Get’s that job with the Secret Service too! He handles it all with aplomb though, that’s why he’s our hero. He has to juggle all that and work out who’s behind this plot.

There are crazy terrorists, hostages to think of, a President to protect and he is separated from his daughter. That coincides with the terrorists arriving. He has a tricky relationship with his daughter, politics obsessed Emily, so takes her to the White House when he gets an interview, and stumbles into a tour party. He’s ex-army, working for the Capital Police fro the Speaker of the House and desperate to work for the Secret Service. White House Down (WHD): Channing Tatum is the all-action hero this time, playing John Cale. Not bad! All enough to earn him his old job back. He manages to infiltrate the White House, communicate with the Pentagon, free the President’s son and eventually rescue the President.

When the White House is attacked, he runs straight into danger to help. He could have done no more but the President won’t have him around as he is too much of a reminder of that tragic day. But when tragedy strikes and he is unable to save the President’s wife following an accident he is consigned to desk duty. In the opening scenes, he is shown to be the President’s top man. Olympus Has Fallen (OHF): Gerard Butler is our hero, as secret service agent and ex-army ranger Mike Banning. So, which movie did it best? Let’s compare and contrast. The White House in jeopardy, a President in danger and a troubled hero out to save the day. Two titles that effectively mean the same thing. After all, there are a lot of movies about US Presidents, both real and fictional.įor now, we’re focusing on Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, two action movies released in 2013. Carnage at the Capitol and violence on the streets of Washington sound like events from a movie, and no doubt they one day will be be. No, those aren’t headlines referring to the end of the reign of current US President Donald Trump or reflecting on the recent riots in Washington DC.

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