Divorced veteran John Cale works as a Capitol Police officer assigned to Speaker of the House Eli Raphelson, whose nephew, Corporal Dawson, he saved while serving in Afghanistan. President James Sawyer makes a controversial proposal to remove military forces from the Middle East. White House Down was one of two films released in 2013 that dealt with a terrorist attack on the White House the other, Olympus Has Fallen, was released three months earlier. The film was a box office bomb, grossing over $205 million worldwide against a budget of $150 million.

Released on Jby Sony Pictures, White House Down received mixed reviews from critics toward the screenwriting and the clichéd storyline, although the performances and action sequences were praised.

The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Michael Murphy and James Woods. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer named John Cale attempts to rescue both his daughter Emily and the President of the United States James Sawyer when a massively destructive terrorist assault occurs in the White House. White House Down is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt.

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