Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen was nothing special, but I found myself rather entertained by this punchy action film. It's brutal. It's mean. It's a no nonsense, kick the crap out of everyone who gets in your way action film. Yes, it had that typical action film set-up complete with inevitable absurdities, but what worked for the film was the fact that it managed to build some great action sequences despite the straightforward and cliched plot. I really found some action scenes brilliantly executed and Gerard Butler pulled them all of pretty well. Olymus Has Fallen was just a straight-up action movie. No more. No less. Taken as a whole, this won't live forever as a shining example of its genre, but it's the best I could have hoped for. 7.5