My wife, daughter and I were fortunate enough to see this movie on an early screening. It was a fantastic movie. A modern-day 300. Though some of the national security portions of the story were unrealistic, it was a very good story. If this were to happen in real life, we would need a King Leonidas to step in and save us all. Gerard Butler has a talent of executing a sarcastic intense fury that not a lot of actors can pull off. He definitely was the man for the job. Though it is safe to say he will not win an Oscar for this performance, Mike Banning was a very entertaining character. If you want to see an intense, warfare hardened, over the top suspense packed patriotic movie this is the one for you.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, action packed, non stop suspense