Story Line
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 the 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.
“When our flag falls our nation will rise.”
Top Cast
Gerard Butler
Mike Banning
Aaron Eckhart
President Benjamin Asher
Finley Jacobsen
Connor
Dylan McDermott
Forbes
Rick Yune
Kang
Morgan Freeman
Alan Trumbull
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
2013-03-20
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
ActionThriller
Part of the Series
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User Reviews (6)
reverenddr
4.5/10
•6/30/2013Olympus Has Fallen is, for all practical purposes, a modern remake of Die Hard that replaces Bruce Willis with Gerard Butler and Nakatomi Tower with the White House. Butler puts in a respectable performance as Mike Banning. Director Antoine Fuqua did...
Gimly
5/10
•6/21/2017Out of the wealth of "_Die Hard in an (X)_" movies that are on offer, "_Die Hard in the White House_" is an.... okay one. The story is old hat and the CGI is awful, but the sequence of the initial attack on the White House isn't just good, it's great...
The Movie Diorama
4/10
•1/16/2020Olympus Has Fallen ironically insults America’s national security through lunacy and patriotism. “Die Hard in the White House” claims British lads’ magazine Zoo, divulging into the testosterone-fuelled minds of its laddish readers. To be fair to them...
Andre Gonzales
8/10
•8/28/2023Great movie with action throughout. Lots of drama as well. Just your average insane crew trying to take over the white house.