And definitely not the narratively convenient confluence of coincidence and timing.” Not whether the Secret Service really conducts its interviews at the White House or your first instincts about the identity of the bad guy (because you’d be right). Knight said White House Down lacks logic and military realism but fans of action scenes will “likely be willing to forgive a few of the film’s lapses in lucidity, including an ending and bad-guy revelation straight out of Scooby-Doo.”Īccording to Mary Pols of Time, “the first rule of White House Down is, Question nothing. Postmedia reviewer Chris Knight thought director Roland Emmerich deserves credit for “finding a way to have Tatum fight a bad guy after having (A) lost his shirt in some sort of explosion that left him otherwise unharmed and (B) set off the White House sprinkler system. So it’s best to simply sit back and enjoy the camaraderie of Tatum and Foxx as they narrowly avert disaster.” She explained: “None of the actions taken by administration officials during the takeover make a lick of sense. Or, as The Associated Press critic Jake Coyle described it, “staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical refreshingly dumb.”Ĭlaudia Puig of USA Today warned audiences that “all disbelief must be checked at the theater door.” “While the movie wears out its welcome en route to a conclusion that’s equal parts twisty and predictable, the appealing leads’ camaraderie and virtually non-stop bullets-and-explosives action of the second half keep you watching.” “The script is both shamelessly formulaic and over-complicated,” opined David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter. Here’s a look at what some of the critics are saying. TORONTO - The new action flick White House Down hits theatres only three months after the similarly-themed Olympus Has Fallen - so is it worth the feeling of deja vu?Ĭhanning Tatum plays a Secret Service applicant who finds himself saving the president, Jamie Foxx, when domestic terrorists take over the White House.įilmed almost entirely in Montreal, White House Down also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Woods.
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