Runtime: 119 minutes
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Rick Yune, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
From: Several different companies
Most assuredly a better usage of my time than last night's Presidential Debate.
From popular opinion it was a wise decision to completely ignore last night's debates... not that I ever watch them anyhow. Instead, I finally saw this Die Hard clone; sure, it is rather dopey and for certain jingoistic. However, it was still better than the last two Die Hard pictures.
It's a typical story where disgraced Secret Service Agent Mike Banning gets to redeem himself after those damned North Koreans invade the White House (the Olympus referred to in the title) and one crazed A-hole really wants to get revenge on the USA for how terrible his country is... as if the USA was the sole reason for his country's issues. It is a silly movie which has some ropey CG and also a few mean-spirited moments.
All this being said, this does deliver bloody R-rated action featuring a hero easy to root for, a cast full of famous faces-which does help elevate this material-and Mike Banning killing many SOB's. It's not the sort of movie I'll write an extensive review for; instead I'll note the hilarity of this being an instance where it is one of two quite similar pictures coming out at the same time. Perhaps White House Down should be viewed in the future for comparison's sake.
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