Rotten
Olympus Has Fallen is made from action-movie mix. Just add sweat.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Olympus Has Fallen
When our flag falls our nation will rise.
2013 · 2h · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The thrills and the effects are cheap, but this is in hard-driving, good-humoured command of its own silliness.
Guy Lodge, Time Out
Rotten
This ludicrous actioner strives to be as loud, violent, and patriotic as possible.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Fuqua doesn't deliver on what he has set up.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
The carnage is cruel and crude.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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