Olympus Has Fallen is a American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, and is the first installment in the Has Fallen film series.
President Benjamin Asher. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Fuqua's direction and Butler's performance, but criticized the overt violence and screenplay.
Olympus Has Fallen was one of two films released in that depicted a terrorist attack against the White House; the other was White House Down , which was released three months later. A sequel, titled London Has Fallen , was released on March 4, , with the principal cast members reprising their roles. A third film, Angel Has Fallen , was released on August 23, Former U. On a snowy Christmas drive from Camp David , the Presidential Limo transporting the First Family spins out of control on an icy bridge after a tree branch hits the leading vehicle.
Banning pulls Asher from the vehicle, but the limo plummets to the frozen river, killing Margaret. Eighteen months later, Banning works at the Treasury Department , having been removed from the presidential detail. Before being killed, Agent Roma alerts the Pentagon that "Olympus has fallen". He falls back into the White House, disabling internal surveillance, and uses Asher's satellite earphone to contact Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs and Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull, now acting president , in the Pentagon's emergency briefing room.
Kang uses Asher's hostage status to demand Trumbull to withdraw U. He also seeks to detonate the American nuclear arsenal to turn North America into an irradiated wasteland as revenge for his mother's death. Asher orders McMillan and Hoenig to reveal their codes to save their lives, certain that he will not give up his own code.
