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the United States Capitol, Located in Washington DC, has been the setting for several Hollywood movies. The building that houses the two American country Congress cameras has been destroyed in fiction, amid explosions and great special effects, we have seen it fall into a thousand pieces on the big screen.
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Within this important building historical facts of the United States have been developed. Today, for example, was a day of chaos and violence when supporters of former President Donald Trump burst into the headquarters of the American Congress while the process of certifying the votes of the November 3, 2020 elections, which gave Joe Biden as the winner, was underway.
As part of this day of riots, we review the films in which the United States Capitol has been destroyed, According to the portal “Thewrap”.
10. “OLIMP HAS FALLEN”:
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
Director: Antoine Fuqua.
Gerard Butler is the protagonist of this story where he plays an Armed Forces soldier (Mike Banning) who has now become an agent for the secret service that protects the country’s president, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his family.
9. “SUPERMAN II”:
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder and Jack O’Halloran.
Director: Richard Lester.
Superman II is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David and Leslie Newman, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the sequel to the 1978 film Superman.
8. “MARS ATTACK!”:
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Michael J. Fox, Jim Brown, Jack Black, Christina Applegate.
Live: Tim Burton.
Mars Attacks! (Similarly titled in Spain and ‘Martians in Attack! In Latin America) is an American comedy and science fiction film released in 1996, directed by Tim Burton. The story is based on the Mars Attacks trading card series by Topps, first launched in 1962.
7. “GI JOE: THE COUNTERATTACK”:
Cast: Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce and Byung-hun Lee.
Direction: Jon Chu.
GI Joe: Retaliation (GI Joe: The Counterattack in Latin America, and GI Joe: Revenge in Spain) is an American science fiction-action film released in 2013 and directed by Jon Chu, based on the toy of Hasbro, the comic and animated series. This is a sequel to GI Joe: Rise of Cobra. It was written by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
6. “PAST TOMORROW”:
Cast: by Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum and Sela Ward.
Direction: Roland Emmerich.
It is a 2004 American film about climate science fiction disasters directed, co-produced and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber. It represents catastrophic climate effects following the disruption of North Atlantic Ocean circulation in a series of extreme weather events that mark the beginning of global cooling and lead to a new ice age.
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5. “TRANSFORMERS: THE DARKNESS OF THE MOON”:
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Jess Harnell, Hugo Weaving and Charlie Adler.
Direction: Michael Bay.
It is a 2011 American action and science fiction film directed by Michael Bay, with Steven Spielberg as executive producer. It is the sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2009, three years after its predecessor and being the third (and originally last) installment of the Transformers live action series.
4. “INDEPENDENCE DAY”:
Cast: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid.
Direction: Roland Emmerich
It is one of the highest grossing films in history, it was the highest grossing film during its release in 1996; it won an Oscar in the best visual effects category as well as a Saturn for best 1996 science fiction film.
3. “THE LOGAN RACE”:
Cast: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter and Peter Ustinov.
Direction: Michael Anderson.
It is a 1976 American science fiction film based on the eponymous dystopian novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. She was the winner of the 1976 Oscar for best visual effects; and candidate for best art direction and best photography.
2. “JONAH HEX”:
Cast: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich and Michael Fassbender
Direction: Jimmy Hayward.
Produced by Legendary Pictures, Mad Chance Productions by Andrew Lazar and Weed Road Pictures by Akiva Goldsman, the film was released on June 18, 2010 by Warner Bros Pictures and was a major critical and commercial failure, grossing only $ 10 million against a budget of $ 47 million.
1. “2012”:
Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Liam James.
Direction: Roland Emmerich.
2012 is a 2009 American science fiction and disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring John Cusack. It focuses on the catastrophic consequences that would have happened in 2012, by the end of the Mayan calendar.
