White House Down - Action, Comedy, Channing, and Jamie

Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx make and excellent duo as evident in their appearance on Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscars.  See video above.  I had no doubt that a movie with them together would be great, and I wasn't disappointed.  White House Down is a moving starring Tatum and Fox.  It's full of action, comedy, and sexy.

Channing Tatum is one of the sexiest men on any screen anywhere.  Very high on the CGI list.  (Sorry ladies, his clothes stay on, but he is in a wife-beater for the majority of the movie.) While he's not the best actor on the planet, he definitely is improving, and I don't mind watching him while he learns to get it right.   Tatum plays an aspiring Presidential Secret Service agent who happens to be at the White House during an attack with his political savvy 11-year-old daughter.  He's on a mission to find her because they get separated, save the President, and his country.  This isn't usually the type of movie Channing does.  He's normally in dramas, feel-good movies, and movies where he's half naked.  Now he can add action-movie star to his credentials.

Jamie Foxx is not hard on the eyes either, although his make-up is terrible in White House Down.  It took away a little of his sexy.  Moving on...he's an Academy Award winning actor, Grammy winning singer, and an hilarious award winning comedian.  This isn't his best acting by any means, but he gets to be the President, and who doesn't want to play that role?  Foxx plays the 47th POTUS, who is in the White House when it's attacked by lunatics.  He too, has to find his inner action-hero to get out of the situation and stop someone from trying to start WW3.

Other famous faces are seen in the movie such as Maggie Melting Face Gyllenhaal, head secret service agent; Richard Jenkins, Speaker of the House; and James Woods, head of the President's detail just to name a few.  They all play key roles in the film, but no one is really looking at them because it's all about Tatum, Foxx, and the little girl (Joey King) playing Tatum's daughter, Emily.  She's a little scene stealer.  Emily is one tough cookie who saves the day.  SOILER ALERT:  Yes, an 11 year-old will actually be the hero.

I like movies with non-stop action, and White House Down definitely delivers.  It has moments of comedy, the storyline is plausible, and there are two unlikely heroes that make you smile deep down inside.  You really do leave feeling good at the end.  Olympus Has Fallen is still the best of the White House destruction movies, but because I want to Channing all over your Tatum, I'll put White House Down in a distant second.  I enjoyed it, and I think man or woman, you will too.