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I am not going to give anything away in this review other than what you know from the trailer. The White House is attacked and how!! The action is raw and the plot is tense. There is not a boring movie in this movie. I've given it 10/10.

Gerard Butler does a fantastic job as Secret Service agent Mike Banning and so do the other actors in this film. But Butler steals the show completely. The fight sequences are really good too with a lot of martial arts and weapons all over the place.

This will keep you glued to your seats wanting to know what happens next.

Agreed that it is in many ways a Die Hard clone, but I enjoyed this movie more than any of the Die Hard movies I've seen (I've seen all except Die Hard 4.0).

Watch this excellent movie. You will not be disappointed!

I was about six when I saw the original Battlestar Galactica back in 1978 or so and liked the show a lot. When I heard that a remake was being made I was excited and just got to watching it on DVD this year. I must say - I was blown away by this show! Now let's talk about why.

This remake while living up to the original plot of finding Earth is way better than the original. The acting by Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama is perfect and he outshines Lorne Greene. All the other actors Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama), Mary McDonnel (Laura Roslin), James Callis (Gaius Baltar), Tricia Helfer (no. 6), Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Grace Park (Boomer), Michael Hogan (Colonel Tigh), Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Karl Agathon) and all the others is just so good that in a few episodes you start really associating with the characters that they play.

What I like about this show more than anything else are the characters. The whole series is dominated by them and the events are actually secondary. All of the characters are flawed. They have all kinds of physical and emotional problems. But despite all that - they overcome and they rise to occasion. Even the 'bad' guys in the show are endearing. The sequences of Baltar with no. 6 are very original. The interpersonal relationships of this show really rule.

You really get into that world of the colonies - especially Caprica. They have their own swear words, sayings, religions, cultures, etc. and it is all so convincing that you actually forget that these are real 'earthlings' on screen. Yet, they are humans like us and are similar in many ways.

I really like all the attention to details to create a very unique world with its own character. Even the paper and books on this show are shaped differently.

The show has some really good special effects and there is a lot of attention to detail. The spaceships, planets, etc. are all very unique in design.

The opening credits are really cool and this is a show that is not to be missed. Warning!! DVD of this program is highly addictive and it is hard to not want to watch the next disk to know what happens next.

The only one thing that I missed from the original is the soundtrack. While I love the music in the opening credits, there could have been a few more instances where the music from the original Galactica could have played. By the way till Season 3 there are two very small scenes when the music is heard - in season one when the Galactica decommissioning ceremony is being held and the fighters are flying by and in season 2 in the documentary made by D'Anna.