Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013) by Mark D — 24 Dec 2013

I found this surprisingly entertaining. Not a good movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but it just had that right kind of feeling to it. Reminded me of 80s action movies that were a ton of fun, but fell apart as soon as you started thinking about all the intricacies.

The whole attack on the White House sequence was pretty darn intense. Scary even, to think it's at all a possibility. I was kind of shocked by the violence here, too. They don't pull any punches. I'm kind of surprised they didn't whittle it down to PG-13 to get a bigger audience. Good on them for sticking with it, as it's feels more "real" this way.

It's so weird seeing Gerard Butler suppress his accent and be an American hero. he's perfectly fine here, but it's kind of distracting.

Aaron Eckhart looks too much like a guy I work with, so whenever he shows up in a movie, he reminds me of work. Ok actor, but ugh.

Of course, the plot falls apart as soon as you start thinking about the details. How no one detected this world renown terrorist beforehand is beyond me. Plus, how did all his helpers go unnoticed? And all those weapons they have? Some alarm bells would have been set off somewhere.

Anyway, it IS entertaining, I'll give it that. lots of things blow up real good. It's rare for me to enjoy a movie like this nowadays, so take that for what it's worth.