This includes Forbes, but not before convincing the traitor to report to Kang that Banning is dead. Despite resistance, he finds Connor hiding in the walls, thanks to the training Banning had given him, and sneaks him out of the White House before beginning reconnaissance and reducing the terrorists’ numbers one by one.
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Authorized to proceed, Banning’s first act is to save Connor, who Kang plans to use to force Asher to reveal his Cerberus code since Trumbull notes that Asher would not be able to hold out under those circumstances. He falls back into the White House, disables the internal surveillance and gains access to Asher’s satellite phone, which he uses to maintain contact with Allan Trumbull, the Speaker of the House who is now the Acting President. Asher orders the other two officials to reveal their codes to save their lives, certain that he will not give up his code.ĭuring the assault by Kang’s forces on the front lawn, Banning joins the side of the White House’s defenders. nuclear missiles during an abort, which are held by three top government officials within the bunker, including the President. To accomplish this, he requires the access codes to a system in the bunker called Cerberus: a fail-safe device that self-detonates any U.S. He also seeks to destroy all of America’s nuclear weapons in their silos and turn the United States into an irradiated wasteland as revenge for the death of his parents when his mother was killed by an American landmine and his father was executed for crimes against North Korea. military to withdraw from the Korean Peninsula, allowing the Korean War to end. Kang seeks to use Asher’s hostage status as leverage to force the U.S. The attack has been masterminded by Kang Yeonsak, an ex-North Korean terrorist who appears to be motivated by hope for a reunification of Korea. Before he is killed, Agent Roma alerts the Director of the Secret Service Lynne Jacobs that “Olympus has fallen.” Asher and several top officials are held hostage in the White House bunker where Prime Minister Lee is killed.
The remaining Secret Service agents within the White House mount an unsuccessful counterattack but inflict casualties on the terrorists. During a meeting between Asher and South Korean Prime Minister, Lee Tae-Woo, Korean-led guerrilla forces, aided by treasonous members of Prime Minister Lee’s own detail, which include Dave Forbes, an ex-US Secret Service agent turned private contractor, mount an air and ground assault that results in the capture of the White House. He has been demoted from the Presidential Detail as the sight of him triggers Asher’s memories of the night Margaret died. Banning is able to save President Asher, but Margaret and two other agents die in the crash.Įighteen months later, Banning works at the Treasury Department, within eyesight of the White House. The lead vehicle in the convoy falls into an icy river while the Presidential limousine teeters on the edge for a minute before falling as well with Margaret still unconscious inside. During a Christmas evening drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser, a tree falls in front of the President’s convoy, making the vehicles skid out of control on black ice on a bridge.
He maintains a personal, friendly relationship with President Benjamin Asher, First Lady Margaret Asher and particularly their son Connor Asher. Army Ranger Mike Banning is the lead Secret Service agent assigned to head the Presidential Detail. It spawned two sequels, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen.įormer U.S. Meanwhile, Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull ( Morgan Freeman) and others in The Pentagon try to handle the situation.Īlthough Olympus Has Fallen received a mixed reception among critics and audience, it was a surprise sleeper box-office success. Banning must use his inside knowledge of the White House and all his training to fight through the terrorists and save President Asher, the president's son Connor ( Finley Jacobsen) and avert an even bigger threat. In this film, disgraced Secret Service agent and former Presidential guard Mike Banning ( Gerard Butler) must battle a well-equipped North Korean terrorist group, led by brutal mastermind Kang Yeonsak ( Rick Yune), who have seized the White House and hold US President Benjamin Asher ( Aaron Eckhart) and other high-ranking officials hostage. The film was also in a competition with another " Die Hard-in-a-White-House" film that same year called White House Down. It was written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Olympus Has Fallen is the 2013 action thriller film.
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