White House Down

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Watched With: Tyler

That crazy German Roland Emmerich has destroyed the White House again. Olympus Has Fallen, which came out a few months previous, had the exact same premise and simmilarly, this plays out in a Die Hard sort of fashion, but with more of a buddy cop feel as Channing Tatum and president Jamie Foxx team up. Suffice to say, this version is more of the crowd pleasing fun disaster movie type that Emmerich specialises in, with wise cracking heros, moustache twirling bad guys, cute kids and more patriotism than you could poke a stick at.

Unfortunately any double crossing and twist reveals were ruined when the opening credits listed who was in the film. And the rest of the film is exactly what you think it is, some big dumb action and a whole lot of very obvious set ups and pay offs. Not as hard edged as Olympus Has Fallen, but a whole lot more fun. (or stupid?) You'll know if you like these or not. I have a kind of guilty pleasure watching them.