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White House Down

2013

Roland Emmerich

Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods ...

5.2

12,425

Action. Thriller Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting US President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"[It] delivers a wide array of close-quarters combat and large-scale destruction"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"An action thriller that doesn’t know when to quit. For the most part, though, it remains preposterously entertaining"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"As demented and entertaining as promised, and a little less idiotic than feared"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The poster for this movie should read: Hello, Suckers! (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"Perhaps afraid that watching a symbol of liberty repeatedly go boom isn’t enough, Emmerich (...) add family drama (...) and the possible nuking of the Middle East. What isn’t tonally jarring ends up shatteringly inept (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"You couldn’t ask for a more fun summer popcorn movie than 'White House Down' (...) rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"While director Roland Emmerich (...) piles on outlandish scenarios, the chemistry of the lead actors mitigates the contrived setup and numbing explosions (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"'White House Down' is a hoot and a half, a shameless popcorn entertainment that is preposterous and diverting in just about equal measure"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich Time Out	"What played as rousingly dumb fun in 'Independence Day' (1996) (...) now come off as callously insensitive (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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