White House Down is an American action-thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by James Vanderbilt and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, and James Woods. The film was released on June 28, 2013. 
White House Down is an American action-thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by James Vanderbilt and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, and James Woods. The film was released on June 28, 2013.
The film was in competition with another Die Hard in the White House film, called Olympus Has Fallen.
In this film, U.S. Capitol Police officer John Cale(Tatum) takes his estranged daughter Emily (King) on a tour of the White House after being rejected to join the Secret Service.
In this film, U.S. Capitol Police officer John Cale(Tatum) takes his estranged daughter Emily (King) on a tour of the White House after being rejected to join the Secret Service.
U.S. President James Sawyer receives controversy over a proposed peace treaty between allied countries to remove military forces out of the Middle East.
John Cale is a Capitol Police officer assigned to Speaker of the House Eli Raphelson, whose nephew he saved from an IED explosion while on a tour in Afghanistan.
He is struggling to develop a better relationship with his daughter Emily, who has a strong enthusiasm for politics, and tries impressing her by getting a job with the Secret Service.
However, his hopes are dashed when the interview is conducted by Carol Finnerty, a former college acquaintance of his who believes him to be unqualified due to a lack of respect for authority and follow-through.
Meanwhile, white nationalist Conrad Cerndisguises himself as a Capitol janitor and detonates a bomb at the center of the Capitol building, resulting in the collapse of the rotunda.
Raphelson, who is on a call from Sawyer discussing the peace treaty's impact on the military-industrial complex, remains unharmed and is taken by Finnerty to an underground command center in the Pentagon, while Vice President Alvin Hammond is taken aboard Air Force One.
All of Washington, D.C. is put on lockdown, separating Cale from Emily, who has left the tour group to use the restroom.
When Cale and Sawyer reveal they are still alive, they learn that Hammond has ordered an aerial incursion to take back the White House. Knowing the mercenaries have FGM-148 Javelin missiles, Cale tries but fails to stop the them from shooting down the helicopters.
Walker tells Cale over the White House intercom to surrender Sawyer or he will kill Emily. Sawyer ultimately surrenders himself, knowing Cale could still save them if he was free.
However, he refuses to activate the football. When Walker threatens to kill Emily again, the alarms and sprinklers are set off by Cale setting various rooms on fire.
Tyler tries to escape by deactivating the bomb on the tunnel gate, but discovers that it has been tampered with, so it goes off instead.
Sawyer then reveals himself and has Raphelson taken into custody, treating his taking of the Presidency as a coup d'état. Sawyer officially employs Cale into the Secret Service and takes him and Emily on a personalized aerial tour of Washington, D.C. on his way to the hospital.
As a result of the events, the leaders of Russia, China, Israel, France and Iran agree to Sawyer's peace treaty, allowing him to bring the peace he wanted
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