Olympus Has Fallen is slightly entertaining but mostly embarrassing. The details are very messy. The first 20 minutes of the movie is the best part. Everything else is a display of severe American incompetence.
The cast is pretty spectacular and the acting is generally good. It just doesn't play out well. It's a sloppy excuse for an action movie. I really don't understand what happened here. The budget for this movie was pretty hefty at $70 million. I'm going to have to put this one on the director, Antoine Fuqua, and the two writers Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt. All three of whom do not have much experience. So maybe the onus is on the producers for choosing three noobs to handle all the fire power behind the casting. Boggles my mind that so many heavy weight actors signed on for this one.
Speaking of a heavy weight, an underrated one, Ashley Judd as the First Lady is the main spark of energy; which is actually unfortunate.
The casting is the only saving grace for this one. I mean, for the most part, they have actual Korean actors play the Korean roles. That's unique! If only the writing and directing were as detailed and thorough, this movie could have been good. Instead, it will make you sigh and huff for two hours.
Olympus Has Fallen trailer...
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302755/
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