<P> Olympus Has Fallen is a 2013 American action thriller film . Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt, it stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman, with Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, and Rick Yune in supporting roles . The film depicts a North Korean - led guerrilla assault on the White House, and focuses on disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning's (Butler) efforts to rescue the President (Eckhart). </P> <P> The film was released on March 22, 2013, by FilmDistrict and earned $170 million against a $70 million production budget . Olympus Has Fallen was one of two films released in 2013 that dealt with a terrorist attack on the White House; the other was White House Down . A sequel titled London Has Fallen was released on March 4, 2016, with the principal cast members reprising their roles . Another sequel, Angel Has Fallen, is in the works . It is the first installment in the Has Fallen film series . </P> <P> Former Army Ranger Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is the lead U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to head the U.S. Presidential detail . Banning maintains a personal, friendly relationship with President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), First Lady Margaret (Ashley Judd) and their son Connor (Finley Jacobsen). During a snowy Christmas evening drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser, the car transporting the First Family spins out of control on a bridge due to icy conditions; Banning pulls Asher from the vehicle, but Margaret falls to her death while inside the car . </P> <P> Eighteen months later, having been removed from the presidential detail, Banning works at Treasury headquarters . During a meeting between Asher and South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae - Woo (Keong Sim), a North Korean terrorist organisation; Koreans for United Freedom (KUF) led by Kang Yeonsak (Rick Yune), mount an air and ground assault that results in the capture of the White House . The group is also aided by treasonous members of the prime minister's own detail, including Dave Forbes (Dylan McDermott), a former Secret Service agent . Asher and several top officials are held hostage in the White House bunker; South Korean Prime Minister Lee is executed on live video . Before his own death, detail agent Roma (Cole Hauser) alerts the Director of the Secret Service Lynne Jacobs (Angela Bassett) that "Olympus has fallen". </P>

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