When the smoke clears, Cale learns that a heavily armed paramilitary group has taken control of the White House. A director who knows a thing or two about blowing up the Oval Office, Roland Emmerich’s unabashedly fun throwback delivers whiz-bang action that never feels compromised by the PG-13 rating, and features an expert cast of character players firing on all cylinders.ĭejected after being turned down for a position with the Secret Service, Capitol policeman John Cale (Tatum) is taking his daughter Emily (Joey King) on a tour of the White House when a powerful explosion rips through the building, sparking mass chaos. Every generation deserves a “John McCLane” to call its own, and as aging Bruce Willis wisecracks his way through a series of lame Die Hard sequels, the Millennials get theirs with Channing Tatum as John Cale in White House Down.
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