White House Down movie review

[@neilkulk1]

Olympus Has Fallen is darker and more political. White House Down was lighter and had a personal angle. So, I don't think one is better than the other, it's just about what you prefer.

[@Alphakobra24]

I saw Both but Olympus has Fallen was better by a mile

[@hekate5561]

@@Alphakobra24 I don't agree. At least WHD was interesting psychologically. They did not have the only "bad" American have no real motive. The guy changed his mind out of nowhere. Did he take part in this whole plot just for giggles? And why did the intelligent bad guy leave a room made to withstand atomic bombs, minutes before hundreds of them were to explode everywhere in the country? Why did he blast a hole into the wall? He used the door minutes earlier. I know that it was so that Butler could get into the room without doing something as uncool as getting captured.

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

It's a shit show all the way through

[@seankelley155]

I just gonna say I prefer White House Down just because I really liked the chemistry between Foxx and Tatum. Those two made the movie work more so than Eckart and Butler did in Olympus Has Fallen.

[@GroundhogDayisAWESOME]

heheheh Tell us another joke

[@thenamelessone6119]

+Max Walker Life....Greatest Joke EVER

[@hekate5561]

I agree. At least WHD was interesting psychologically. They did not have the only "bad" American have no real motive. The guy changed his mind out of nowhere. Did he take part in this whole plot just for giggles? And why did the intelligent bad guy leave a room made to withstand atomic bombs, minutes before hundreds of them were to explode everywhere in the country? Why did he blast a hole into the wall? He used the door minutes earlier. I know that it was so that Butler could get into the room without doing something as uncool as getting captured.

[@doodoodudex]

White House Down is a bit of a more cliché action movie version of Olympus Had Fallen, but I quite liked both.

[@DerDudelino]

Olympus has Fallen is much, much better, because they put way more effort into the taking of The White House. It's so weird and extremely unbelievable, when five guys pretend to install a surround system, kill one agent, get one gun and are capable of taking out an entire secret service team, steal their guns and take over an almost empty White House - like they are probably shooting 10 agents versus 100 in Olympus has fallen. I liked the cartoony characters, but the script was crap.

[@Badifferent1]

The 5 guys had their own military grade weapons 😂

[@DerDudelino]

Haha, yeah. Like this HYDRA gatling gun, that was supposed to be top secret.

[@Badifferent1]

Stop trolling 😭😭

[@DerDudelino]

Anyway, I thought it was a fun movie, worth a blu ray for a popcorn evening. Not superb, but better than okayish

[@DerDudelino]

Nephew Peterson: Fun facts: they didn't :O) They grabbed the weapon from the secret service agent they've killed and then got the guns from the unformed division in the lobby. After that they broke into the secret service weapon locker to get military grade hardware

[@WoodstockProd]

oh Olympus Has Fallen, by far. Although I will say, I really appreciate the one scene where Channing Tatum's daughter is being held at gunpoint in front of Jamie Foxx, and he basically says "I'm sorry, but I'm going to let you die, so that other people can live." The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few as Spock put it once.

[@AtticTapes14]

Whd is more fun and epic

[@WoodstockProd]

@@AtticTapes14 to each his own

[@KinoNapovedniki]

I really enjoyed it! I would say it's "a great time, no alcohol required!"

[@CALVO316]

O.k. here is the thing. Since there are two movies basically the same story the direction had to be different. One ( OHF) is more grounded ( almost ) the other is very over the top (WHD). In fact neither and most movie are not realistic. Remember Armageddon vs Deep Impact?

[@brendanmatelan2129]

White House Down was a descent film. I enjoyed it a little, and remembered it after 2 days.

[@LynnJynh9315]

I genuinely prefer White House Down. It was fun and enjoyable. Olympus Has Fallen wasn't. It took itself too seriously and was just boring.

[@Datamike]

I am inclined to agree; Olympus Has Fallen was a pretty mindless action movie. It was even less believable than this type of movies usually are, full of cliches, and ridiculous story twists. If cinemasins were to ever do Olympus Has Fallen, it would be 20 minutes long. White House Down actually had characters, build up, and a storyline that at least made some sense. It wasn't that it had better actors, but I actually found myself caring about these characters. In Olympus it was just a navy seal version of jason bourne / john mcclane running through the building kicking peoples' ass. In White House the protagonist didn't look like he had super powers, which I liked. He was human and mortal. I particularly didn't get what Jeremy's issue with the start of the movie was. Sure it was slow but I preferred that over anonymous characters driving off the bridge screaming "noooo!! my wife!!!" and having a dramatic time. That made no sense to me; at that point, I could not possibly be asked to care about these people.

