Olympus Has Fallen
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:21 pm
It's supposed to be an action movie and it really is in many ways. Sometimes like a DIE HARD movie without all the cursing. Lots of plot holes but who cares.
The plot is that rogue Korean terrorists take over the White House to force a withdrawal from the DMZ and to blow up all the Nukes in the USA and then leave. "Leaving" is always a plot hole in hostage movies. "Hydra 6" is a plot hole in this movie. (It's a really big gun and not a criminal organization.)
And funkiness of all things, the bullets leave tracks in daylight, in night, in the street...
But be warned, there are parts that might be hard to take. The destruction is all computer generated but several buildings was all know and love in Washington DC do get blown up really bad. That can trigger things we'd rather not remembered be ugly to watch.
Aaron Eckhard is good as the president. He doesn't get to speechify like other disaster movies.
Gerard Butler is perfect as the hero secret service agent with the past from hell...
Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett breathe life into the the "outside" story. There is always an outside story. Bassett lifts every scene she's in. Freeman has one good speech. The rest of the time he phones it in.
It's a 2 day rental, so I will watch it tomorrow to replace the talking heads pontificating about politics.
The plot is that rogue Korean terrorists take over the White House to force a withdrawal from the DMZ and to blow up all the Nukes in the USA and then leave. "Leaving" is always a plot hole in hostage movies. "Hydra 6" is a plot hole in this movie. (It's a really big gun and not a criminal organization.)
And funkiness of all things, the bullets leave tracks in daylight, in night, in the street...
But be warned, there are parts that might be hard to take. The destruction is all computer generated but several buildings was all know and love in Washington DC do get blown up really bad. That can trigger things we'd rather not remembered be ugly to watch.
Aaron Eckhard is good as the president. He doesn't get to speechify like other disaster movies.
Gerard Butler is perfect as the hero secret service agent with the past from hell...
Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett breathe life into the the "outside" story. There is always an outside story. Bassett lifts every scene she's in. Freeman has one good speech. The rest of the time he phones it in.
It's a 2 day rental, so I will watch it tomorrow to replace the talking heads pontificating about politics.