Just after President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) announces his plan to pull American troops out of the Middle East, an insurrection plot is set in motion.Īfter serving heroically in Afghanistan, John Cale (Channing Tatum) works as a police officer assigned to security for Speaker of the House Raphelson (Richard Jenkins). ![]() While director Roland Emmerich ( Independence Day) piles on outlandish scenarios, the chemistry of the lead actors mitigates the contrived setup and numbing explosions. With its well-choreographed mayhem, Down (* * ½ out of four rated PG-13, opens in select cities Thursday and nationwide Friday) is an over-the top, Die Hard-style thriller that will make pulses race more than the recent, similarly themed Olympus Has Fallen. "Tour's over," yells a shotgun-toting terrorist who takes a group of Washington, D.C., visitors hostage in the preposterous White House Down.
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