it would look like. Perhaps I was in the mood for an action thriller but I found the Has Fallen film series on my pc and started to watch it.

The artistry that went into making this film makes me applaud the director, Antoine Fuqua. The running time is exactly two hours and there was not a single dull moment or scene in it. This movie begins from Camp David as POTUS (played by Aaron Eckhart) and his family getting ready for an event. It's Christmas. There are decorations all over the house and members of the secret service headed by Mike Banning (played by Gerard Butler) are suited up, ready to escort the first family to the event.

As the motorcade pulls out, it's snowing heavily when an accident happens resulting in the death of the president's wife. Mike Banning was relieved from the presidential detail to work a desk job at Treasury. Then the unexpected happens when a South Korean delegation meets with the president and a full-scale assault is launched against the White House. Every attempt to foil the terrorist operations from the outside is repelled. Who will save the president?

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A terrorist attack on the White House? Now that's something worth watching. I immediately went on a search and found that the White House had been breached several times over the years. All the same, the plot of this film is brilliant and compelling, and the storytelling is superbly executed. In my opinion, the recent releases of action thrillers have not been impressive so revisiting old classics like this film reminds me of the authenticity and craftsmanship that defines this movie genre. Antoine Fuqua is simply the best creator and director of action thrillers. This film series and many others is the evidence.

I enjoyed the precision and smartness employed by the Korean terrorists to invade the supposedly impenetrable White House. The plot was well executed but of course, such wouldn't have been possible without an insider. I was on the edge of my seat all through the two hours.

The cast performance is impressive! I can't imagine any other actor better suited for the lead role in this film than Gerald Butler. This guy is good and has proven over time that he's excellent at playing action hero roles. He's charismatic, witty, his fight scenes are always engrossing and he seamlessly embodied the role of a secret service agent.

It's great to see these stars: Angela Bassett, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo and Dylan McDermott in action, but they can't take the shine away from Butler. I didn't particularly enjoy Eckhart's role as the president. He was too emotional and impulsive in his decision making. I would think a president would be smart not to allow a foreign delegation into the bunker with his team in a crisis situation like that.

The cinematography, action sequences, and transitioning are superb and well shot. The chaos and destruction appear so real but I know it's all CGI. Fuqua did great in packaging many details and subplots into the two hours.

Overall, Olympus Has Fallen is a captivating action thriller worth watching. I don't know if this film causes any tension because of the countries depicted in it as terrorists but the director did a great job. I'll give it 4 stars out of 5.

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›Olympus Has Fallen (2013)@sheikhshaon1134d
Hello how are you all? We all know that the White House of America is one of the most secure places in the world, where all kinds of measures are in place to resist the attack of the enemy. From time to time we get to see some great movies based on this White House, one of which is White House Down. Where we see an interesting case of a terrorist attack.

But today we will tell you about a different movie, where we will see a meeting with the American President, how the South Korean security forces attacked the President's residence at the White House and finally who saved the President from the enemies. Without further ado let me introduce today's interesting action movie to you.
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Movie Name - Olympus Has Fallen. The director of the movie - Antoine Fuqua. Movie story writers - Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt. Movie Genre - Action Thriller Movie. Movie Based On - Terrorist Attack On Hot House. Cinematography of the movie - Conrad W. Hall. Movie Music - Trevor Morris. Run time of the movie - 1 hour 59 minutes. Movie Release Date - March 18, 2013. IMDB rating of the movie - 6.5 out of 10. Personal rating of the movie - 3.8 out of 5. Movie Country - United States. Movie Language - English.
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In the movie, Aaron Eckhart as Benjamin Asher has played the role of the American president as a wonderful hero. In the movie we see the favorite action hero Gerard Butler as Mike Banning as the main hero. Along with that, Rick Yune as Kang Yeonsak, Dylan McDermott as Dave Forbes have acted as villains in the movie. In addition, Morgan Freeman as Allan Trumbull, Robert Forster as General Edward Clegg, Angela Bassett as Lynne Jacobs, Melissa Leo as Ruth McMillan, Radha Mitchell as Leah Banning and Keong Sim as Lee Tae-Woo also played other important roles.
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Important events of the movie:

