Olympus Has Fallen (2014)

Olympus Has Fallen

Mike Banning (Butler), a former US Army Ranger and Special Forces service member, is the lead Secret Service agent assigned to head the Presidential Detail. He maintains a personal, friendly relationship with President Benjamin Asher (Eckhart), First Lady Margaret (Judd) and, especially, their son Connor (Jacobsen). During a Christmas evening drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser, a tree branch falls and strikes the front of the president’s convoy, making the vehicles skid out of control on black ice on a bridge. The lead vehicle crashes through the guard rail and falls into the icy river below, leaving the presidential limousine teetering on the edge of the bridge. Banning is able to save President Asher, but Margaret and two other agents die when their vehicle falls and crashes.

Cast:
Gerard Butler
Aaron Eckhart
Morgan Freeman
Angela Bassett
Robert Forster
Cole Hauser
Finley Jacobsen
Ashley Judd
Melissa Leo
Dylan McDermott
Radha Mitchell
Rick Yune

Directed by:
Antoine Fuqua

Produced by:
Gerard Butler
Alan Siegel
Mark Gill

Written by:
Creighton Rothenberger
Katrin Benedikt

Music by:
Trevor Morris

Cinematography:
Conrad W. Hall

Editing by:
John Refoua

Release dates:
March 20, 2013 (France[1])
March 22, 2013 (United States)