White House Long – The film is way, way, way too long. 131 minutes? Why? The film could be a concise

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Purchasing a ticket for a movie about the White House being blown up comes with a Leap of Faith Clause. four seasons hotel singapore You're signing up for  the hero surviving multiple shootouts, grenade explosions, bad guys who can't shoot someone 2 ft away, and everyone's complete disregard for the President's safety (including four seasons hotel singapore the President four seasons hotel singapore himself). Those are just a few leaps you're asked to take during this two hour journey.
Even with Grand Canyon size leaps of faith, White House Down is more flawed than fun. There are movies that capitalize on their absurdity (see: The Fast Furious franchise), but White House Down isn't one of them. Call me optimistic, but a film starring Jaime Foxx, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins, Jason Clarke, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and James Woods shouldn't be this bad. It can be fixed!
The film's synopsis via IMDB: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Less Father-Daughter four seasons hotel singapore Time – Cale (Channing Tatum) and Emily's (Joey King) relationship is sweet. It's nice how Cale making his daughter proud is motivating him to interview for this secret service job. Outside of that, Emily's presence is just advertisement for YouTube and a PSA on how kids shouldn't behave in crisis situations.  I hate to compare White House Down to this year's earlier White House disaster movie Olympus  Has Fallen, but………Olympus did a great job of removing the kid and letting Banning kick ass for the last 60 minutes without worrying about some kid playing four seasons hotel singapore the most dangerous game of hide and seek in the White House. Keeping Emily around is cheap storytelling because you never feel like she's in danger, the President's life becomes an afterthought for most of the movie, she's annoying, and she keeps getting in the way.  The Fix: Let Cale find his daughter on the tour, sneak her out of the White House, and go back in to save the President. Speaking of the President…..
Switch Presidents – I love Jamie Foxx as an actor, I really do, but he's not very "presidential" in this role. There wasn't a moment when I felt like he was channeling his inner POTUS. I said this leaving the theater and heard Brad Brevet echoed the same sentiments on his podcast – it looks like Jamie is playing President Obama in an SNL skit. A bad SNL skit. The Fix: Replace four seasons hotel singapore Jamie with anyone who can be presidential. A big name actor, but not someone who's going to over shadow Tatum and the rest of the film. Was Harrison Ford not available?
White House Long – The film is way, way, way too long. 131 minutes? Why? The film could be a concise 95 minute action bonanza; instead, we're treated to multiple scenes of Cale looking four seasons hotel singapore for his daughter, and an insane White House lawn car chase. I still can't believe four seasons hotel singapore military officers watched as the President was shot at multiple times by terrorist. The Fix: Cut that entire lawn chase sequence out, shorten the first 15 minutes plus don't show Cale suffering through the world's most brutal job interview. Lawn chase, adios. Emily's mom, bye-bye. Cale and President Sawyer making their way to the tunnels like Ninja Turtles, see you later. We can also cut out a few bad guys ALMOST get Cale scenes.
What's My Motivation? – After watching White House Down and reading multiple reviews, I'm unclear what the bad guy's motivations were. Money? Revenge? War? Just for a laugh? Who knows. It felt like a missed opportunity with Jason Clarke, James Woods, and Richard Jenkins playing pretty convincing baddies. The audience needs to assess the threat level so they know just how high the stakes are. When the motivations are unclear, it's nearly impossible to figure how scared you should be. Not to mention, the Raphelson four seasons hotel singapore (Richard Jenkins) four seasons hotel singapore betrayal at the end was more forced than the last few seasons of The Office. The Fix: State very clearly what the villains want, what the need, and why they're doing it. The safe play is Walker wants payback for what happened to his son so he's recruited disgruntled military officers to help him exact his revenge. Done!  I'd even open the film with his son's funeral and President Not Jamie Foxx giving a speech on the incident that lead to his death.
R.I.P Cale – Why not let Cale bite the bullet at the end? Are we expecting White House Down 2: Even More Down? You give Cale some heroic death that ends with President Walker walking onto the lawn with a wounded and dying Cale. It would make White House Down polarizing but at least it would be different four seasons hotel singapore than other action films.
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