Olymputz Has Fallen or setting the bar for taking over the White House movies really,really low for White House Down.
While I understand (and generally appreciate) the visceral appeal of the lone wolf/one man army type of movie, this film is total shite.
OK maybe if you had never seen a movie or read a book the constant use hoary old cliches might not offend you, but for anyone who has.....
To whit (spoilers)
The disgraced agent , thrust by Fate into one last chance,against all odds chance for redemption.
The President's son emerging from the car just in time to witness his mother's death.Also the President's son knowing of the only place to safely hide in White House.
The traitor who enables all the bad stuff to happen . In this case not even given the pittance of a motive for his betrayal.
The faithful and long suffering wife who of course is also alawyerdoctor.
A poorly thought out failed rescue attempt by the best equipped and most highly trained soldiers on the planet.Not to mention if the "Hydra" was such an awesome defensive weapon why wasn't the White House equipped with in in the first place?
After all other enemy opposition has been eliminated,a final hand to hand confrontation between hero and villain.Of course no matter how old or out of shape the villain is he is also the enemy most skilled at martial arts.
The bomb thingy gets defused but not until there are only a handful of seconds left.
Bejesus Christ they were so lazy they even recycled the villain from Die Another Day.
Not for nothing but seriously I could write a better script than this and would probably do it for a lot less as well.
Also I'd have the good sense to have the hero own a cute dog and at some point lose his gun and have to use a sword and also include some gratuitous nudity of some up and coming starlet who when she does become famous will probably never take her clothes off again.
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