Filmmaker troll Roland Emmerich is back to mock his audience with big, ugly, and dumb destruction porn.
Unfortunately, this isnt it.
At most, Foxx is good as playing comic relief.
Despite being the POTUS, he doesnt have any authentic patriotism in him.
Aside from ol Olympus itself,White House Downsbiggest casualty is Gyllenhaal.
White House Downsbad humor goes beyond just goofing with American history when it begins trolling current events.
What tasteful laughs are there to be made about this fresh wound and, ultimately, for what purpose?
Here, weve got jokey henchmen that were former soldiers.
It is a parody of the very story elements this movie is relying on for its most basic appeal.
Because it hardly has any good ideas of its own, it just piles jokes on top of jokes.
