Banning pulls Asher from the vehicle, but fails to save Margaret as she falls to her death.Įighteen months later, Banning works at the Treasury Department, having been removed from the presidential detail. On a snowy Christmas drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser, the Presidential Limo transporting the First Family spins out of control on an icy bridge. Banning maintains a personal, friendly relationship with President Benjamin Asher, First Lady Margaret, and their son Connor. Army Ranger, Mike Banning, is a Secret Service detail leader for the President. Olympus Has Fallen was one of two films released in 2013 that depicted a terrorist attack against the White House the other was White House Down.Ī sequel, titled London Has Fallen, was released in March 2016, with the principal cast members reprising their roles, and a third film, Angel Has Fallen, was released in August 2019.įormer U.S. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Fuqua's direction and Butler's performance, but criticized the overt violence and screenplay. The film was released in the United States on March 22, 2013, by FilmDistrict, and grossed $170 million against a $70 million production budget. The plot depicts a North Korean-led guerrilla assault on the White House, and focuses on disgraced United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to rescue U.S. The film stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, and Rick Yune. Olympus Has Fallen is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, and is the first installment in the Has Fallen film series.

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