White House Down (2013) - Review. Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, James Woods, Joey King. Written by James Vanderbilt. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Rated PG-13. Now in Theaters.
The best way to enjoy White House Down is to go into with absolutely no expectations and to not think too much during it. If you do this, you'll have a chance of enjoying this movie. It's full of characters with dumb motives, groan-inducing one-liners, and fun non-logical action sequences. It definitely feels like a standard Emmerich film: all action with one-liners peppered in with no logic to be found anywhere. Tatum puts in his standard action movie guy performance and Jamie Foxx's performance feels like he is portraying Jay Pharaoh's version of Obama on SNL.
But for what it is, it isn't as bad as it could be. It's a fun enough movie to laugh at and to watch without thought. Seriously, you can't expect too much out of a film that features the President of the United States shooting a rocket launcher.
Rating: 2 out of 5.
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