Genre:
Action / Thriller
Directed
by: Roland Emmerich
Cast:
Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhal
Running
time: 131 minutes
John Cale is a divorced US Capitol police
officer working for Speaker of the House, Eli Raphelson. After picking up his
daughter at his ex-wife’s house, he brings her along to the White House, where
he has a job interview for the Secret Service. The interview doesn’t turn out
well for him, but Cale stays for a visit of the White House with his daughter,
who is obsessed with politics. While they are there, a paramilitary group takes
over the building, so John will have to spring into action to protect both his
daughter and President John Sawyer.
While this film was sold as an action
thriller, most of the characters are so cartoonish and the story is so filled
with clichés that it is difficult to ever take it seriously. The acting was
often over the top, which did not help. I must admit that Maggie Gyllenhal was
never convincing to me as a member of the Secret Service.
In spite of its flaws, White House Down still
manages to me amusing and entertaining, tough most of the laughing happens at
its expense.
Rating: «««
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