Olympus Has Fallen Review

Olympus Has Fallen


Release Date: 4th April 2013 - Australia

Production Companies

Millenium Films (presents)

G-BASE

Four Forty Studios (in collaboration with)

West Coast Film Partners

Distribution

Roadshow Films

Genre: Action

Rating: MA15+ (Not Suitable

for Young Children)

Runtime: 119 minutes

Budget: $70,000,000

Box Office Gross: $170,270,201 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

When a terrorist mastermind

invades the White House

and kidnaps the President,

a disgraced former

Presidential Secret Service

Agent named Mike Banning

finds himself trapped within

the building. While the

national security team

scrambles to respond, they

must rely on Banning's

inside knowledge to help

retake the White House,

save the President and

prevent an even bigger crisis.

Cast

Gerard Butler - Mike Banning

Aaron Eckhart - President Benjamin Asher

Finley Jacobsen - Connor

Dylan McDormett - Forbes

Rick Yune - Kang

Morgan Freeman - Speaker Trumbull

Angela Bassett - Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs

Melissa Leo - Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillian

Radha Mitchell - Leah

Cole Hauser - Roma

Phil Austin - Vice President Charles Rodriguez

James Ingersoll - Admiral Nathan Hoening

Freddy Bosche - Diaz

Lance Broadway - O'Neil

Sean O'Bryan - Ray Monroe

Ashley Judd - First Lady Margaret Asher

Keong Sim - Lee Tae-Woo

Kevin Moon - Cho

Malana Lea - Lim

Robert Forster - General Edward Clegg

Sam Medina - Yu

Tory Kittles - Agent Jones

Shane Land - Agent Davis

Shanna Forrestall - Mary Jane Fuller

Dorothy Deavers - Ms. Moesley

Hamish MacDonald - Himself (Cameo)

Lawrence O'Donnell - Himself

(Cameo)

Rick Chambers - Himself (Cameo)

Crew

Producer/Director - Antoine Fuqua

Writers - Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt

Associate Producer - Danielle Robinson

Executive Producers - Boaz

Davidson, Danny Dimbort,

Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel,

Trevor Short and John

Thompson

Co-Executive Producer -

Christine Otal

Co-Executive Producers/

Executives in Charge of

Production Financing - Will French and Stephen Roberts

Co-Executive Producer/

Production Business & Legal Affairs - Lonnie Ramati

Producers - Gerard Butler, Mark Gill,

Danny Lenrer and Alan Siegel

Producer/Unit Production

Manager - Ed Cathell III

Production Designer - Derek R. Hill

Art Director - Karen Steward

Set Decorator - Cathy T. Marshall

Costume Designer - Doug Hall

Director of Photography - Conrad W. Hall

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Gary Capo

First Assistant Director - Richard L. Fox

Second Unit Director - Jamie Marshall

Stunt Coordinator - Keith Woulard

Stunt/Fight Coordinator - Lin Oeding

Special Effects Coordinator - Jack Lynch 

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor - Evan Jacobs

Visual Effects Studio Supervisor: Worldwide FX -

Wes C. Caefer

Film Editor - John Refoua

Supervising Sound Editor - Mandell Winter

Sound Designer - David Esparza

Re-Recording Mixers - Daniel J. Leahy

and Chris David

Music - Trevor Morris

Review

Because I'm due to see London Has Fallen, I've re-watched its predecessor, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, a hardcore, bloodthirsty and political action shooter from 2013. It came out in such a turbulent year when Hollywood took a slight downturn, producing movies that were not so great, such as Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and Man of Steel. Luckily, that past year had some remarkable films, you remember, one of which was OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.

It is a more successful feature than its lighthearted competitor, White House Down. Both films are definite throwbacks to Die Hard and share the setting and premise of the White House invaded by terrorists, but OLYMPUS is an incredible movie. It is both tumultuous and patriotic in displaying well-coordinated action and much bloodshed. OLYMPUS is a labour of love for director Antoine Fuqua, whose hybrid and newfound style has nearly outmatched Michael Bay's. I say this because Fuqua never attempted to deliver something with plenty of thrills and action without any logic.

This knockoff has the relatively strong acting of Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Though Butler was no Bruce Willis, he was in a league of his own. Eckhart and Freeman's performances and Butler's make a lethal combination of fine casting choices in this ensemble.

OLYMPUS stands above Die Hard and almost all other movies that have borrowed its plot. It has consolidated its place as one of the best movies of 2013. Viewer discretion advises that this feature is not for those under 15.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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