Question: When the terrorists masquerading as Lee's protection detail were being scanned as they came in, how was Kang's face not immediately red flagged? Since he was "one of the most wanted terrorists in the world", wouldn't that facial recognition data go through all FBI, CIA, INTERPOL, and Homeland Security databases?
ChristmasJonesfan
17th Apr 2024
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
27th Jun 2025
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Question: Was the whole reason for the AC130 strafing the White House rooftop to eliminate all the Secret Service snipers that could potentially stop the attack?
Answer: Yep. And to massacre as many innocent collateral damage/victims as humanly possible. The more carnage, the better.
27th Jun 2025
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Question: When the ground assault begins, we see Secret Service agents flooding out of the White House to meet the attackers head-on. In reality, what would the protocol be if a ground assault of this nature were actually to occur?
Answer: This is just my opinion. As a non-secret service agent, if there ever were a ground attack of the scale we see in this movie, my thoughts were that the secret service, who I was under the impression were supposed to stay with POTUS, would not do what they did in the event of such an attack.
8th Apr 2024
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Question: What happened to the terrorists in the garbage trucks after the attack moved inside the White House? We just see their trucks there when the response team arrives. I figured they would be told to engage the response team in a sort of last stand to cause as much chaos as possible.
Answer: One of the garbage man terrorists was killed; the others were fully prepared to die for the cause. After all, they had accomplished their objective. They were no longer needed.
8th Apr 2024
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Question: If the terrorists in the AC-130 gunship were to directly attack the White House, then what was the purpose of them shooting and killing civilians before doing so? Was it simply because Kang's group was maniacally there to kill people and they didn't care who?
Answer: Whilst this is never explicitly explained in the film, I do believe that it was exactly that: kill as many people, civilian or authorities, as possible before achieving their final goal.
Answer: It is, of course, possible that the baddies had multiple inside women and men working for them to make this a total non-issue. This entire operation could have cost TRILLIONS just to bring about the end of the presidency. We aren't told the intricacies of the plot.
ChristmasJonesfan