![]() It also proves to be a lot more fun than Olympus was. But even without Bruce Willis, White House Down proves to be a better Die Hard film than the last two entries in that series have been. In fact, one can so easily imagine John McClane dropped into this situation that it wouldn't have surprised me if the script had originally been developed to be just that. Similarly to Olympus Has Fallen, White House Down has been described as Die Hard in the White House and that feels like exactly what it's aiming to be. Separated from Emily, John takes matters into his own hands, teaming up with the Commander-in-Chief to rescue his daughter and reach safety. ![]() Unfortunately he chooses the absolute worst day to visit, as a crew of armed intruders storm the building seeking to capture President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) on the eve of his controversial plan to withdraw all U.S. ![]() However, the lack of commitment that's hindered his career has also damaged his relationship with his teenage daughter Emily (Joey King) and to score some good dad points, he arranges for them to take a tour of the White House. cop assigned to protect the Speaker of the House (Richard Jenkins) but who's really aiming to get himself recruited into the Secret Service. This iteration of that scenario focuses on John Cale (Channing Tatum), a D.C. We had Olympus Has Fallen exploding into theaters in March and now master of movie disaster Roland Emmerich brings us the equally destructive White House Down The other big match-up of 2013 has been White House under siege films. In the past we've had dueling volcano flicks (Dante's Peak/Volcano), rival animated ant movies (A Bug's Life/Antz) and so far this year we've had two post-apocalyptic Earth thrillers (Oblivion/After Earth). It's not uncommon to see two very similar films start lensing at the same time and then get released within months of each other. ![]()
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