Olympus Has Fallen

The critics are undecided on Olympus Has Fallen, I have read reviews from people who liked it, and several that didn't. I find myself in the former.

This is a fast paced action thriller, with plenty of killing, The opening crash scene sets up the characters nicely and the taking of the white house scene is pretty immense.
I do however have on major issue with the plot of this film, however as it is a fairly integral part of the last part of the film I don't want to ruin it for you. So if you have not seen the film and don't want to know how it ends consider this an official plot spoiler warning...










...Still reading? Towards the end of the film with have the clichéd countdown to armageddon scene, it is based around the ability to self distruct nuclear weapons. However if you built a failsafe system that allows you to destroy a nuclear missile when it is in flight, why would it have a 5 minute countdown? Surely it would be an instant press of a button system as 5 minutes might be too late.

Apart from that major plot fail, this is a very good movie, with a decent performance from Gerrard Butler, which after playing for keeps he really needed. 8/10