Review of White House Down (2013) by Matt Pais for RedEye — 26 Jun 2013

Total garbage, and I happily recommend it.

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This review of White House Down (2013) was written by Matt Pais and published by RedEye on 26 Jun 2013.

White House Down has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Apr 2018

It would be impossible to detail in this space all the ways Roland Emmerich's latest action/adventure, White House Down, violates the bounds…

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By Jake C (820) on 10 Jan 2018

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By Huw G (575) on 13 May 2018

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White House Down has everything it should: solid story structure, good execution and plenty of explosions and ass-kicking…

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By Cineautoctono (479) on 14 Apr 2017

White House Down is a film that competed with Olympus has Fallen and the winner turned out this, incredible action scenes, a good story, but…

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By Thomas B (1,990) on 30 Apr 2017

If anyone can make it through the whole movie, then you deserve so much respect. Horrible film…

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By Stanley C (339) on 30 Apr 2017

Grade - C+ Silly fun, with some entertaining action scenes and good performances. Don't go in expecting anything more than that, though…

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By Rae M (18) on 07 Jun 2018

Fabulous acting, plot and action!!! Love the special effects and love how the movie took some unexpected twist and turns…

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