White House Down And Olympus Has Fallen Comparison

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The movies White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen are two action movies full of special effects, great actors and actresses and many dangerous stunts.Olympus Has Fallen was released on March 22,2013 while White House Down was released on June 28,2013. White House Down is the better movie. The characters bring a kind of humor to the situation, but they also keep the seriousness of the movie. In White House Down the head of secret service, played by James Wood, and some men he has picked to help him, take over the White House. The men who were chosen to take over the White House were picked from a list of men who have betrayed the United States in some way. John Cale, played by Channing Tatum, is a capital officer trying to become

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