Sony's Tatum and Foxx production is worth more than double that cost at $150 million. The BIG difference with Butler's film is that its estimated production budget was $70 million. Like "White House Down," "Olympus Has Fallen" currently sits at 47% on RT, yet it opened to $30 million opening weekend and it went on to make an earnest $161 million worldwide. Similar poor ratings didn't hurt the film's twin back in March. Overall, the "White House Down" falls into the "Fast & Furious" franchise category of don't take the film too seriously, and you'll probably end up enjoying it. In a deeper sense, though, it bespeaks a fatigue that's hard to distinguish from brain death."Įven the poor reviews admit Tatum proves himself as an action star in a less-than stellar film. "'White House Down' is solidly within its genre. White House Down, rated PG-13 but as crass and cynical as a Michael Bay movie, is a depressing experience." ![]() Worse is the shameless product placement. ![]() " Foxx doesn't look remotely presidential, and phones in what is laughably being called a performance. Many just tore it apart for sheer ridiculousness. Cheap, shoddy, dull, instantly forgettable-this is the America, and American cinema, we know all too well." "It doesn’t help that all the action scenes, as with many modern Hollywood blockbusters, are seemingly edited with a Cuisinart, or that the copious CGI would barely pass muster in one of those Asylum DTV quickies. Time Out's Keith Uhlich isn't a fan of the CGI. ![]() “Everyone in “White House Down” is an idiot, clinically insane, a cliché, or a vehicle for shameless exploitation.” Richard Roeper gave the film an "F" after viciously calling it a lesser version of "Olympus Has Fallen." Here's what some of the harshest critics are saying about the latest White House film. White house down channing tatum jamie foxx
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