White House Down

Director(s): Roland Emmerich
Starring: Channing Tatum , Jamie Foxx , Maggie Gyllenhaal , James Woods , Richard Jenkins
Themes: Heads of State,Under Siege,Race Against Time,Daring Rescues
Tone: Tense,Humorous,Light,Slick,Flashy,Outrageous
Country of Origin: USA (06-28-2013)
Language: English

Parents need to know that White House Down is a patriotic thriller in the vein of Olympus Has Fallen and Independence Day, in which the country is saved by one brave man with a gun -- in this case Channing Tatum. Like Independence Day, which was also directed by Roland Emmerich, there's a lot of violence, but most of it is on a grand scale -- explosions, helicopters/planes crashing, and deaths the audience doesn't see too up close. There are a few hand-to-hand combat scenes and a tense hostage situation in which people (some in high levels of the administration) are executed or wounded. A young girl is frequently in danger and is almost killed on a couple of occasions (which ups the movie's intensity level), and the president seems dead. There's absolutely no sex or romance, but there's some language, including a single "f--k you," plus "s--t," "bitch," and "a--hole." Ultimately it's a crowd-pleasing action movie with a well-intentioned but slightly contradictory message involving both peace and the importance of armed defense.

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