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Olympus Has Fallen was one of two films released in 2013 that depicted a terrorist attack against the White House; the other was White House Down. A sequel, titled London Has Fallen, was released on March 4, 2016, with the principal cast members reprising their roles, and a third film, Angel Has Fallen, was released on August 23, 2019.
- $170.3 million
- Trevor Morris
- $70 million
- Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ed Cathell III, Danny Lerner, Mark Gill
Mar 22, 2013 · Olympus Has Fallen: Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott. Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
- Antoine Fuqua
- 872
- 39 sec
With 'Olympus Has Fallen' putting the White House at the center of a terrorist attack, here are a few real-life incidents that are stranger than fiction. Hollywood has a long history of Presidential drama (and comedy) but with Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen , the highest office in the United States is getting a serious dose of action.
Before he is killed, Agent Roma (Cole Hauser) alerts the Director of the Secret Service Lynne Jacobs (Angela Bassett) that "Olympus has fallen." The attack has been masterminded by Kang Yeonsak , an ex-North Korean terrorist who appears to be motivated by hope for a reunification of Korea. Kang seeks to use Asher's hostage status as leverage to ...
Mar 20, 2013 · Of course, the thrust of "Olympus Has Fallen" centers on the actual kidnapping of the president and his top advisers, including the vice president and the secretary of defense. Though filmed over a year ago, "Olympus Has Fallen" benefits from recent international tensions, since the attack on the White House is masterminded by a group of North ...
Mar 21, 2013 · The director’s new film Olympus Has Fallen, in theaters today, imagines a hypothetical yet hard-hitting terrorist attack on the nation’s capital in which Korean extremists take the president ...
Mar 21, 2013 · 'Olympus Has Fallen' stages an overly familiar action movie in the White House. ... "Terrorist Attack the White House." Then there are the too-obvious symbols: a tattered flag flapping in the ...
