A franchise-launching action movie is on TV tonight

The hit film got two sequels and a spin-off TV show.

The Scottish actor plays Mike Banning, a former Presidential Secret Service Agent who must save the US President (Aaron Eckhart) and his family when terrorists invade the White House.

Essentially, Air Force One or Die Hard but set where the American president lives, Olympus Has Fallen isn't the most original action movie. That said, director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Training Day) stages several tense sequences.

Plus, Butler is his charismatic self, backed by a solid supporting cast including Angela Bassett, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo and Robert Forster.

Watch the trailer for Olympus Has Fallen right here:

Audiences certainly seemed to enjoy the flick. It was such a box office hit that it spawned two film sequels, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen, and a spin-off TV show called Paris Has Fallen, which is currently streaming on Prime Video.

Olympus Has Fallen is airing on TV tonight on Sky One at 9pm. It's also streaming on NOW.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight (Wednesday, 7 October):