Olympus Has Fallen

Back in 1997, we had a president taking care of terrorists in Air Force One. Harrison Ford gave The Persident Of United States Of America a completely different look. The president does not only drink coffee, hold speeches, he also use his fists. Patriotic movies have been delivered in many years, in many different shapes. So what if Aaron Eckhart, who killed aliens in Battle: Los Angeles is now president, and Gerald Butler a body guard, is this combination a new hope for the american people?  Olympus Has Fallen looks like an action movie, for those who grew up watching The Rock. Is this action smoker solid entertainment, or is this another typical american patriotic view of America ?

Mike Banning ( Gerald Butler ) is the lead Secret Service agent, assigned to lead the Presidential Detail. While the President Benjamin Asher ( Aaron Eckhart ) and First Lady Margaret Asher ( Ashley Judd ) are travelling from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser. Suddenly a tree hits the Presidental convoy, and hit a bridge. Mike and his crew manage to save President Benjamin, but First Lady Margaret dies, falling down into the water.18 months later, Mike still thinks about what happened, while he works at the Treasure Department. President Benjamin is just about to have a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo ( Keon Sing ), when The White House is invaded by North Korean terrorists. The attack has been masterminded by Kang Yeonsak ( Rick Yune ), who wants to revenge his parents Death by destroying Americas nuclear weapons, from the inside, and make the whole country a wasteland. To make his vision come true, he needs access codes to a system in the bunker called Cerberus. The President have one code, and 2 more of his staff have the rest of the codes. Trapped inside the bunker, and most of the Secret Service agents have been murdered, hope is running out of time. Speaker Of The White House,  Allan Trumball ( Morgan Freeman ), is chosen to be Acting President for this moment. Allan finds out Mike Banning have managed to get into the White House, and found President Benjamins son Connor Asher ( Finley Jacobsen ) alive and well. He manage to get Connor out, and now he must try and save The President.

I can understand why Olympus Has Fallen have so much negative reviews. The plot is filled with patriosm, patriotic characters, and how easy North Korea can invade Washington. But hold on a second. If you leave the flaws and look what this is, an action movie for people, who don´t care much about the plot, and just want pure action entertainment. And this is where Olympus Has Fallen works best. There is so much action and violence, Martha Stewart is guaranteed to have an orgasm seeing Gerald Butler running around with big muscles and sweaty hands. There are plenty of great actors here, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart among others. My biggest problem with this motion picture is that the patriosm is so clearly detailed, in so many scenes, it gets a bit frustrating to hear that America is the greatest country. Personally i feel that every country have something to be proud of. Anyway, back to the review. Director Antione Fuqua, who gave us the classic motion picture Training Day, gives us a popcorn movie, made for an audience who loves Michael Bay, and hope to see another Con Air production see the light of day. Even if there are flaws, i still feel this is entertaining enough to check out. I have a feeling many people want to see extremists from North Korea get their ass kicked.

Rating: DDD