Wednesday 17 April 2013

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Olympus Has Fallen

Genre: Action Thriller, warning this film contains strong intense brutal scenes not suitable for anyone under the age of the cert.

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: none

Violence & Gore: A woman hits her head very hard during a car crash, we see blood on her face and head. A car falls upside down onto solid ice from bridge-height and smashes the roof with a person inside it.

A paramilitary group of about 100 Koreans launches air and ground assaults on the White House with a plane, missiles, mortars, grenades, guns and knives: a plane uses four machine guns to down two USAF fighters overhead in loud crashes with flames and smoke; a plane fires on the White House with flashing shots and loud noises, then skims the Washington Monument, which crumbles off at the top third and kills visitors on the ground with large chunks of falling debris.

A Special Forces agent stabs several terrorists in the head in different fights, leaving large pools of blood under their heads as they hit the ground; in one scene he stabs an enemy in the throat instead, creating a flow of blood down the man's chest as he dies.

An agent questions two terrorists that he has tied to chairs; he stabs them in the thighs with a knife (we see blood), and he stabs one in the throat to kill him and create a lot of blood in order to scare the other man into giving information. A woman hits her head very hard during a car crash, we see blood on her face and head. A car falls upside down onto solid ice from bridge-height and smashes the roof with a person inside it.

A paramilitary group of about 100 Koreans launches air and ground assaults on the White House with a plane, missiles, mortars, grenades, guns and knives: a plane uses four machine guns to down two USAF fighters overhead in loud crashes with flames and smoke; a plane fires on the White House with flashing shots and loud noises, then skims the Washington Monument, which crumbles off at the top third and kills visitors on the ground with large chunks of falling debris.

A Special Forces agent stabs several terrorists in the head in different fights, leaving large pools of blood under their heads as they hit the ground; in one scene he stabs an enemy in the throat instead, creating a flow of blood down the man's chest as he dies.

An agent questions two terrorists that he has tied to chairs; he stabs them in the thighs with a knife (we see blood), and he stabs one in the throat to kill him and create a lot of blood in order to scare the other man into giving information.

Profanity: About 29-30 F words, and some minimal use of shit, hell and damn

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Brief smoking is seen.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Most of the violence in the film is intense and brutal, not recommended for children.

cert: it was given a 15 cert,but due to the content i would say 18 cert due to the level of violence.

Story: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster

Likes : Gerard Butler is back on top form,one of he's best films to date, this is what die hard use to be but in the white house.This film was just brilliantly done, i love the way they made Gerard character this hard ass, no hold barred ex commando ranger force battalion special op solider,which seriously he kick ass in this film, it was a little slow at the begin & tragic at one point but when this film really dose kick in it seriously kicks in. It was complete chaos bullets firing everywhere, people getting gunned down in the street special with the way the white house gets taken over unbelievable action that is complete thrown in your face.Be warn tho this film is very brutal special some scene in the bunker, Aaron Eckhart bring a brilliant peformance as the president who trying to keep it together with he son after what happen to his wife, he's character bring this hard nose man that wont back down i think that kind of what gerard character made to be because there seem to be a friendship between them.Morgan Freeman bring a brilliant performance as the speaker who has no choice but to stand in a the president to save this problem, Ashley Judd (cameo) play the pesidents wife she only in for a few moments at the begin of the film.Just the way this storyline take you on a rollercoaster of action,mayhem & brute fight scene that lead to a nail biting ending this film is one film you dont want to miss,all the hype this film has had live up to everything.i love the way gerard character has this scarastic ruthless side special when he gets complete mad,you could feel the conviction in he voice special some of hes scenes were so brute you had to look away from the screen special the head terriost in charge played by Rick Yune seriosly this guy was very brutal & didnt mess around when he said he was going to do something but there was some scene i throught was visious.

Dislike: The only thing in this film i didnt like is violence towards woman,special with one scene that was seriously nasty.

Overall : Action,mayhem, what die hard was back in the day,this is one film not to be missed.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for enterainment / 8.9 out of 10 for action/ Concept

 

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