Storyline: Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. - imdb.com
Thoughts? It was a fun movie. It's not going to win an Oscar, but it was fun. Butler didn't seem like as much of a Bruce Willis/John McClane rip off as Tatum did in WHD. Butler is very solid in the action hero role. Something that I thought he had long forgotten to play (since most of his movies lately have been rom-com JUNK). This is the best he has been in a while.
So go check it out. Fun movie. Lots of head shots. Many many things blowing up. :)
C+
As bad as the CGI is in some parts, the movie does deliver in action, and that’s all I wanted to see and enjoy. Good review.
ReplyDeleteOh the CGI is horrible in a few shots, but not as bad as those in White House Down...and really I'm comparing those two movies instead of each of them on their own merits (which WHD had none). I like doing these little mini-reviews for some of these rentals. A fun way to shoot my mouth off and act like Hollywood is listening. :)
ReplyDeleteAs far as the action, when a man tells you that he is going to stab you in the head in this movie, you better expect it to happen. Butler was WAY more believable in this film that Tatum was. And Eckhart was more believable as the President than Foxx was. I can't imagine a President yelling " hands off my Jordan's". It was just so over the top and nonsensical. OHF felt like an exaggerated reality, not fantasy. So it easily wins the day for me out of those two.