White House Down

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White House Down

PG-13

Released Jun 28, 2013

2h 11m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Capitol police officer John Cale has just been denied his dream job of protecting President James Sawyer as a member of the Secret Service. Not wanting to disappoint his young daughter with the bad news, Cale takes her on a tour of the White House. While he and his daughter are there, a heavily armed paramilitary group attacks and seizes control. As the nation's government dissolves in chaos, only Cale can save his daughter, the president and the country.

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Critics Consensus

White House Down benefits from the leads' chemistry, but director Roland Emmerich smothers the film with narrative clichés and choppily edited action.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

There is a certain comfort you can derive from these predictable mega-budget monsters. Trouble is, it goes on too long. It has several climactic moments, but every time you ready for the exit, the film bounces back again for the next round.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 19, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

At least has the good grace to laugh at itself as it rolls out the dingbat-daft action-movie cliches.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 15, 2013

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

It is appallingly funny in a way that few parodies ever manage. But it is undeniably exciting.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 15, 2013

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

As an action film, White House Down does its job: it entertains and offers some very well-filmed scenes. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Sep 11, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Never does White House Down surprise us or go in a direction we didn’t see coming. It’s all been manufactured to proven specifications and refuses to deviate from customary action movie schematics.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 2, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Emmerich’s action is repetitive, hackneyed, and not the least bit exciting.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 21, 2022

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Amity W

This movie is so full of cliches that they had to make multiple climax’s just to fit them all. While there were some funny one liners, the humour was completely overshadowed by the idiocy of many of characters. Props to the writing though because no film has caused me to yell at the screen like this.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Bruno S

É muito clichê... Mas fãs de filmes de ação não se incomodam, inclusive esse é explosivo ao extremo, porém... É inferior ao seu concorrente de temática parecida, mesmo com um orçamento bem mais alto!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Angrybeaver316 B

Typical action tropes, decent acting. But holy cow the plot armor and poor writing. Took 99% of the movie for Channing to catch a small bleed. Olympus Has Fallen is the superior movie with this theme

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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John M

I tried to park my brain before watching this because I had a feeling it would be mindless entertainment. It was so bad. The acting, the writing and the plot were horrible.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Maksim C

This movie makes me cry for some reason. Good tears

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Oliver L

Great movie. Insane betrayals. Absolutely ridiculously good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Roland Emmerich

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Channing Tatum

Cale

Jamie Foxx

President Sawyer

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Finnerty

Jason Clarke

Stenz

Richard Jenkins

Raphelson

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Synopsis

Capitol police officer John Cale has just been denied his dream job of protecting President James Sawyer as a member of the Secret Service. Not wanting to disappoint his young daughter with the bad news, Cale takes her on a tour of the White House. While he and his daughter are there, a heavily armed paramilitary group attacks and seizes control. As the nation's government dissolves in chaos, only Cale can save his daughter, the president and the country.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Producer: Bradley J. Fischer, Harald Kloser, James Vanderbilt, Larry J. Franco, Laeta Kalogridis
Screenwriter: James Vanderbilt
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Mythology Entertainment, Centropolis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Gunfire and Explosions|A Brief Sexual Image|Seq of Intense Action Violence|Some Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 28, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.1M
Runtime: 2h 11m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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