White House Down (2013) 8/10

Starring : Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, James Woods
Director : Roland Emmerich
Running Time : 127 mins

Failed secret service applicant John Cale (Tatum) takes his daughter Emily (King) on a tour of the White House as part of an attempt to help strengthen their relationship, but when terrorists attack the White House and his daughter goes missing, Cale is forced to do everything in his power to save her. In his search, he comes across President James Sawyer (Foxx) and finds himself acting as his protection duty.

From the outset this movie sounds like nothing more than another version of Olympus Has Fallen, which came out in the same year, but having watched both I actually thought this was the superior of the two movies. The characters are more lively, and have more personality, and there’s actually a much-needed injection of humour in the movie that was largely absent from Olympus. Fans of big budget action movies will really get a kick out of this.

You’ll like this if you liked : Die Hard