White House Down (2013)

February 15, 2025 4:45 PM

In a daring departure from his usual oeuvre, Roland Emmerich destroys a city with James Woods instead of inclement weather.

Regrettably, no displaced boats appear in this film.

posted by phunniemee (8 comments total)

I kind of sorta remember having seen this, but it blurs into an average, other than that its silly and Jamie Foxx was annoying as usual but somewhat agreeably so?
posted by porpoise at 8:45 PM on February 15

Do they burn the books in the library of congress?
posted by Carillon at 9:16 PM on February 15

Channing Tatum sets the White House on fire in the final third of the movie. He learned that the White House could be set on fire from a painting in the first third of the movie. This didn't add much to the plot but it did make Channing Tatum very wet in a white tank top, which I suspect was the point. It's what Dolley Madison would have wanted.
posted by phunniemee at 5:13 AM on February 16 [8 favorites]

Much more entertaining than Olympus Has Fallen, which was released the same year. If one had to be made into a trilogy, it should have been this one.
posted by amarynth at 8:23 AM on February 16 [1 favorite]

Channing Tatum sets the White House on fire in the final third of the movie. He learned that the White House could be set on fire from a painting in the first third of the movie.

I would be morbidly curious how often this resulted in a lot of “hell yeah!” and applause from certain audience members?
posted by Thorzdad at 11:15 AM on February 16 [2 favorites]

Much more entertaining than Olympus Has Fallen,

No Gerard Butler, you're no Gerard Butler! He couldn't even be arsed to do a proper American accent and still knocked the stuffing out of Taters.
posted by biffa at 3:58 PM on February 18

I just caught this streaming on Tubi and it has enough plot for at least two movies. In one day there are three US presidents and I question the logic of a Delta Force strategy which involves flying low between DC buildings as a surprise approach when the streets are packed with cars and CNN is broadcasting live.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 8:43 PM on February 21

If you want to question something then make it the Secret Service personnel who step out of covered positions in the White House to get show on the open lawn.
posted by biffa at 10:16 AM on February 22