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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Police Officer John Cale has applied for a job in the Secret Service at the White House. He takes his daughter, Emily, with him when he goes there for an interview. He is rejected but can't bring himself to tell Emily. Since they are there already he decides that they should tag along with one of the tours of the building. Emily is thrilled when she gets to meet the president but the joy is short-lived as a group of terrorists take control of the building. Separated from his daughter Cale manages to acquire a pistol and get away from the terrorists. He later gets to President James Sawyer and rescues him from the head terrorist... who is none other than his outgoing chief of security! Still trapped inside the White House Cale and the President struggle to get out while elsewhere people start discussing the transfer of power when it is assumed Sawyer is dead or captured.If you are looking for something serious or even something vaguely believable then this won't be the film for you; however if you want full-on, over-the-top action then this is probably the film for you. Once the terrorists first strike the action barely stops till the film ends; there are fights, numerous shootouts, exploding helicopters and even the president firing a rocket launcher from his car as it races over the White House lawn pursued by terrorists firing a minigun! It must be said that some of the special effects are a bit weak; some of the explosions are clearly CGI. The cast; led by Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx as Cale and Sawyer; and supported by the likes of James Woods, as head bad guy; Joey King, as Emily; and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a senior Secret Service agent put in solid performances while never taking things too seriously. Overall I'd say this film is a lot of fun; put your brain in neutral, ignore the clichés and enjoy the mindless action!

The year 2013, three months after "Olympus Has Fallen" had been released, Director Roland Emmerich presents another 100+ Million U.S. Dollars production with "White House Down" after his low-budget-excursion with a surprisingly compelling "Anonymous" in 2011. "White House Down" has not the wit nor the hard-boiled consequence of Antoine Fuqua's "Olympus Has Fallen", nevertheless Emmerich's picture, teaming up once again with cinematographer Anna Foerster, creates some face-paced action scene editorials with slow-motion shot integration, having pushed the stunt coordinating department to the maximum with water falling from sprinkler security systems, splintering wood appliances, sparks flying and hand-to-hand combats.Director Roland Emmerich utilizes simply any weaponry from the property box. Knifes, pistols and rifles are all in to keep the action factor high enough to sit through a two-hour movie, which could have been entertainment of the highest level, if the main characters of President Sawyer and Agent Cale - a getting together match with potential deeply beating actors Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum - would have received an edge of vulnerability and uncertainty in their introducing scenes instead of being unbeatable charming already. But the director falls in his old traps again, which happened frequently as in "10,000 BC" and "2012" produced between 2007 and 2009, where driving characters get reduced to puppets on a special-effects-plate.Director Antoine Fuqua handled the White House attack scenario with half the budget too a much grittier visuals and managed an electrified cast. Roland Emmerich decided to use an all over cleaned-up and polished digital look for his picture, which underlines the idealistic stereo-separated antagonist cast, bringing actors together as match-point up-playing actor James Woods, accompanied by a to an right-hand animalistic mercenary reduced Jason Clarke, who unfortunately have been left alone on set for too long and hardly come out of the comfort zone to act into a full-frontal psyche confrontation against the opposing team-mates Foxx & Tantum, which are split apart most of the time, not only in tension points as well as in a spacious White House sound stage location anyways.The uneven entertainment factor of "White House Down" points mainly to missed opportunities of screenwriter James Vanderbilt to be an active member of the production team, where eventually two or three re-written scenes would have done the trick for the movie to become a box office success and further could have make look director Roland Emmerich look better; does not make "Anonymous" (2011) being a lucky strike of directorial sophistication on acting subtleties.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Up against 'Olympus Has Fallen' in a bizarre year that has two films with identical subjects, this film falls foul of the 5.0 threshold rule. Whilst being an enjoyable romp that get's it edging over the IMDb 5 score, it then enters the zone of 'could this film have been better ?'. Humour around 5, love interest around 4 (after some heavy editing), action around 7 but very unconnected. Channing Tatum's film (he produced it as well) deserves a strong 6 but was looking at a 7 if the points all connected.

Roland Emmerich is such an uneven filmmaker, he can create a true masterpiece as Day After Tomorrow, where all the elements go together flawlessly and impeccably, and then he can do such a mess as 2012 with all its hilarious idiocy or sequel to Independence Day which is another shameful abomination of all worst clichés possible. So, here, Emmerich is very uneven, too. His take on White House terrorist attack is of very resemblance to Olympus Falling with Gerard Butler in main part. That makes this film a point of harsh critique and often rightly so, as yeah, there are some obvious repeated clichés and trite formula steps. At the same time, the stellar cast of actors here make a good job, and what can one possibly say bad about such luminaries as Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Channing Tatum, Maggie Gyllenhaal, among many, and they do their parts well, very well. The video effects are nice, too, and generally 2 hours fly very fast and the fast pace of the events adds to the neatly calculated suspense. At the same time, several illogical plot moments, hasty twists, laughable dialog and pathetic scenes spoil the mood. So, this is really 5 out of 10 - not bad not great.