[@cjlilly2858]

Olympus has fallen all the way best one liner "hey kang let's play a game its called fuck off you first"

[@neonbunnies9596]

White House Down works well in its action sequences, producing scenes that can't be replicated by other movies. After all, where can I find a movie with a car chase on the White House lawn while tanks and rocket launchers are in play? To me, White House Down works as well as Die Hard does (the script may even be based of it), which is well

[@Theplaymaker1271]

I think this movie was more of an action comedy, but I liked Olympus has Fallen much better

[@Venator2015]

I liked it better than Good Day to Die Hard, which was terrible, and since this movie reminds me a ton of the original Die Hard. First 30 min spent introducing all the elements? Check. Villains takeover a specific building with ease and establish dominance? Check. Often cartoony characters? Check. One man who's a total badass who has family to fight for? Check. I liked it.

[@bryandelmond]

+Hunter VanderZwaag I thought the same thing while I watched it at the theater.

[@neonbunnies9596]

I feel that Olympus Has Fallen takes a lot more suspension of disbelief to function than White House Down. Things like flying a plane, nevertheless a gunship anywhere near DC, taking the White House with like a few dozen terrorists, finding prototype anti-helicopter weaponry that can destroy any helicopter and introducing a plot device that can blow up every nuke in America requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, and there's only so much you can have. And while White House Down does have some crazy and ridiculous scenes, like that car chase on the White House Lawn, it's grounded in reality because we know it exists and we know it's reasonably possible. Instead of killing everybody in the White House, they push them out with an evacuation. Instead of using a MacMuffin that allows them to just destroy all of the attacking helicopters, they use Javelins. We can believe that if the White House was taken, these things could reasonably happen.

[@Rcurtin]

Olympus has Fallen was my personal favorite and it's getting a sequel so clearly it did better I guess

[@rabidphantomfan]

I like mindless action movies as much as the next person, and while I enjoyed both Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, I liked WHD better because OHF was too serious for me. WHD was funner and more breathable. Mindless action is only good itf it doesn't take itself too seriously which was OHF's whole problem.

[@xad9057]

White House Down was far better and a fun watch. Olympus has Fallen (and now London) was shit just like it's successor. I think Mark Kermode hit the nail on the head with his reviews of these movies especially his impersonation of Butler in London has Fallen.

[@emmetteprue3642]

There both the same thing

[@InjuredTwizzler]

Olympus Has Fallen. It has a better story line that involves sadness, cool action scenes, and a more realistic picture. But is it just me but in OHF did Gerald Butler reminded me of Sam from splinter cell.

[@alireyistheboss]

you failed to mention how incredibly unrealistic it is. Like 4 guys can really hold the white house down without every member of the marines, national guard, swat, fbi, cia, etc bustin in and shooting them all in the head. this movie would have been over in 7 minutes if they would have done it realistically.

[@MultiBOZA]

Finally somwone that shares my opinion. We should really become friends.

[@connornoiles2447]

I actually enjoyed it.. It was still a fun movie, and I enjoyed Jason Clarke

[@vaughnarmour612]

I loved this movie

[@arwaabbas6940]

Vaughn Armour same 💕💕

[@michaeltirado2479]

Okay so I saw Olympus Has Fallen and I was amazed and blown away at the premise and the action in the actors too. Then all of a sudden I saw White House Down cuz my cousin put me on and I was bugging out like, damn this movie is just like that Gerard Butler Aaron Eckhart movie which was better.

[@KlingonCaptain]

I actually quite preferred White House Down over Olympus Had Fallen. In a post 911 would, that plane in OHF never, ever would have made it into DC airspace. For me WHD was just more fun without all the unnecessary angst, I don't have to worry about my kids coming into the room with WHD on, and WHD just had more iconic moments. Wave that flag, Beezus! Jamie Fox explaining to a twelve year old girl why she should be cool with getting her head blown off is something I will never forget.

