White House Down was fantastic! It had great action, great characters, and a great plot. It reminded me a lot of Die Hard, but I cannot really compare the two because they are almost thirty years apart and deserve to stand alone. Many people would compare White House Down to Olympus Has Fallen, which came out earlier this year and starred Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart. Most people who saw Olympus refuse to see White House because it looks very similar and do not want to waste money on a "copy cat". But, in reality, it is a different movie and is their loss. Unfortunately, I have not seen Olympus yet, but I have heard from people who did and said that it was not great. In addition, it should be noted that White House Down was directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla) and written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Losers, The Rundown).
Here's the lowdown: Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, The Vow, Magic Mike) plays the main hero John Cale who has a job interview at the White House to be in the Secret Service. At that interview, he brings his 11-year-old daughter, Emily, who is a White House history expert, because they both have tickets for a tour of the White House. That is when the action begins. Paramilitary invaders, disguised as custodians, blow up the section with the dome top and all hell breaks loose. One by one, security guards are shot to make way for the terrorists to watch the hostages. Meanwhile, the head boss terrorist is actually an inside job and wants revenge for his dead son. Cale manages to blast his way out of the terrorists' hostage area to search for his daughter, who went to the bathroom before the action began. While he is searching, he stumbles upon President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) being held captive by the head boss. Naturally, Cale rescues him and the rest of the movie is about the two of them fighting to take back control of the House and figure out who is responsible and why. With a little help from White House security personnel (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and lots of explosions (someone would think that the director was Michael Bay), Cale and Sawyer save the day. P.S. - Don't ever lay your hands on the President's valuable footwear.
The whole time that I was watching it, I wanted to know if the White House was a completely built copy. If so, that had to be expensive. I would compare the awesomeness of this movie to the first Die Hard and would love to hear Guyz Nite Out perform a "White House Down Theme Song". If you've never heard the "Die Hard Theme Song", listen to it right now (Warning: explicit content). Get yourself some Jordans (Nike sneakers) and run for your life to see this movie. This "Down" deserves 9.5/10 stars up. Below is a trailer.
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