White House Down Page #12

Synopsis: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Director(s): Roland Emmerich
Production: Sony Pictures
  3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2013
131 min
$73,103,784
Website
3,954 Views


I'm not doing this, guys. Abort mission.

Pull out! Abort! Abort! Abort!

No!

They have flown

over the White House.

It is an unbelievable moment

down here.

People are going wild.

And Emily Cale is undoubtedly

a beautiful hero of the day.

Emily Cale is a little hero.

This is an unprecedented moment

in U. S. history.

That search you requested

came back.

Emily, can you believe how many people

have seen your video biog?

It's not a video blog.

It's a YouTube channel.

- How many?

- Seven hundred million people.

Daughters.

Jesus!

Oh, my God. Are you okay?

Honest Abe. My wife got this for me.

For the inauguration.

Are you kidding me?

You got shot in the wa--?

What I'm telling you is that good old Abe

took a second bullet for me.

Thank you.

Thank you for what you did for Emily.

It's my sacrifice, right?

Yes, sir.

Yep.

John, listen.

This isn't over yet.

Walker had no prior contact...

...with any of the terrorists,

but someone else did.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.

I'm gonna put you on speaker.

- The president's with me.

- This guy, Stenz...

...made multiple calls

to a secure line in D. C...

...but we don't know who received them.

The database was wiped 30 minutes ago.

Really? Did you check Walker's

personal records?

His computer, his e-mails?

You don't know Walker, John.

He was a dinosaur.

The man still used a pager.

Oh, sh*t.

Listen. Carol,

I got to check something out.

We'll see you outside.

I don't believe it.

I think I know how Walker got the codes,

but I'm gonna need your help, sir.

Move back! Move back.

Emily.

Oh, baby, you okay?

Oh, thank God.

Thank God, baby.

- Did you see my routine?

- Yeah.

Oh, I'm so proud of you.

You were beautiful, baby.

You saved us. You know that?

Hey, stay with Mommy for a second,

okay? I'll be right back.

- John.

- it's disarmed.

Thank God you're all right.

Where's the president?

He didn't make it, sir.

I need to address the nation.

General, get on with the Joint Chiefs.

We need to move our troops into

the Middle East to stabilise the region.

You wanna move troops in?

When they find out that we almost

launched a nuclear attack...

...there's gonna be chaos.

We have to contain it.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Of course. Yeah.

When did you and Walker

cook this whole thing up?

- Excuse me?

- How'd it go?

You gave Walker the launch codes

and he made you president?

You can prove this?

Well, Walker had to get the launch codes

from somewhere...

...and you were the only person

with those codes.

And I found this pager

in Walker's pocket.

I only know one other person

that uses one of these.

That doesn't prove anything.

Two old guys use old technology.

So what?

Why don't you call the return number

on that, Carol?

Would have been better

if the evidence had been destroyed...

...in the air strike that you ordered.

You're a goddamn traitor, sir.

You dim little sh*t.

I hired you out of pity

and this is how you repay me.

Tomorrow, when people find out

that your precious president...

...helped a maniac

open the nuclear football...

...who do you think they're

going to believe, you or me?

You, you would be a nobody.

But me, I'm the president

of the United States.

No, you're not.

Eli, Eli.

Quite the politician, huh?

You did all of this just to keep your

buddies in the defence industry happy.

How far did you fall into their pockets?

This is ridiculous.

- Take him into custody, general.

- Yes, sir, Mr. President.

No, I'm still president.

I am still president.

Well, just consider this a coup d'tat.

Get this trash off my lawn.

You're not fit for office.

You son of a b*tch!

You're selling this country

out to the Arabs.

This isn't over. I got friends.

And I'll make sure all of your friends

meet you in prison.

Let's get him to the hospital.

You okay? You look terrible.

Thank you for everything

you did today.

Thank you for trusting me.

Special Agent Cale!

I'm not going anywhere

without my protection.

You heard him.

Thank you, sir. Hey, Em!

You wanna take a ride?

Come on.

- Can I go?

- Yeah, of course.

Go with your father.

She's an amazing girl.

This way! Move this way!

- Welcome aboard.

- Thank you, sir.

You sure you're all right?

I'm all right now.

Good job, special agent.

Thank you, general.

If you ever want a private tour

of the White House, just let me know.

I can hook it up like that.

I mean, maybe in a few weeks...

...when we've got

the place back together.

That's good to know.

You wanna give him the news?

Calls have been coming in

from all over the globe for the last hour.

The presidents of Iran, Russia, Israel

and France have all agreed to your terms.

It looks like your peace plan is a go.

You keep this up,

I just might have to vote for you.

You wanna see something

really special?

- Yeah.

- Carol.

Henry, the president

wants to do the thing.

Hold on tight.

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James Vanderbilt

James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 1975) is an American screenwriter. He is best known for the films Zodiac, White House Down, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. more…

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