WHO’S IN IT?
Gerard Butler (300), Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Angela Bassett (Malcolm X), Alon Abutbul (Munich), Charlotte Riley (Edge of Tomorrow), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire), Sean O’Bryan (Yes Man), Mehdi Dehbi (A Most Wanted Man), Waleed Zuaiter (Omar)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Babak Najafi (Sebbe), director; Katrin Benedikt (The Expendables 3), Christian Gudegast (A Man Apart), Chad St. John (film debut) and Creighton Rothenberger (Olympus Has Fallen), writers; Gerard Butler (Law Abiding Citizen), Mark Gill (The Rebound), Danny Lerner (The Expendables 2), Matt O’Toole (Survivor), Alan Siegel (Playing for Keeps) and Les Weldon (Ninja), producers; Trevor Morris (Immortals), composer; Ed Wild (Welcome to the Punch), cinematographer; Michael J. Duthie (Stargate) and Paul Martin Smith (Venom), editors
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
When the British Prime Minister suddenly dies, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) accompanies President Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) to London for the funeral, along with several other Western world leaders. However, they find themselves walking into a deadly plot to assassinate all the world’s leaders, and the only ones that can stop the terrorists from succeeding are Banning and Asher…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
The sequel to the surprise action hit Olympus Has Fallen moves the high-octane action from the White House to the City of London, which could honestly go either way at this stage.
