"Olympus Has Fallen"

I picked up the DVD, "Olympus Has Fallen," at the library when I was looking for some movies to take on vacation recently.  However, when the first two didn't show well on the DVD player in our timeshare, I gave up.  Now it's time to take it back to the library and I had a couple of hours to myself tonight and decided to watch it.  Wow!

Gerard Butler plays a secret service agent and Aaron Eckhart is the current U.S. President while Morgan Freeman is Speaker of the House.  Ashley Judd has a bit part as the President's wife.

Butler is Mike Banning, a former Presidential Guard, who had a close relationship with the President and his wife and son, Connor.  When the White House (known by "Olympus" in the Secret Service Code) falls and the President and other bigwigs are secure underground (or so they think), they discover they are in the bunker with the head of the terrorist group.  Banning finds his way to the scene from the Treasury Department where he has been working a desk job that he hates.  He manages to find a way into the White House as well as a way to communicate with the acting President (Speaker of the House) and his team.  He becomes their sole hope to save the President and the United States.  If you're looking for nonstop thrills, this is the movie to watch!  pazt