Attacco al potere - Olympus Has Fallen

Titolo originale: Olympus Has Fallen
Regia: Antoine Fuqua |
Anno: 2013
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Thriller
Tag: usa president | washington dc, usa | the white house | secret service | terrorist attack | north korea |
Cast: Gerard Butler | Aaron Eckhart | Finley Jacobsen | Dylan McDermott | Rick Yune | Morgan Freeman | Cole Hauser | Radha Mitchell | Angela Bassett | Melissa Leo | Phil Austin | James Ingersoll | Freddy Bosche | Lance Broadway | Sean O'Bryan | Keong Sim | Kevin Moon | Malana Lea | Robert Forster | Sam Medina | Ashley Judd | Mike Snyder | Josiah D. Lee | Edrick Browne | Sean Boyd | Hunter Burke | Aonika Laurent | Jace Jeanes | Sione Ma'umalanga | Tory Kittles | Shane Land | Shanna Forrestall | Ian Casselberry | Dorothy Deavers | Amber Dawn Landrum | Han Soto | Kenneth Wayne Bradley | Bill Stinchcomb | Michelle Celeste Assil | Met Salih | Darrell L. Connerton | Terry Dale Parks | Michael Stallings | Elliott Grey | Hamish Macdonald | Lawrence O'Donnell | Rick Chambers | Scott Walker | Catherine Shreves | Arnold Chon | Lewis Tan | J.J. Perry | Simon Rhee | Ron Yuan | David Joseph Martinez | Andy Cheng | Steve Kim | Danny Le Boyer | Woon Young Park | Pak Ho-Sung | Philip Tan | Stephen Oyoung |

Mike Banning è un agente della sicurezza al servizio del presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America. Brillante e intraprendente, è ben voluto dalla First Lady e da suo figlio, un ragazzino di pochi anni che sogna un giorno di servire il Paese. Alla Vigilia di Natale la donna muore in un tragico incidente, 'sacrificata' insieme a due agenti per salvare la vita del presidente. Sollevato dall'incarico e costretto dietro alla scrivania, Mike conduce una vita ordinaria a cui proprio non riesce ad abituarsi. L'attacco alla Casa Bianca da parte di un gruppo di estremisti nord coreani, che vorrebbero 'detonare' gli States, gli offre finalmente l'occasione di tornare operativo. Sopravvissuto ai colleghi caduti come mosche nei corridoi della residenza presidenziale, Mike prova a raggiungere il bunker dove il Presidente è tenuto in ostaggio con il suo staff. Mentre l'America trattiene il respiro, l'agente Banning si riprende gloria e reputazione.

Approfondimenti

Rick Yune, who plays the lead terrorist, was born in Washington, D.C. D
Hamish MacDonald is a real Australian news reporter. At the time, he was working for Channel 10, bas [...] D
This is the fourth film which Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd have appeared in together, but it's the [...] D
This was one of two movies released in 2013 with a similar premise, which is the garrisoning of the [...] D
In this film, Aaron Eckhart and Ashley Judd play parents of a boy. Currently, in real-life neither o [...] D
Body Count: 168. D
For her more physically demanding scenes, Melissa Leo did step-ups on an apple box in between takes [...] D
After the attack on the White House, and kidnapping of the President and Vice President, Speaker All [...] D
This is the second time Dylan McDermott has played a Secret Service agent. He also played one in Nel [...] D
Actor Phil Austin who plays the Vice-President in this film, bears a striking resemblance to U.S. Vi [...] D
Dylan McDermott and Robert Forster appeared together in Automata (2014). D
Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman both previously appeared in "Nurse Betty" and "The Dark Knight." D
The role of the Secret Service director was originally written for a man. Antoine Fuqua persuaded An [...] D
The book Connor the president's son is reading at the beginning when they are talking about going do [...] D
When Banning gives Connor his badge, it's somewhat different from the badges the other Secret Servic [...] D
At different points in the Pentagon crisis room, the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Chief Master Se [...] D
Putting North Korean terrorists in the plot was widely viewed as prescient when real-world tensions [...] D
The name of Gerard Butler's character, Mike Banning, is also the title character name of the 1967 fi [...] D
When the U.S. flag is thrown from the top of the White House, it falls upside-down. Flying the flag [...] D
Sheri Davis's debut. D
While filming the White House tourist scenes in Louisiana, the weather was so hot that the Humane So [...] D
This is the third of fourth collaborations between Radha Mitchell and Morgan Freeman. They previousl [...] D
When Speaker Trumbull tells Mike he has 30 minutes left, 30 minutes are left in the movie. D
The typeface used for the word "Olympus" in the poster is the same as that of the logo of company "O [...] D
This is the second film in which Rick Yune plays a North Korean terrorist. He played a North Korean [...] D
Gerard Butler was once in consideration to star as CIA operative Mitch Rapp in a proposed film adapt [...] D
Almost by definition, the President of the United States cannot be held hostage. The moment they are [...] D
This film is considered to be a "Trappola di cristallo (1988)" copycat, nicknamed "Die Hard in the W [...] D
The intruding aircraft is a modified Lockheed AC-130, itself a modified C-130 Hercules. In the movie [...] D
Oddly, even though much of the film's setting is in the White House, this is the only one of the thr [...] D
Morgan Freeman was filming the crisis room scenes in Louisiana at the height of his Internet death h [...] D
Rick Yune and Cole Hauser were both in The Fast and The Furious universe (The Fast and The Furious a [...] D
A lot of fans of the film have believed that the Presidential motorcade incident at the start was no [...] D
Olympus is code for the White House. The terrorists find the Cerberus Codes in the vault below the W [...] D
There is a room in the White House called The Roosevelt Room. In this room, one of the two Roosevelt [...] D
The interceptor planes are Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor jets designed for air superiority and interce [...] D
Whether it's coincidence or homage, Olympus Has Fallen contains a few allusions to the movie Trappol [...] D
One trailer, used in television ads, included Emergency Alert System tones, which are used to alert [...] D
Angela Bassett only took her part because she always wanted to work alongside Morgan Freeman. D
Morgan Freeman has openly stated in interviews that he did the film strictly for the money, the same [...] D
In the special features, it mentions that the attack on the White House was planned by former Secret [...] D
Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser are also in Pitch Black. D
Winona Ryder was the studio's first choice to play the First Lady. D