[@Finalflash50]

Oh and they would have let a bomb into the capital? They don't even tell you how they got it there. They just say "look a bomb". Everything that is wrong with OHF, WHD is equally, if not more guilty. Prove me wrong. Give me examples and I'll give my defense

[@keirtanaka2929]

Well they don't tell you but they do eventually show us that(SPOILER)the head of White House security in WHD was actually working with tha bad guys; I don't know exactly how White House security works but I imagine that would do it|

[@youtubecommentor1338]

white house down is overloaded with dramatic action & out of place humour. It is thoroughly enjoyable though!! For a guy who had watched House of Cards....it is not easy when you turn the white house into a field of war!!

[@VBejerano3]

Olympus has fallen was better, cause I still remember it. I don't remember most of white house down

[@TheAviator504]

Olympus Has Fallen. that felt like Die Hard without Bruce Willis and it was fun and intense and enjoyable. as soon as I saw the trailer for WHD I thought, "an Olympus Has Fallen" knockoff...

[@benjaminmcallister4185]

Olympus Has Fallen 100%. I loved that movie, it was fantastic and my favorite movie this year (so far)

[@TheBLDP]

I'm not. But I recognize actors that have more clout than others. Example: Megan Fox and Helen Mirren. That might be a unbalanced comparison but, you get what I mean. Most people will choose one over the other.

[@blazilfrazil2]

Olympus was fucking awesome. This was...something I watched.

[@aliyunura451]

Agreed 😁😁😁😁

[@BikestMan]

Dude, I find it refreshing, critics and reviews are a dime a dozen, but what is more rare is a refreshing down to earth, dare I say "human" delivery of a review. Also the description, for some reason really reminded me of how John McClane would describe the situation. Keep it up, you're fun to watch.

[@Batnick7]

holy crap i know im 13 but that movie was awesome I thought that the suffering of the characters not knowing whether the other is safe or not was interesting and created a good plot. A girl whos hero might be killed and a guy who wants to prove himself to his daughter is great plus i liked the humour in it. the action secquences were great exspecially the car/limmo chase where the president has a ROCKET LAUNCHER!! either way i didnt see any flaws in this movie although it's Foxtel discription was Die hard on steriods, I'd say it's Die Hard 2 on steriods

[@FilmMasterAdam]

Olympus Has Fallen was damn good action flick. White House Down was a cartoony, unrealistic mess that took itself way too seriously for its own good.

[@archguru314]

Olympus has fallen brought back epic memories of my first time watching die hard. Olympus fo show.

[@connoroshaughnessy5529]

Olympus has Fallen was a good movie. Gerard Butler did a great job, and the acting was really good.

[@tacticoolgun]

Olympus has Fallen has Morgan Freeman......I think we know who wins.

[@TG-Maverick22]

Jeremy, you are the best reviewer on youtube! I truly enjoy all of the content you put out. Keep it up man. I am a proud fan of yours.

[@bradyward2177]

"You're gonna go to jail for that!"

[@mythicalbagel6438]

Jeremy can you please review The Iron Giant? It was my favorite childhood movie and I'd like to know what you think of it.

[@JustOzzy82]

Olympus Has Fallen was 10X better than White House Down. Although WHD was an ok watch it didn't hit me like OHF. Olympus had parts in the movie that actually scared me as far as things that could happen to us in this country. The airplane scene was just fucking sick. Olympus was better hands down no comp.

[@Shadow-pt7oc]

I preferred white house down, mainly because of the chemistry between Tatum and foxx, but can I say london has fallen looks hilariously good fun

[@melissajd3312]

So I thought WHD was pretty decent, dumb sure, but decent. Until I watch OHF. Then I understood what Jeremy was talking about. :P

[@LenkyLad]

were you planning on reviewing "Anchorman" before the sequel came out at some point?

[@johnstriker480]

Olympus has Fallen > White House Down

[@andrewsparks9700]

Jeremy should review the 1998 Godzilla, I think it would just be funny to see what he has to say about it

[@kelvinquah9203]

Wasn't that bad

[@emmetteprue3642]

Meh

[@korviray]

Olympus Has Fallen, great review btw Jeremy

[@J4sse]

Olympus Has Fallen

[@DistractionDonkey]

there even is a link to one of these in this video...

