Please don’t confuse this film with Olympus Has Fallen

Maureen 2021-11-24 08:01:24

Two films with the same theme were released this year, invested by mainstream filmmaker Sony Columbia and emerging filmmaker Millennium Pictures.

Shocking Crisis English name: White House Down, Roland Emmerich, directed by Sony Columbia, produced Channing Tatum, and Jamie Fox, starring in production costs of $150 million. Shows in summer.

The White House has fallen. The English name Olympus Has Fallen, the director of Anthony Fouquet, Millennium Pictures, and four other companies have a production cost of 70 million US dollars, starring Gerald Butler, Alan Eckhart. Released in spring.

With the exception of "Training Day", Anthony Fouquet's films, such as "Tears of the Sun" and "Sniper of Life and Death", received average commercial responses. It is also a commercial action film. I personally thought that Roland Emmerich was much better than Anthony Fouquet in atmosphere creation and rhythm control. But judging from the IMDB score, the scores of the two films are almost the same, both of which are 6.X passing lines.

Friendly reminder 1: Of these two films, Olympus was released first, and the limitations of medium-cost production and the lack of control of Anthony Fouquet were fully exposed. CG stunts have been singled out by American Variety Show. The first half hour of "Shocking Crisis" is full of old stalks. Please go out and turn left to "The Fall of Olympus (domestic title: The Fall of the White House)." Please be patient for the audience who loves black and white comedy action movies with bickering.
Friendly reminder 2: DVD fans should pay attention to the acquisition of the "Olympus Fall" DVD, because the former is released by an independent production company and the box office is stable, the DVD may not necessarily be republished. The market response of "Shocking Crisis" is not very optimistic. As a large company, Sony Pictures may be eager to recoup the cost through the video disc market.


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Next I I want to talk about my feelings.
Just like "World Clash" and "The End of the World", these two films must be controversial. But please don't draw conclusions lightly.

Back then, "Clash between Heaven and Earth" was originally used as a remake of the 1951 Paramount classic science fiction film "When Worlds Collide" that described the earth being hit by a comet. Difficulties were put on hold until the 90s. In 1993, Spielberg bought the copyright to the sci-fi master Arthur C. Clark’s short story "The Hammer of God". The novel "The Hammer of God" depicts the people on earth sending astronauts to blow up comets that may hit the earth. The story that made the people on earth escape the catastrophe. Spielberg found Paramount and hoped that Paramount could vote for the film. It just so happened that Paramount had such a ready-made book in hand, and Richard Zanuck helped Spielberg shoot "Jaws". The two had a good relationship, so they hit it off, and the ideas of the two works merged into one. , There is the current "World Clash". The final script was drafted in 1993, and it was still three years away from the planning of "Peerless Tribulation", and it was even farther away from Nostradamus' big prophecy.
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Shocking crisis: Western leftist values, anti-unilateralism, anti-military industry The complex
Olympus Has Fallen: Western right-wing values ​​indirectly serve the "Red Dawn" fellow travellers in the military industry complex

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Extended Reading

White House Down quotes

  • Cale: So, what's it like being president?

    President Sawyer: It's not like anything. Once you get into office, it's all about re-election, and what the other side can use against you.

    Cale: Politics.

    President Sawyer: You don't start out a politician, but you become one. Just once, though, I wanna do something that's presidential. Something along the lines of Lincoln, Washington, and Jefferson.

    Cale: You wanna make history.

    President Sawyer: No. Not history. I wanna make a difference. If your little daughter says that I'm her hero, then I gotta earn that.

  • Finnerty: John, I want you to listen to me. Help is not coming.

    Cale: Did you hear what I just said? I said they have the president.

    Finnerty: John, they called an air strike on the White House. The Vice President is dead. You just need to get out of there.

    Cale: No, no, no. They cannot do that. They still have hostages. They still have Emily.

    Finnerty: I'm so, so sorry. I was wrong about you, but there's nothing you can do, John. If you stay, you're gonna die.

    Finnerty: Carol, I need you to listen to me. My little girl is counting on me right now, and I am not gonna disappear on her. Okay? So you tell me how much time I have.

    Finnerty: You only have eight minutes left to get them out.