1) The friendly relationship between the President and his Special Security Officer and the incident of the two practicing boxing. 2) The accident on Christmas Day and the death of the President's wife. 3) Failure to save the President's wife during the accident. 4) The fact that the President and the Special Security Officer changed Mike to official work so as not to spoil the friendly relationship. 5) Case of US President deciding to help South Korea and not helping North Korea in his meeting. 6) South Korea coming to a meeting with the American President and attacking the White House by plane. 7) Air raids on the White House as well as ground attacks and the brutal killing of countless people. 8) Kang Yeonsak becoming a villain and trying to destroy America and South Korea. 9) The incident of taking hostages of the President and all important persons in the secret bunker of the President. 10) Terrible attempt to destroy America by detonating all nuclear bombs. 11) The story of Mike bravely protecting his President and America in all dangerous situations.
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Movie Review:

In the movie, we first see a wonderful friendship between the President of America and Mike, the President's special security officer. We then see the president's car crash on the way to the Christmas party and the brutal death of the president's wife. In order to keep the relationship between Mike and the President, the President removed Mike from his job as a security officer and changed him to an official job.

On the other hand the President was running the country with his son and through a meeting it was decided to meet with South Korea so that a war between South Korea and North Korea does not happen. The President of South Korea comes to the White House for a meeting with his special security officers, and during the meeting, a huge plane approaches the American White House and brutally attacks the Americans.

Mike tries to make sense of the situation around the country and sees that the attack on the White House has been planned. Even though the terrorists' plane can be destroyed immediately, it is seen that the terrorists have made a ground attack and take over the entire White House. Staying in a safe bunker to protect the American President in dangerous situations, There, North Korean soldiers killed all of the president's officers and took the president hostage with secret codes for nuclear missiles.

To protect the President and America from all the terrorists, Mike shows his great bravery and intelligence to kill all the terrorists. As a result, Mike saves the President and America from all the terrorists after a long time of war. This prevented another terrible world war from happening.

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I like the movie so much that I want to watch it again and again even after watching it countless times. The story of the movie, the action of the movie, the incidents, the accidents, the relationships and the cinematography of the movie are very good for me. To those of you who haven't seen this wonderful movie, definitely watch the movie and let us know in the comments how you liked the movie.

Thank you all so much for reading about today's interesting movie. Everyone stay well and try to stay healthy.

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›Olympus has Fallen (film) : Surprised me... pretty decent action film@gooddream2456d
I really didn't expect to enjoy this movie because it seemed so cookie-cutter and it is of course very obvious what the end result will be just by seeing where the movie is taking place. However, that doesn't mean it can't be entertaining and I feel like it really was.

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Just like the poster would indicate the story is about a group that invades and manages to take control of the White House which is lauded in the film as being the most protected building in the world. The tactics they use to gain control of the building are a little far-fetched and the response of the police and US military is even more absurdly slow (ETA 10 minutes! gimmee a break) but this doesn't take away from the fact that it is all pretty entertaining and nicely shot.

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Our hero in this movie is Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) who doesn't even work for the White House at the time - he just happens to be a bad-ass who works nearby. He manages to accomplish what the combined might of the military, the Secret Service, and the D.C. Police force could not - he gets inside the building to try to stop the enemy.
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The main reason why this film is good is because the pacing is relentless and lasts the entire damn film. Seriously, there are only like 15 minutes of lead in time where the adrenaline isn't constantly pumping. I also enjoy seeing into the security of world leaders even if it is completely fictional (I enjoyed Air Force One for the same reason.) You know right away that the good guys are going to win but it stays fun because while the ending is predictable the way that we are going to get there is not. I dunno, but I thought it was really fun.

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The movie has a massive body count and occasionally we have to deal with honestly, dumb instances; such as 30 Secret Service members running out the front door to the lawn in single file right after a minigun was deployed that they know is pointing precisely at that location. This is especially stupid considering they are all carrying small arms, are wearing no body armor, are aware that the people on the lawn have them outgunned and their only objective in their job is to protect the White House - which they are currently standing inside of.

There are a lot of moments like that in this film that you just kind of have to put what you know on hold and accept it.

