What were the odds of two near-adjacent posts on this blog, both based on movies about the White House going down? This time it is the disgruntled weapons lobby, led by the US President Sawyer’s (Jamie Foxx) former head of
security detail – Martin Walker (James Woods) – and a team of mercenaries – that
take over the White House over a series of bombings, gunfights, and
hostage-takings. Once again it is up to an underdog – out-of-favour Cale
(Channing Tatum), out on an ostensibly harmless White House tour with daughter Emily
(Joey King), to save the White House and by implication the world. White House
Down is a tad more believable than Olympus Has Fallen, with a lot more detail,
and never a dull moment
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