24 Did Olympus Has Fallen's White House Siege First (& Better)

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24 did Olympus Has Fallen's White House siege first — and arguably did a better job with it too. Following the success of Die Hard, there came a slew of movies that attempted to copy its formula. The most famous examples include Under Siege (AKA Die Hard on a boat), Speed (… on a bus) or Passenger 57 (… on a plane). This particular subgenre died down in the late '90s due to the success of movies like The Matrix, but they still pop up occasionally. 2013 saw the arrival of two blockbusters with the same basic premise, with White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen both revolving around terrorists seizing the White House.

Neither received particularly good reviews, but Olympus Has Fallen had the advantage of coming out first and embracing a more old-school, R-rated style of action, meaning its won that box-office race. The movie's success also led to a surprise franchise, fronted by Gerard Butler as Secret Service agent Mike Banning. Both 2016's London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen were successful, with the latter stripping back the scale somewhat to become more of a character piece for Banning. The franchise is set to continue with Butler returning once again for Night Has Fallen, though the story and release date have yet to be confirmed.

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Olympus Has Fallen's big twist on the Die Hard formula was its unique setting, with the White House upping the stakes considerably. Despite this, real-time thriller series 24 beat the movie to the concept by four years. 24 season 7 — which resurrected Tony Almeida — was the first series set outside Los Angeles and brought Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) to Washington, where he's drawn into another unfolding crisis. Around the