Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

-Directed by Antonie Fuqua starring Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butler

For days my husband wanted us to see this movie and we did yesterday night but inspite of the strong star cast, I was highly disappointed with this movie. It had so much of violence that it left a dusty bitter taste in my mouth. Perhaps it reminded me that such attacks can actually happen and news flashes of attacks in Mumbai India, 26^th November 2011 flashed before me.

Any citizen of any nationality is vulnerable to such a threat and be it security head of even the US of A, every country’s national security can be breached.

This movie was a parallel to Die Hard, where Bruce Willis as an all rugged American hero takes on the villains single handedly in the Nakatomi building.

Gerard Butler does well in soft romantic movies at least for me, I loved him in P.S. I love you and Bounty Hunter. It left me wondering why Morgan Freeman signed up for this movie as all he had were very few lines especially that, “ Get me a coffee with half and half, three sugars not in Styrofoam cup but a real mug” was not highly impressive !

As usual Asians are villains as they are born to be nothing but bad evil people with destructive genes!! When can movie Directors show some real stuff, a wake up call  is highly recommended and see the world as it is!

The action stunts in this movie were awesome and even the sets they created of the white house and Capitol building were exact. Many movies always show the huge towering monuments crashing after an earthquake or Tsunamis but this movie shows the Washington monument crack up. Many helicopters and planes crash and the white house is burnt up.

It made me very sad to see this destruction although the movie ends with Alls well that Ends well, I spent a very sleepless night.