Movie quotes: Olympus has fallen 2013
My note: It's always
fascinating the explication given by BAD people.
The BAD
guy Yeon-sak Kang, head of the
KUF (paramilitary organization) [played by Rick Yune]: I'm working for justice. To give
millions of starving men, women and children a chance at more than just
subsistence. To end the civil war your country interrupted so long ago. And yes
... for a united, prosperous Korea. It's a whole new world, baby.
The GOOD
guy Mike Banning [played by Gerard Butler] =
Echelon Four, Designator: Oscar Zulu 309, ex-member 75th Ranger
Regiment, ex-Special Forces
A Cerberus
code has been entered. Cerberus is a highly-classified military protocol. A
3-pronged fail-safe in the case of an
inadvertent nuclear launch. It allows us to access the self-destruct mechanism in
our ICBM's in-flight. So even if one of our nuclear warheads was launched and
we wanted to abort. Cerberus is the only way to stop it from reaching its
target. No one person has all 3 codes. It's parceled out to the president, Secretary
of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. All of whom are in the president's
bunker right now. And that would make America vulnerable to a nuclear strike. So,
change the codes.
We can't.
Cerberus was
designed as a self-contained total-isolation system. The only way to change the
codes is physically on the computer itself. Which is located in the president's
bunker. So, now we know why they wanted the president's son. The president will
hold out as long as he can. But if they get his son ... if they hurt him ... well
... nobody could hold out under those circumstances. So, find Connor [code
name: Sparkplug] and get him the hell out of there.
Kang to Banning: Failure seems to be a habit with you.
Banning
to Kang: Maybe I owe you for giving
me the chance for making up for that today.
Kang
to Banning: I admire you for
acknowledging your failure.
Kang
to Banning: How's your wife,
Michael? Leah [played by Radha Mitchell]. She's a nurse. Saves
lives. Too bad she will not save yours.
Dave
Forbes [played by Dylan McDermott]:
apparently GOOD guy → another BAD guy → GOOD guy → in the end: dead
Dave
to Mike: ... I lost my way.
Mike
to Dave: You can make up for it now.Tell
Kang I'm dead. You'll help me save the president.
President Benjamin Asher [played by Aaron
Eckhart] to Secretary of Defense Ruth
McMillan [played by Melissa Leo]: Ruth.
Ruth
to President: Mr. President, sir?
President
to Ruth: Rough
day.
Ruth
to President: Could be worse. How's
my hair?
President
to Ruth: Not
a strand out of place. Any regrets?
Ruth
to President: None. You?
President
to Ruth: A
few. Like running for president.
Ruth
to President: The office is lucky to
have you, sir. We all may meet our maker today ... but the one thing I do not
want on my tombstone ...' She went down without a fight.'
President
to Ruth: No
danger of that.
The way a HERO talks to his wife:
Leah
to Mike: Mike?
Mike
to Leah: Hey. I was just checking
in.
Leah
to Mike: Babe. How's your day been?
Mike
to Leah: Yeah, it's been busy. It's
good, you know. How 'bout you?
Leah
to Mike: Yeah. Busy.
Mike
to Leah: Hey, you okay?
Leah
to Mike: Yeah, I just, I've, I've
had to stay a little later than I expected.
Mike
to Leah: Yeah, me too.
Leah
to Mike: You're gonna come home
tonight, right?
Mike
to Leah: Yeah. Sure. We got a date,
remember? Hey, I gotta go. You know, this, uh, paperwork's piling up.
Leah
to Mike: Okay.
Mike
to Leah: I love you.
Kang
to President: I read your Bible, Mr.
President. It says, the wages of sin is death.
....
Kang
to President: [Cerberus has
been activated. / We haven't launched any missiles yet.]
I don't need to launch them.The
explosive force within each hardened silo
will detonate the missiles.Tens of
millions of Americans will perish.Your country will be a cold, dark nuclear
wasteland. Now, too, America shall know suffering and famine.
...a little bit of humor
Mike
to President: Sorry
about the house, sir.
President
to Mike: It's okay. I believe it's
insured.
President:
We've lost
good friends. Family. All good people. Heroes, every one of them. Our hearts
and prayers go out to their families. And they will be remembered. Nor will we
forget those who serve out of the spotlight, to whom we owe our highest
gratitude. Our foe did not come only to destroy our things or our people. They
came to desecrate our way of life. To foul our beliefs, trample our freedom.
And in this, not only did they fail, they granted us the greatest gift - a
chance at our rebirth. We will rise
renewed, stronger and united. This is our time. Our chance to get back to the
best of who we are. To lead by example with the dignity, integrity and honor
that built this country. And which will build it once again. May God bless you
and may God bless the United States of America.
Finally, my observations:
- this movie reminds
me of Die Hard (1988)
- action
movies should be forbidden to children because the use of bad language and
useless violence
- obviously
HEROes have their flaws: Hash-tag =
Shift 3
- the way the
actors speak in Korean language is horrible. Even I could pronounce it better.
