I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Great Film overall

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

'Olympus Has Fallen' is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but judging from the reviews was honestly expecting much worse. Even for taking it for it is and aimed to do, it could have been much better.This said, it is much better than its successor 'London Has Fallen'...now that was an awful film, with no obvious redeeming values, and one of the worst films from that year. 'Olympus Has Fallen' at least tried to be fun and has much better action scenes (such as the audaciously staged terrorist attack, all of the action in 'London Has Fallen' is routine at best).It also looks better, apart from some excessive shaky cam in places and the special effects are far from brilliant, in fact cartoonish and fake, but there is some atmospheric grit and the film is well shot instead of mostly looking like SyFy/Asylum fodder. With the exceptions of an annoying Melissa Leo and Aaron Eckhart phoning it in, the acting is not bad here with dignified Angela Basset and particularly Morgan Freeman giving the best performances. Gerard Butler does struggle with some of his one-liners, which honestly are not that good (pretty pithy actually) in the first place, but is a very capable action hero and charismatic lead. Rick Yune does his best, but his character is forgettable and very sketchy, like all the characters here. The direction at least has some tension.However, 'Olympus Has Fallen' goes for the fast, big and loud approach, sometimes that's not a bad thing but it didn't come off well here. The pacing is rather rushed often, while also losing momentum in crucial parts too, while the big and loud like its sequel is so constant there is little room to breathe and it becomes nauseating and repetitive in every way possible.Much of the script consists of pithy one-liners and cheesy quips that feel like clumsy attempts at humour, while also making little to no attempt at giving much personality or development to the characters (leaving the actors to do all the leg work and they mostly do credibly in that respect). The story is certainly not as intelligence insulting as that of 'London Has Fallen', but while it tries not to be too derivative of 'Die Hard' it is not that original and it outside of the action lacks suspense and proper excitement which are mistaken for lapses in logic and lack of suspense.All in all, not great, instead a mediocre film, but not as awful as expected. Even with its numerous flaws, if asked which is better between 'Olympus Has Fallen' and 'London Has Fallen' the answer is clear. 4/10 Bethany Cox

I have watched action thriller Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and this week. 🤗After noticing London has Fallen has been released, I thought I should not delay watching Olympus Has Fallen. We don't get many hard hitting action movies like this anymore. Bad guys who mean serious business, the lone hero determined to win the day, people get killed, stuff blows up, and you get to see Ashley Judd die. What kind of red-blooded all American doesn't like seeing this kind of movie? Of course its not realistic, find an action movie that is. The whole point of a movie like this is to escape FROM reality, to shut your brain off for a couple of hours and have some fun. And yeah its pretty much Die Hard meets Air Force One but who cares its all about the excitement, seeing whats going to happen next. The only downside I had was that it was a little too obvious who the traitor was in the movie (I mean come on isn't he always a bad guy). Overall I give the movie a solid 8 out of 10. It's exactly what an action movie should be, it gives you the jumps, the thrills, a hero to root for and a villain you love to hate. Though predictable, it was like Die Hard - Commando action packed movie. Never thought such a pre-planned attack would work at the WhiteHouse. The director must have liked Aaron's and Freeman's role in TDK.If you think a movie like this isn't for you I suggest you watch a Twilight movie, it doesn't have Gerard Butler killing terrorists....but it does have a sissy that sparkles.

Marketed as "Die Hard in the White House", the plot of this action thriller has a lone Secret Service agent taking on North Korean terrorists who have invaded the White House (codename Olympus), holding the President hostage. The film features several gripping action scenes and some of the smaller moments (a bullet-ridden US flag) are very effective, however, the project would have benefited from all the 'Die Hard' parallels being far less pronounced. As it is, Gerard Butler sorely lacks the charisma Bruce Willis brought to the iconic 1988 film, there is significantly less comic relief, and try as Rick Yune does with the part, he is no Hans Gruber. Issues of credibility weigh heavily more against 'Olympus Has Fallen' too; whereas Willis only had to take on board a handful of terrorists in 'Die Hard', here Butler comes off almost without scratch after intense encounters with three or four times as many antagonists! To the film's credit, it does at least attempt to throw some character study in the midst with Butler haunted by an earlier incident in which he was able to save the President, but not his wife, in a road accident. Butler's rapport with the President's son feels very real too. Then again, the film never maximises the potential of Butler and the son knowing all the ins and outs and secret passageways of the White House. Butler's big advantage here is his training rather than his insider knowledge, which in turns renders the film far less interesting than it could have been even if there is a nary a boring moment in the action-packed ride.

Olympus Has Fallen is another film that focuses more on action than on the script , at least the action scenes are fun to watch , plus the script sins with many errors , the steering gets far more in the course of the film he loses control , the cast is interesting , is Gerard Butler who is making more action films , he's fine , have Aaron Eckhart which is good, and the excellent Morgan Freeman 's fine too , the special effects are competent , the action scenes are good , the plot is simple , the soundtrack is average , you do not notice it much , Olympus Has Fallen is no better action movie in done, more is far from bad, the action scenes are cool. Note 6.9