This is a good movie comparable to Olympus Has Fallen. This review will determine which one is better.
White House Down is an underrated movie. It is nothing that deserves an Oscar nomination, but neither is Olympus has fallen. It is about a man that goes for a job interview as an agent who protects the president with his daughter for a tour of the white house. During this time, American terrorists do what they do with the white house. However, the man who does the interview does not get the job, but he still decides to save the president. Olympus has fallen is nearly the exact same thing. Except the protagonist already has the job, and the president is holden hostage. In White House Down, the president is not holden hostage. It is not a bad plot. It is just....cliche. The reason the terrorists are doing this are because of revenge for a petty reason. There were a few comedic moments in it, that were effective, they just did not work with the movie. Donnie (a character) is rather pointless, and I think the movie could go without him. The acting is great from everyone. Except the little girl. Joey King plays an extremely annoying character. She is a little girl obsessed with politics. Which is fine....except she is annoyingly obsessed. She is just not the actress to play a brave girl. The cinematography is great in my opinion. Except the CGI, the cinematography is fantastic. The audio, the action sequences are really good. There are no over-the-top cuts. And I find they did a really good job with the cinematography. It is a highly entertaining movie, but it is something that I would consider to be fun. Olympus has fallen is also fun. But, Olympus has fallen successfully makes their movie more serious and dark. Whit house down is lighter. It has scenes where it tries to be extremely emotional. And I find that those scenes were a little cringe-worthy. Some were ok, but most of them were cringe-worthy. Especially when Joey King was involved. It was also not a very realistic movie, there were several implausible moments, plot-holes. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. Here comes the part where we determine which one is better.
In conclusion: Plot: 8.3/10, good, not phenomenal, not original.
Acting: 8.9/10, great, except Joey King is very present, and so she takes a lot of points off.
Characters: 8.4/10, Donnie is useless. Joey King is annoying.
Cinematography: 9.6/10, great cinematography. Almost perfect except the CGI, which looks very, very fake.
Pacing: 8.5/10.
Entertainment level: 9.8/10, you are almost never bored in this movie.
Emotional impact: 7.1/10, it is not very good at actually making you feel emotions except suspense.
Realism: 7.1/10, not highly realistic, many implausible moments.
Ending: 8.7/10, expected, but satisfying and not overly cliche.
Final rating: 84.89%, so Olympus has fallen is better. But not by much.
White House Down is an underrated movie. It is nothing that deserves an Oscar nomination, but neither is Olympus has fallen. It is about a man that goes for a job interview as an agent who protects the president with his daughter for a tour of the white house. During this time, American terrorists do what they do with the white house. However, the man who does the interview does not get the job, but he still decides to save the president. Olympus has fallen is nearly the exact same thing. Except the protagonist already has the job, and the president is holden hostage. In White House Down, the president is not holden hostage. It is not a bad plot. It is just....cliche. The reason the terrorists are doing this are because of revenge for a petty reason. There were a few comedic moments in it, that were effective, they just did not work with the movie. Donnie (a character) is rather pointless, and I think the movie could go without him. The acting is great from everyone. Except the little girl. Joey King plays an extremely annoying character. She is a little girl obsessed with politics. Which is fine....except she is annoyingly obsessed. She is just not the actress to play a brave girl. The cinematography is great in my opinion. Except the CGI, the cinematography is fantastic. The audio, the action sequences are really good. There are no over-the-top cuts. And I find they did a really good job with the cinematography. It is a highly entertaining movie, but it is something that I would consider to be fun. Olympus has fallen is also fun. But, Olympus has fallen successfully makes their movie more serious and dark. Whit house down is lighter. It has scenes where it tries to be extremely emotional. And I find that those scenes were a little cringe-worthy. Some were ok, but most of them were cringe-worthy. Especially when Joey King was involved. It was also not a very realistic movie, there were several implausible moments, plot-holes. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. Here comes the part where we determine which one is better.
In conclusion: Plot: 8.3/10, good, not phenomenal, not original.
Acting: 8.9/10, great, except Joey King is very present, and so she takes a lot of points off.
Characters: 8.4/10, Donnie is useless. Joey King is annoying.
Cinematography: 9.6/10, great cinematography. Almost perfect except the CGI, which looks very, very fake.
Pacing: 8.5/10.
Entertainment level: 9.8/10, you are almost never bored in this movie.
Emotional impact: 7.1/10, it is not very good at actually making you feel emotions except suspense.
Realism: 7.1/10, not highly realistic, many implausible moments.
Ending: 8.7/10, expected, but satisfying and not overly cliche.
Final rating: 84.89%, so Olympus has fallen is better. But not by much.