(Read more White House Down movie review stories. "This piece of midsummer madness is undeniably silly and delusional," yet it feels perfectly of our current moment, a "gristly, undigested glob of American fear, American hope, and semi-justified American paranoia."
" White House Down, rated PG-13 but as crass and cynical as a Michael Bay movie, is a depressing experience." He was particularly annoyed by the way every bad guy in the movie took turns threatening a 10-year-old girl.
They team up to rescue Cale’s daughter and save DC from a paramilitary terrorist threat.