"Olympus Has Fallen" Review (some spoilers)

It was Christmas Eve, and I was alone in my apartment drinking more wine than was good for me, so I decided to watch a dumb movie. Olympus Has Fallen had come highly recommended to me as a movie to slash watch on Netflix, and I was not disappointed.

The Bad
Let's get this out of the way: the movie itself? Meh. Annoyingly hyper-patriotic and racist against Asians. There's an eye-roll worthy woman fridging scene early in the film. Standard explosions, and it took itself far too seriously for the kind of movie it actually was. I didn't know what the fuck was going on half the time. Air Force One had the underlying unity and teamwork as the hook, and Die Hard had the insouciant one liners. In contrast, this movie didn't have much underpinning all the action. The foundation for this movie, indeed, looks like it was...

The Good
The slash, which we will address in a moment, and the cast. Speaking of which...

The Cast
Pretty damn decent cast. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Morgan Freeman, (neither of whom got the kind of meaty roles I would have liked to see) Rick Yune, Melissa Leo.

Putting aside momentarily the plot villifying every single Asian person in this movie, Rick Yune was a spectacular villain. Dapper as hell in his waistcoat, master planner, cool as a cucumber. He's fucking gorgeous, and he did a very fine job with the part he was given.


oh shit, sonnnn

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