How does a terrorist leader, long gone missing, know that a Secret Service Agent on Presidential detail has a wife who works as a nurse?
Why would the same terrorist leader still keep the President alive when his only bargaining chip (the son) has gone and all nuclear codes have been obtained?
How does a group of terrorists (with one looking totally out of place with long hair) masquerade as staff for the South Korean Premier and waltz into the most secure seat of power in the world without any credentials or background checks?
How on earth are we supposed to believe that Aaron Eckhart is a President?
How did Mike Banning believe that Forbes survived that brutal blitz on White House when his own mates died like puppets and still be the good guy? And what were they busy talking about when Forbes had a clear instruction to eliminate Banning?
Why did artists of the caliber of Antoine Fuqua, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, and Ashley Judd (the wisest of them all, decided to dropout after copping it in first sequence) sign on for this caper?
Too many questions, too many plot holes. Olympus Has Fallen has a tremendous cast, but with such a terrible story-line, unbelievably woeful dialogue, one-dimensional screenplay (Mike Banning could be the Hulk, for all I care, he can escape anything), it is nowhere close to the class of a Die Hard or an AirForce One.
There is the obligatory male-bonding boxing scene to state the mutual respect. Then, the haunted male hero with his nightmarish failure to save the First Lady consuming him. Then, we have the rising global threat of terrorism in the Far East. The mix is already potent and putrid. Add Gerard Butler's average acting and it just becomes worse. The only one to come out of this muddled mess with some credibility intact is Rick Yune, who portrays Kang with twisted sadism. The film needed a strong contrast to the hero and Yune provides it with sufficient panache, although his motive seems murky and unconvincing at best.
Do yourself a favor and watch this when it comes on a boring TV Thursday night three years from today!
Why would the same terrorist leader still keep the President alive when his only bargaining chip (the son) has gone and all nuclear codes have been obtained?
How does a group of terrorists (with one looking totally out of place with long hair) masquerade as staff for the South Korean Premier and waltz into the most secure seat of power in the world without any credentials or background checks?
How on earth are we supposed to believe that Aaron Eckhart is a President?
How did Mike Banning believe that Forbes survived that brutal blitz on White House when his own mates died like puppets and still be the good guy? And what were they busy talking about when Forbes had a clear instruction to eliminate Banning?
Why did artists of the caliber of Antoine Fuqua, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, and Ashley Judd (the wisest of them all, decided to dropout after copping it in first sequence) sign on for this caper?
Too many questions, too many plot holes. Olympus Has Fallen has a tremendous cast, but with such a terrible story-line, unbelievably woeful dialogue, one-dimensional screenplay (Mike Banning could be the Hulk, for all I care, he can escape anything), it is nowhere close to the class of a Die Hard or an AirForce One.
There is the obligatory male-bonding boxing scene to state the mutual respect. Then, the haunted male hero with his nightmarish failure to save the First Lady consuming him. Then, we have the rising global threat of terrorism in the Far East. The mix is already potent and putrid. Add Gerard Butler's average acting and it just becomes worse. The only one to come out of this muddled mess with some credibility intact is Rick Yune, who portrays Kang with twisted sadism. The film needed a strong contrast to the hero and Yune provides it with sufficient panache, although his motive seems murky and unconvincing at best.
Do yourself a favor and watch this when it comes on a boring TV Thursday night three years from today!