2013 · action · drama · thriller
White House Down
Directed by Roland Emmerich2h 11m2013
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Our read: White House Down (2013) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
- twisty
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