Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

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/

Flypaper (2011)

Mildly funny, decently entertaining. Flypaper is a campy heist movie blended with frail and desperate extractions from 'Clue' (1985).

Patrick Dempsey tries really really hard but falls flat. He doesn't pull off the neurotic type well at all. He has his moments...or...a moment rather. It would've been much better had he channeled his best performance as Ronald Miller from 'Can't Buy Me Love' (1987) instead of his more popular role, Dr. McDreamy from 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Ashley Judd is insignificant because the character is so bland there's not much anyone can do with it. It's so bland I can't think of anything else to say!

There are recognizable faces, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey Tambor, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, and Curtis Armstrong otherwise affectionately known as "Booger" from the 'Revenge of the Nerds' franchise. Sadly, the recognizable cast adds to the predictability of it all.

The stereotypes are heavy and unimaginative. The movie is rushed which contributes to the lack of chemistry among the entire cast. It was almost hilarious; unfortunately it's just a nice little flick to watch while you're you're doing something else, like making dinner or writing emails, etc.

On a scale of 1-10, Flypaper: 6.0


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541160/