Thursday, March 28, 2013

Olympus Has Fallen



When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

OOH-RAH!! That’s how you explain this action packed in your face action movie.  Gerard Butler plays a fantastic hero and badass!! Finally we have a no nonsense hero who doesn’t have time for bullshit and takes extreme measures to get what he wants.  This summer is packed with movies that involve taking over the White House and it’s going to be a monumental (pun intended) task to do it better than Antoine Fuqua (director) does.  He is climbing the charts quickly as one of the best action directors, and this is going to do nothing but help boost him even farther.  I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and was always fully engaged.  When the American Flag is thrown off the roof of the White House I went into complete attack mode and wanted to kick ass with the military and take back the house.  America!! Fuck Yeah!! That’s what this movie does to you, at least me; I felt the urge to go enlist in the military just to kick some bad guy ass.  I’m going to admit that the trailer to this movie doesn’t do it justice, but after seeing the movie you understand why they couldn’t include more action.  Aaron Eckhart (President Asher) and Morgan Freeman (Speaker Trumbull) play the roles the way you hope our President and Speaker would act if this attack actually happened.  I’m still pumped up 2 hours later and want to go back and see it again.  Action lovers you will not be disappointed, if this is how the action movie summer starts, I can’t wait to see how it ends.  AMERICA!!

Enjoy the show.  

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