Hybride artists also developed special tools to create and populate scene elements including vegetation and vehicles, as well as a cutting-edge tool to populate trees and simulate their movement.ĭue to the high level of shot complexity, Hybride artists used deep image compositing techniques to manage the sequence and maintain quality without compromising the level of detail desired. The team developed innovative tools that facilitated the creation of an entirely virtual city-traffic lights, street lamps, bicycle racks, road signage and advertising panels were automatically generated to maximize production time.
'White House Down' is a letdown and considering the director behind the movie and the budget, it's sad to see it all go waste in what could have been a perfect popcorn entertainer.Several innovative techniques developed for the project enabled Hybride’s artists and programmers to produce extremely complex scenes.
The only bright spot in the cast is James Woods in a role that has oddly very similar intentions as the one of Ed Harris in 'The Rock'. Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke, both good actors otherwise are wasted in poorly written roles. Jamie Foxx tries too hard to be Obama and comes across instead as a stumbling buffoon. And don't even get me started on the flag waving scene in the end to ward off incoming jets.Ĭhanning Tatum might look pretty but he's no action hero and though his onscreen name might be two words away from John McLane, simply running around in your white vest doesn't render you to Mr.
Plus when you have a scene as ridiculous as the presidential Limousine being driven around the White House lawn being chased by SUVs sporting gattling guns, you know something's way off. The pacing too lets down the movie with things moving far too slow in the first hour and then trying to up the ante by cramming in every possible action element in the last forty five minutes or so. If I wanted two hours of shootouts resulting in destroyed walls, I'd rather watch the pre-climatic showdown in the Matrix again.
Unlike Olympus Has Fallen's brutal takedowns of the terrorists by Gerard Butler, here everything needs to be interspaced with a joke or two and most of the gunfights result in destroyed furniture and walls rather than dead terrorists. There are glorious looking explosions, low flying helicopters, huge guns, hackers and double crosses galore but none of it amounts to an iota of excitement. White House down on the other hand throws everything into the bender hoping something clicks. While 'Olympus Has Fallen' had its intermittent lapses in logic, it was still an exciting and taut action movie that keep things moving at a brisk pace, right from the takeover of the White House to the lone wolf battling the terrorists in "the most guarded building in the world". Cale rises to the occasion and teams up with the President to save the day. Tragedy strikes soon as home-grown terrorists led by ex-special forces soldier, Stenx (Jason Clarke) blow up the Capitol Hill building and take control of the White House.
When he's rejected for by the Secret Service for Presdient Sawyer's (Jamie Foxx) security detail, John instead takes Emily on a tour of the White House. John Cale (Channing Tatum) takes his daughter, Emily (Joey King), along for an interview he's giving at the White House. Borrowing elements from every 80s and 90s action flick right from 'Die Hard' to '48 Hours' to even 'The Rock' it's an unsatisfying ride all the way through. The Gerard Butler starrer 'Olympus Has Fallen' turned out to be an unexpected sleeper hit earlier in the year and while by no means is that a good movie it atleast had more bang for your buck than this overblown travesty. Review White House Down & earn 20 DM Points.* Review SubmitĪ double whammy from Hollywood this year culminates in the second 'Die Hard in the White House' movie of the year in Roland Emmerich's 'White House Down'.