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White House Down

- It will start like any other day.

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. 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.

Release Date : 2013-06-27

Language :EnglishRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia PicturesMythology EntertainmentCentropolis Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : John Cale

Original Name : Channing Tatum

Gender : Male

Character Name : President James Sawyer

Original Name : Jamie Foxx

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily Cale

Original Name : Joey King

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deputy SAIC Carol Finnerty

Original Name : Maggie Gyllenhaal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Speaker Eli Raphelson

Original Name : Richard Jenkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief SAIC Martin Walker

Original Name : James Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Donnie the Guide

Original Name : Nicolas Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skip Tyler

Original Name : Jimmi Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vice President Alvin Hammond

Original Name : Michael Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melanie

Original Name : Rachelle Lefevre

Gender : Female

Character Name : General Caulfield

Original Name : Lance Reddick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Roy Kellerman

Original Name : Matt Craven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Ted Hope

Original Name : Jake Weber

Gender : Male

Character Name : VP Chief of Staff Wallace

Original Name : Peter Jacobson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emil Stenz

Original Name : Jason Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl Killick

Original Name : Kevin Rankin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alison Sawyer

Original Name : Garcelle Beauvais

Gender : Female

Character Name : Motts

Original Name : Falk Hentschel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mulcahy

Original Name : Romano Orzari

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenna

Original Name : Jackie Geary

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Ben Mankiewicz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tank Commander

Original Name : Neil Napier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roger Skinner

Original Name : Andrew Simms

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Cat Lemieux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Agent Reid's Partner (uncredited)

Original Name : Alain Moussi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Brooke Anderson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Conrad Cern

Original Name : Kyle Gatehouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Hutton

Original Name : Anthony Lemke

Gender : Male

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

I have to say, or in this case write, that this was a fairly disappointing movie. It is pretty much a Die Hard wannabee with a daughter-dislikes-father sub-plot. I do not mind the reusing of the Die Hard concept if the film is good. This one is not really. The script is a stupid, unintelligent political script. It starts off badly with some nonsensical crap about a controversial (that is putting it mildly) political deal with the Middle East about pulling out troops from all the bases in the Middle East. To add to this the entire situation have come about because the president just left several people to hang out and dry when he decided to pull the plug on operations in the Middle East. By hanging out and dry we mean get killed or spend some quality time in the regional prisons. That put the president on the bad guy list instead of the good guy as far as I am concerned. I do not know if the writer was trying to make a political statement, which I never like in my movies, or is just plain stupid. Given the rest of the script I would go for stupid or both. The good thing with the movie is that there is quite a lot of action and some of it is rather okay to watch. There are a few funny moments as well. I quite liked the tour guide for example. Unfortunately, even if you try to forget about the political nonsense, the rest of the script is just full of utter stupidity. It starts of not too bad with the diversion at the Capitol and the initial take over of the White House even though a whole bunch of armed, obviously unscreened, guys getting into the White House to work on the president’s home theatre like that is not very believable. After that it gradually degrades though. Cale is nowhere as charismatic, nor as professional, as McClane and there are lots of silly and stupid moments. For example, the car chase starts of not too bad but then Cale get’s into some bloody dream mode and gets shot up. Just dumb. During the same episode the tank scene is just ridiculous. Would they only have one tank? Not very likely. It takes forever for it to move. It is also highly improbable that it could be taken out like that by a hand-held launcher by a front hit. Rear or side maybe but not a front hit. The writer is obviously clueless about military matters. The fumbled chopper attack is embarrassingly bad. The worst is probably when Cale’s daughter stops and air-strike by waving a flag outside the White House. I almost turned off the movie at that point. It is too bad because the movie had the budget and some nice actors to be a good action movie but was just ruined by a louse script with a totally unnecessary bunch of political nonsense in it. The next time I see a movie were the script is written by James Vanderbilt I am going to be very cautious.