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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Movie Info
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Director -
Roland Emmerich -
Producer -
Bradley J. Fischer , Harald Kloser , James Vanderbilt , Larry J. Franco , Laeta Kalogridis -
Screenwriter -
James Vanderbilt -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures -
Production Co -
Centropolis Entertainment , Mythology Entertainment -
Rating -
PG-13 (Intense Gunfire and Explosions|A Brief Sexual Image|Seq of Intense Action Violence|Some Language) -
Genre -
Action , Mystery & Thriller , Drama -
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