[@jaysmith6013]

Olympus Has Fallen was better in every single way. I love OHF, I hated WHD

[@hekate5561]

I don't agree. At least WHD was interesting psychologically. They did not have the only "bad" American have no real motive. The guy changed his mind out of nowhere. Did he take part in this whole plot just for giggles? And why did the intelligent bad guy leave a room made to withstand atomic bombs, minutes before hundreds of them were to explode everywhere in the country? Why did he blast a hole into the wall? He used the door minutes earlier. I know that it was so that Butler could get into the room without doing something as uncool as getting captured. Why do you hate WHD?

[@iReversaLHD]

This movie is probably going down as one of my favorites

[@ashleyhirst1372]

Olympus has Fallen. Hands down

[@denisecee5413]

Your reviews never fails to entertain me.

[@Tyrone-Ward]

"Seem" has 2 definitions. the 1st one you've used; OP seems to have used the 2nd one - "Used to make a statement or description of one's thoughts, feelings, or actions less assertive or forceful." TL;DR: Try again.

[@marctm7614]

Strange. This way better than OHF, in everyway. OHF was terrible, in everyway.

[@JDirkfilms2]

Because he is. Ray, The Soloist, Collateral, all very diverse roles. He was good in the Kingdom also, but that doesn't hold a candle to the other 3. check those out if you haven't and see why people think he's so great.

[@TBelle507]

Olympus rocked

[@JeremyJahns]

Simply saying "fuck" in the intro would be unnecessary and make very little sense. Saying "Butt Fucked" when describing the Capitol's status in this movie pretty much puts things in perspective immediately. "Necessary"? Naw. Then again, very few spoken words in the world are.

[@aj3494]

Definitely Olympus has Fallen! Nothing beats Leonidas with kevlar and machine guns lol

[@Destroyer6263]

Have not seen both. Should I watch Olympus Has Fallen?

[@ellennordek6775]

Olympus has fallen the best

[@jimthar17]

Olympus has Fallen will always be the superior movie. Mike Banning is a beast. WHD is crap.

[@loshfordelegate191]

Olympus has fallen was better

[@Венлекс]

I think that Olympus has fallen is dark and more apocalyptic.

[@XCyclonusX]

OHF was epic. This......nah.....not even good

[@CoolKidLolz]

because movies have a time limit and shows could make or break it with a new season. plus it is very hard to compare a video game to a movie because you can really do what you want depending on the game. people like different genres and it doesn't matter the budget because even movies with a huge budget don't get that popular.

[@HADES1623]

olympus has fallen

[@DrCockChocolate]

I noticed something... Both this movie and Die Hard have a lot in common: the protagonist is a cop, he has to save a family member that he has a struggling relationship with, his first name is john, his last name has the letters "a" "c" "e" and "l" in it, his sidekick-ish person is black, and the basic premise is pretty much the same, to name a few...

[@lordwarden71110]

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN!!!

[@TheManAbove]

I liked both films, but I might have to give WHD the slight edge if I had to choose.

[@autumnlily5555]

Olympus has fallen was way better!

[@kennicotti]

White House Down showed a lot of craftsmanship in making movies. i'm not really sure why people hate it so much. there were no interracial relationships. maybe it's because of political agendas.

[@MultiBOZA]

Here are some things wrong with this movie: 1. Less then a dozen villains efforthlessly capture the White House. They just walk in, cause an explosion, and then they easily kill all the guards. It would be harder to capture an ordinary police station in RL than that. 2. This movie has absolutely no gore or blood. This makes the deaths look very fake. 3. The entire USA army has only one very fragile tank in this movie. 4. Jaimie Foxx's role in this movie mainly consists of just shouting something lame during an intense scene. 5. The very cartoonish car chace scene. 6. The White House doesn't have any built-in defenses in this movie. 7. The annoying tour guide character.

[@TheRohnjackson]

First of all, same concept as "Olympus Has Fallen". Secondly, bad performance.

[@StarTrekMarco]

I felt like being punched in the nuts over and over again while watching this dogshit. I watched Olympus Has Fallen a week before White House Down, OHF is BY FAR better than WHD...

[@dbarbour1982]

How many "mindless action movies" were said? Anyone count?

[@LordoftheSerpents]

OHF was more engaging.

