White House Down (2013)

Best movie ever!

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Too many excessively long scenes. Too many plot holes. Too many implausible events. And so it goes on. This was clearly a serious ATTEMPT to produce a big budget, big deal, impressive, exciting movie, but, sadly, it is a fail. Channing Tatum was presented as Superman without the costume! The special effects are overdone, pulling down potential believability. Sorry, but I cannot stand Maggie Gyllenhaal, who comes across as a silly, officious official... and Jamie Foxx was a waste. The young kid who took the video on her phone was annoying, irritating ~ she helped tp pull the film down, too, sorry to say. She seemed to have two facial expressions only, ridiculous. I had zero sympathy for her. Careless casting. I enjoyed some of the action scenes, but they were woout and became boring! A VERY disappointing flick. 4/10. Anyone who gave an 8/10, 9/10. or 10/10 has an agenda, maybe a cast or crew member, friend or relative, or is plain silly. #

This movie is quite entertaining. But somehow the plot is always similar since it's all about sweet revenge to the POTUS. Moreover, they hired great actors to give an extravagant vibe. Some people love watching this movie because who doesn't want to see Channing Tatum become the hero of the day? I'd say, don't throw the same ball into the same hole; audiences may have different view of the game

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.

If you've ever, and I mean ever seen an action movie in the last 30 years than I can tell you this movie will be as predictable as the next marvel films rating. Its stupidly cliché, but then again whats to expect from Roland 'I was good in the 90s' Emmerich. I went into this expecting a quick dose of dumb action and nothing else but this doesn't even deliver on that. Its really lackluster action with not much other than a few explosions and of-screen deaths with GUNS. Oh so many bullets yet it felt really tamed, I guess that's what a PG rating gets ya.But getting into the nitty gritty of this demo, I call it that because really its a demo for a better movie. This 'movie' follows the day, night and partial morning of White Action Hero and his less than ordinary adventure. Blah blah blah he gets refused his dream job of doing something and he is at the white house and then terrorists attack, something like that. His daughter gets in danger, he has to save her, then she gets taken hostage because the plot requires her to and then something else happens. Typically Hero saves the day, why wouldn't he? The ending really stepped it up a bit on the schlock factor, Roland trying to be heartfelt but just presenting it so awfully. I don't recommend this at all and its one of the worst things I've ever seen. Even its doppelganger Olympus has fallen is a better picture, only because it got the MA15+ stamp of approval and the action is decent.Good work Roland you pasty f*ck.