By
James
Hirsen
The
newly released “Olympus Has Fallen” is an action movie, which, like so many
others that have come out of Hollywood in the past few years, is a mixed bag
artistically. However, the film seems to have abnormally irritated a number of
critics, not so much because of some of its inherent flaws, but rather because
it includes a display of patriotism and additionally dares to contain a story
line about a Western nation that is dealing with the real world challenges of
terrorism.
Metropolitan
movie critics have been known to sing the praises of less than stellar film
fare and have routinely given a pass to explicitly violent R-rated cinema.
Somehow, though, "Olympus Has Fallen" has managed to raise the ire of
many of them, and the grousing on the street is about the love of country that
is exhibited by several of the onscreen characters and what is frequently
characterized as questionable interrogation techniques. [more...]
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