[@stuff60063]

White house down, due entirely to the nice touches that Roand Emmerich gives. like more obscure villains, tangent involvement in realistic events and that the tone wasn't just none stop depression and seriousness. It was pretty much the sort of thing i expected from Die Hard 5 but didn't get

[@rohangupta2126]

Olympus has fallen is way better than d shit of WHD

[@hekate5561]

I don't agree. At least WHD was interesting psychologically. They did not have the only "bad" American have no real motive. The guy changed his mind out of nowhere. Did he take part in this whole plot just for giggles? And why did the intelligent bad guy leave a room made to withstand atomic bombs, minutes before hundreds of them were to explode everywhere in the country? Why did he blast a hole into the wall? He used the door minutes earlier. I know that it was so that Butler could get into the room without doing something as uncool as getting captured.

[@ques4estas]

i agree with you tom cruise being both a male and female genitalia at the same time. but i don't know why you're referring him to Olympus has fallen? did you mean oblivion?

[@cam5084]

I prefer Olympus has fallen

[@tricksterhuaun]

You know Jeremy it has been quite a while since you had reviewed any classics.

[@calebn4399]

Fun fact: Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.

[@MegaLOCO53]

Ohio Girl yeah cause freeing the slaves was such a bad thing

[@hekate5561]

Fun fact: Republicans back than were mostly liberal, while the Democrats were mostly conservative.

[@FutureBoyEXE]

Where's your review on The Lego Movie teaser?

[@bjornblackman2337]

I prefer White House down

[@Ultra80s]

I wonder if Jeremy is working on Pacific Rim as we speak. Just saw Pacific Rim last night with the wife (free screening), and really want to hear his take on it. ps OHF is more engaging between the two. Much better writing & editing.

[@horrorbengalsfan9134]

This one sucks OHF is way better

[@nGRainHD]

jeremy review the jobs trailer, im pumped for that movie

[@21minute]

Are you talking about the TV series? Because I really like that show! :)

[@Alexander19851]

It seems that 2013 best movies is going to be short this year.

[@brovawinston]

This guys reviews are almost always right. Best movie reviewer online I've ever seen-

[@815StoneCold]

I rented it on Netflix, it was alright 3 out of 5, 6 out of 10

[@il100374]

I'm trying to figure out what the difference between Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich films are...

[@TonyDiaz.]

Very late on my comment... Hahaha Just saw this. And I totally agree with you. The action scenes are fun, but there are many "I don't give a shit" moments in this movie. In summary: decent, fun action. Forgettable supporting characters.

[@cottonballs185]

Jeremy didn't bother to let us know if the special effects were better than Olympus.

[@aaronjohnson4681]

i have to agree with jeremy , but also disagree on some of the things a lot of the string of action movies, which includes: the under siege movies, the speed movies, air force one, the olympus movies, white house down, and even skyscraper with the rock all have differences that are similar to die hard and to some degree, heck, you can say that white house down, the olymups movies, and skyscraper have similarities to die hard as well as air force one you can make the stories in the film interesting like add comedy in it, just dont make it boring where you have long drawn out scenes where the lead bad guy gets in fights with his henchmen, thats something that happens in die hard and gets pretty boring after awhile, and what a action movie needs is some slapstick comedy, so the audience will love it

[@JiGGdoGG]

Personally i had more fun with this than Olympus has Fallen, which was good. But this one just had the more creative action sequences, and consistency in the action. It didn't slow down, kept a great pace and just str8 up had the better spec fx and use of real squibs tearing up walls, and pretty much everything around, except for bodies caz u know its a pg-13. making it a rated R doesn't make for better action. OHF is still pretty cool tho.

[@jcvargas85]

My pick is White House Down And boring dialogue scenes? Jeremy, I generally tend to agree with your assessments of movies but on this one we are polar opposites. I really enjoyed this movie, it was a lot better than I was expecting. One of the things I liked most is that it didn't rely on the typical "Foreign terrorist" angle. I really appreciated that the threat was purely internal and I just got a better and more interesting experience out of it. And it has James Woods, come on!

[@bobbyjensen264]

Has anybody noticed how, in some movies were the president is a character, they use black actors but they don't necessarily state that the president in question is Barack Obama, like Danny Glober, Jamie Foxx, and Samuel L. Jackson.

[@50Mahender]

The Room review please...???

[@colethomas1514]

jeremy, will you be doing a review of pacific rim?

[@LEExTHExHULK]

I personally liked White House Down more, but like your Jeremy, or anyone else, if someone else said they liked Olympus Has Fallen more I wouldn't argue them

[@robertwild9447]

Jeremy, review the "Escape Plan" trailer!