Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

[captainlucy]

Following an unscheduled day off work and the resulting ennui, I decided to pop down to the cinema to have a gander at the latest no-brainer action flick from Replacement Killers director Antoine Fuqua. I expected something along the lines of Die Hard, and it delivered. As ever, spoilers lurk...

Comments

[vesper2000]

The jingoism was a little too much for me, and I'm American

[captainlucy]

Yes, the Touching PatriotismTM. ;)

I suppose I've become slightly immunised to that level of jingoism recently, as the only two things I could think about during the scene where the terrorists threw the bullet hole-riddled Stars & Stripes over the side of the White House were (1) it wasn't a particularly convincing CGI flag, and (2) that's probably pretty close to what significant numbers of Loyalists over here think happened when they stopped flying the Union Flag over the City Hall 24/7. And tbh I don't think the jingoism was any more egregious than in Battle Los Angeles, the end of Superman II, or any series of 24.

[vesper2000]

Still, it's embarrassing