Directed By: Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Richard Jenkins
Rating: PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action and violence including intense gunfire and explosions, some language and a brief sexual image
Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
Synopsis: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)
REVIEW
Andrew: Hello readers! Last Friday Sarah and I hit the local multiplex to catch one of last weekend’s new releases – the action flick White House Down, directed by Roland Emmerich, director of such classic doomsday movies as Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012.
Sarah: And
it’s not just that Emmerich likes to destroy the world, it’s that he also loves
to come up with different ways to destroy the White House.
A: This is true. In the three movies I mentioned just now he
has managed to destroy the White House in different ways. And now his new film is
pretty much centered on doing that exact thing.
White House Down stars Channing Tatum as John Cale, a
prospective Secret Service agent, and Jamie Foxx as the President James Sawyer.
In supporting roles we have Sad Turtle Face…
S: (laughs) Maggie
Gyllenhaal as a ranking Secret Service agent, James Woods as the head of the
Secret Service…
A: Richard Jenkins as the Speaker of the House, and Joey
King as John’s daughter, Emily, who has been coming on strong as of late with
roles like a young Talia al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises, the China
Doll girl in Oz the Great and Powerful and she’s in the upcoming horror film
The
Conjuring.
