Film Review – White House Down

We already suffered through one of these “‘Die Hard’ in The White House”
movies with last March’s “Olympus Has Fallen,” a mean-spirited, moronic
actioner that set the bar on the floor for the newly christened
subgenre. “White House Down” almost matches the competition in terms of
unpleasantness and abysmal filmmaking, once again treating the premise
as an open invitation to make the audience feel icky for watching
something that should be high-flying, guns-blazing carnival ride. A
monster budget helps the new picture in the long run, but boiled down to
the essentials of competent screenwriting, thoughtful direction, and
thespian creativity, and “White House Down” mirrors “Olympus Has Fallen”
to a disturbing degree.
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