Review of White House Down (2013) by Jackie F — 03 May 2014

Great action film boring at the start though.

This review of White House Down (2013) was written by Jackie F on 03 May 2014.

White House Down has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Sean H (887) on 03 Aug 2017

Well theres Channing. Also Foxx....well…

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By Srpepe (174) on 07 Jul 2018

Llena de acción y muy divertida, con grandes escenas de acción. Es muy yankee y bastante irreal pero pasas un buen rato…

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By Reginald C (18) on 31 Aug 2017

Not a good movie; predictable and familiar and dumb...but quite of bit of fun if you have no grudge against Channing Tatum or Jamie Foxx and/or…

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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 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 Emily K (246) on 22 Apr 2017

This is a great movie!!!!!!!! I highly recommend!! My husband and I watched this together and enjoyed the whole movie…

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By Millo T (667) on 13 Nov 2017

As an action movie, it is a 2.5 stars. Pure Roland Emmerich: catastrophe, heroes, lots of movement, and touches of humour. Why 2 stars then…

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By Huw G (575) on 13 May 2018

Above average dumb action movie. Plenty going on and it never lingers long enough for the stupidity to get in the way…

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By James Z (387) on 25 Mar 2018

Overall, good, taut action, but too formulaic…

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By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 24 Oct 2018

White House Down is exactly the type of mindless amusement for which the beginning of summer vacation calls…

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