Review of White House Down (2013) by Joel R — 12 Apr 2014

Well done, very entertaining and good humor thrown in. Olympus has Fallen the better of the two.

This review of White House Down (2013) was written by Joel R on 12 Apr 2014.

White House Down has generally received mixed reviews.

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If you like cheesy 90's action movies like The Rock or Con Air, this is a movie you really need to go see with a bunch of mildly inebriated…

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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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White House Down is at least cheerful enough, despite the fact that the story's selection already mandates a script full of errors…

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You have got to be kidding me…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 27 Nov 2017

Olympus Has Fallen' is marginally better than this film, and OIF is a terrible movie. Draw from that what you will…

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By Bartolome H (2) on 26 Aug 2017

Are you kidding? I saw this last night with a friend and we laughed our way thru it, because it was so horrible…

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By Konrad A (604) on 12 Jun 2017

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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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