Olympus has Fallen is a pure action movie with little in the way of plot. It's about the white house getting overrun by enemy forces, who are able to occupy it and take the president hostage. Gerard Butler pretends to be an American patriot and former secret service agent, who is totally not stifling a Scottish accent, and is our country's only hope of stopping the threat and saving the president.
You'd think there'd be a small army of people around the white house who could stop something like this happening, and there is. Unfortunately a few dozen guys dressed as tourists are able to create what becomes an obscene body count in this film. There was no way to count how many people are killed on screen, but it has to be in the hundreds.
Worst Harlem Shake ever.
It's hard to find anything remarkable about this movie. The plot is absurdly implausible, and only serves as a vehicle for all the violence to take place. Nothing stands out other than the body count and action, which are at least done well enough to make the movie exciting. It'll get your heart going and you might silently cheer to yourself when Butler gets his small victories, so you could still say it's entertaining.
Can't say I really recommend this film, but it is a passable way to spend some time, and it was decent enough to not make me hate myself while filling the gap before the summer movie season starts.
"You are now reading this in my voice. Titty sprinkles."
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