Banning is able to save President Asher, but Margaret and two other agents die in the crash.Įighteen months later, Banning works at the Treasury Department, within eyesight of the White House. The lead vehicle in the convoy falls into an icy river while the Presidential limousine teeters on the edge for a minute before falling as well with Margaret still unconscious inside.

During a Christmas evening drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser, a tree falls in front of the President’s convoy, making the vehicles skid out of control on black ice on a bridge. He maintains a personal, friendly relationship with President Benjamin Asher, First Lady Margaret Asher and particularly their son Connor Asher. Army Ranger Mike Banning is the lead Secret Service agent assigned to head the Presidential Detail. It spawned two sequels, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen.įormer U.S. Meanwhile, Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull ( Morgan Freeman) and others in The Pentagon try to handle the situation.Īlthough Olympus Has Fallen received a mixed reception among critics and audience, it was a surprise sleeper box-office success. Banning must use his inside knowledge of the White House and all his training to fight through the terrorists and save President Asher, the president's son Connor ( Finley Jacobsen) and avert an even bigger threat. In this film, disgraced Secret Service agent and former Presidential guard Mike Banning ( Gerard Butler) must battle a well-equipped North Korean terrorist group, led by brutal mastermind Kang Yeonsak ( Rick Yune), who have seized the White House and hold US President Benjamin Asher ( Aaron Eckhart) and other high-ranking officials hostage. The film was also in a competition with another ' Die Hard-in-a-White-House' film that same year called White House Down. It was written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Olympus Has Fallen is the 2013 action thriller film.

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