This movie received some negative press for being "too much like Die Hard" but guess what Mr professional movie reviewer? I think that was precisely the point.
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The movie made over $100 million and even spawned another film a month later or so that was pretty much exactly the same thing called White House Down - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

This movie isn't going to win any sort of awards any time soon. It is simply a mindless action film, which is something I enjoy from time-to-time. The best part about this one is the fact that there isn't ever a dull moment once the ball starts rolling about 10 minutes into the film. I enjoyed it a great deal and am gonna watch part 2 of the trilogy this afternoon where I presume exactly the same thing happens but in London.

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›Olympus Has Fallen - Movie Review@coldsteem3233d

If my son hadn't wanted to see Olympus Has Fallen, I would probably have skipped it. I was less impressed with the premise of what appeared to be yet another big-budget Hollywood film, thin on plot and heavy on special effects. My initial assessment was correct. However, I was surprised to find myself enjoying this film, in spite of the tremendous 'suspension of disbelief" it required.

Olympus Has Fallen did not have an original plot. Picture any typical hero plot, where one bad mofo takes out dozens of bad guys single-handedly while saving the world. This has been done over and over, from the old Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood films to more recent stars like Vin Diesel, Jason Statham or Dwayne Johnson. You have to accept a film like this for what it is.

Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) heads the security detail for US President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart). Banning moves to a desk job at Treasury after a horrible car accident takes the First Lady's life. The former special forces operator is called back into action when the White House is assaulted in a carefully orchestrated attack by a terrorist bent on reunifying North and South Korea. The plan will cripple the United States with a terrifying blow if Banning fails. Considering the timing of recent events, this 2013 film was on point...

The plot was fairly linear. The terrorist (Rick Yune) is a dissident who was expelled from North Korea, but managed to find a very sensitive job as head of security for the South Korean Prime Minister. This position allows the terrorist, Kang, to orchestrate an impossible assault on the White House. The plot was riddled with problems that were too numerous to count. First of all, if Kang was not supported by a Nation-State, there is no way he could have pulled together all the elements of this plan, which included state-of-the-art weapons systems. But there were even basic failures to the plan. For instance, they utilize an aircraft with US military markings on it. Fine, but you still have to file flight plans. This seemed a stretch from the initiation of the assault. The aircraft had weapons systems on it that would have been utterly impossible for a terrorist to get his hands on. This was a running theme throughout the film. I decided I would stop over-thinking the film and just enjoy it.

Having given up on the technical aspects of the film, there were still a few glaring short-comings. The varied from issues with continuity (for instance, Butler is clean shaven driving his car. We cut away to his wife, then return to a shot of him in the car. Virtually no time has elapsed, yet he has managed three-days worth of razor stubble in the ensuing seconds. I also had issues with our hero continuing to use a handgun to conduct an assault-type operation when there were scads of assault weapons laying around. Technically, this film fell way short of the mark. Luckily, I did not rely on accuracy to enjoy this film. The action and special effects were a worthwhile diversion from the technical failures.

As an action hero, Butler was surprisingly good. He is as believable in this type of role as any of his predecessors. I have seen Butler in a couple of his other badass roles and find him credible enough. Eckhart is rather young to be a US President, but he pulled it off. They managed to age him just enough to make it palatable. Morgan Freeman was Morgan Freeman, a stabilizing force that added strength to the cast as a whole. Robert Forster is another lesser known regular who might be typecast as the General-type...but does it well. In total, the cast helped elevate this hackneyed plot to add a bit of extra zest to the big special effects.

Olympus Has Fallen received an R Rating from the MPAA. This rating is primarily tied to the heavy violence throughout the film. The film has intense action that includes numerous firefights with heavy weapons. The gore factor is kept to a minimum, but the body count is high. The "F" word is used liberally in this film, to include the take-away line that actually made me chuckle. The language was salty. There were no adult situations or nudity. Compared to most first-person shooter games, this movie had average carnage. If you let you kids play shooter games, this film is fine. I would not restrict it by age.

Putting a summary rating on a film like Olympus Has Fallen is tough. It would be easier to do a subjective vs. objective rating. Objectively, I would give this film 4/10 for the hackneyed plot and dialogue, the incredible stretch of believability, continuity issues and plot holes. Subjectively, I really found myself enjoying this film in spite of myself. What set this film apart? I can't put my finger on it. The acting was good and the special effects delivered. Other than that, I was simply absorbed. Maybe it was the pacing. Whatever the case, I am going to go with my subjective rating and give this film 7.5/10.

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