GERARD BUTLER. AARON ECKHART.

Sadly though, those are just about the only things that made me stay till the end for Olympus Has Fallen. Sure, the action scenes by Gerard Butler are pretty worthy to watch but there's nothing else otherwise for you to look at.


Much thanks to Churp Churp, I had the chance to take Wai Kin along to watch the premiere screening of Olympus Has Fallen by Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman last night at 1Utama's GSC cinemas. The storyline of the movie is simple enough and everything is terribly predictable that you simply know what would happen next but if you're one for action movies and endless gun fights then you may just enjoy Olympus Has Fallen.

To begin, the story simply goes as such: the president of the United States of America loses the First Lady in a freak accident then dismisses one of the elite members of his protection team, meets up with a representative of a certain country and the whole White House gets attacked all in the name of letting the citizens of the United States of America feel what they feel back at home. Of course, who but the dismissed elite member would come to save the day and be a national hero. The end. Predictable isn't it? In fact, the storyline is almost cliche and there's just no surprises hiding behind the walls. Pun found only if you have watched the movie. 

The movie itself has nearly zero storyline with everything simplified to only a wrecked White House, an apparent secret underground safe built for the sake of the president of the United States of America and a room with all panicky people. Then again, it just makes you wonder if the White House is indeed as safe as everyone thinks it is today considering how it was taken down in what is said to be 13 minutes by the villain of the movie. Maybe he has a slower watch or something because it felt like forever for them to put it into ruins when I watched it. Most of the things didn't make sense, mostly on how ONE dismissed elite member of the Secret Services could have outlived so many thugs all at the same time and how quickly the one who sold out the country repented. To gauge, the movie really wasn't as expected and I'm actually really disappointed in it considering the promising trailer...but I should have learned my lesson from the Dead Man Down screening. (I'm sorry, I'm just not over the fact that it sucks so bad!)

Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, an elite member of the Secret Services team recruited genuinely to do nothing but care for the safety of the president of the United States of America. There's nothing he loves more than to protect the nation but when he decides to give the president and the first lady a separation forever, he gets dismissed and is sent off to a different governmental department all together. The only reason I could think of for them to have cast Gerard Butler to this character is that he was bulk and he was definitely sexy enough to be Mike Banning. It was a mediocre performance by Butler but that's how he always has been through movies he has starred in...except Phantom of the Opera. Nothing great to shout about but he's a good eye candy through this movie.

That's right, Aaron Eckhart plays none other than the President of the United States of America in the movie Olympus Has Fallen. Having seen Eckhart in "No Reservations" opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Abigail Breslin, I've always had an impression that he makes a very good smiley man with a fun spirit to boot. The role by Eckhart doesn't exactly shine the way he might of thought he should have but that really is just what you would get when you take up a role full of composure and calm senses. That being said, I find that he doesn't do half as convincing as a president probably because of the fact that he has a baby face and a much more youthful vibe; albeit looking all wrinkly and having a failed attempt to look matured.