Olympus Has Fallen

When our flag falls our nation will rise.

This actioner borrows plot ideas and set pieces from several other movies, and while the end result is not boring, it's not the bees knees either. The White House is invaded and captured by a terrorist mastermind. Unfortunately for him, there is a former presidential guard trapped in the building, and he decides to do the right thing and take on the baddies, putting his intimate knowledge of the White House to good use.

120 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Thriller.

Showtimes

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Credits

Cast	Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Rick Yune, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell
Director	Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay	Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
Music	Trevor Morris
Cinematography	Conrad W. Hall
Editing	John Refoua
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, West Coast Film Partners

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, thriller
Language	Strong impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong in context
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Jesus Christ expletive
Drug abuse	Brief smoking.
Comments	The White House is attacked by terrorists who kidnap the president of the United States of America. A secret agent name Mike Banning uses his knowledge of the White House to rescue the president and unite Americans.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos Gerard rises to the challenge.	10
Die Burger Amande de Lange Aksie kom eerste en ook die president.	10
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Cat and mouse thriller.	10
ScreenIt C. Fuchs I was certainly never bored and did get caught up to one degree or another with some of the action sequences.	10
Metacritic.com 29 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 130 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer It's far from original, but Olympus Has Fallen benefits from Antoine Fuqua's tense direction and a strong performance from Gerard Butler -- which might just be enough for action junkies.	10
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
Movie Review Intelligence 40 critics	9
What the People say
Internet 14022 Netizens A Very Strong Razzie Nominee	14
Average .. 52%	10