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IMDb rating 6.3
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Critic rating 6.4

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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
rated 7

...an entertaining throwback to the action blockbusters of the 1990s.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Nick De Semlyen
rated 6

Lincoln meets Sudden Death: a corny but raucous throwback to when Planet Hollywood was hip. Gary Busey popping out of a rose bush wouldn’t feel out of place.

Read full review at Empire
Helene Smith
rated 7

Good action

1 year ago
Critic Marsha Mccreadie
rated 8

President Sawyer, as imagined by Foxx, is a lot of fun (I'm not doin' that shit! he yells, watching Cale working some dangerous cables in the elevator shaft they're trapped in).

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic James Berardinelli
rated 5

The action sequences are moderately diverting but nothing special, although the car chase across the White House lawn (arguably the movie's height of stupidity) has the distinction of being unique...

Read full review at Reelviews
Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 7

...disciplineret stram action tilsat masser af overskud.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Jan Lumholdt
rated 5

Hunken och (den svarte) presidenten snubblar på varandra. Sedan kickar de loss. Här ska jäklar ingen komma och pilla på presidentens Air Jordans.

Read full review at Svenska Dagbladet
Critic Rikke Schubart
rated 7

...udfoldelsen af Tatums talenter [er] effektiv, underholdende og en visuel fornøjelse.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Roland Emmerich
Director
James Woods
As Walker
Richard Jenkins
As Raphelson
Channing Tatum
As John Cale
Jamie Foxx
As President James Sawyer
Matt Craven
As Agent Kellerman
Maggie Gyllenhaal
As Finnerty

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White House Down is a 2013 action-thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. The movie follows John Cale (Tatum), a Capitol Police officer who is denied a job with the Secret Service. Cale takes his daughter Emily on a tour of the White House, but their visit is interrupted by a paramilitary group led by ex-Delta Force operative Emil Stenz, who infiltrate the building and take the tour group hostage. Cale teams up with President James Sawyer (Foxx) to rescue Emily and protect the country from the terrorist threat. Along the way, they uncover a conspiracy involving a retired Head of Presidential Detail, Martin Walker, who seeks revenge against Sawyer for a botched mission in Iran that killed his son. The film features plenty of action, suspense, and thrilling moments as Cale and Sawyer work together to save the day.

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