'White House Down' entertains despite clichés and contrivances

Not content with decimating the White House in his 1996 sci-fi blockbuster ‘Independence Day’, director Roland Emmerich reduces the Washington landmark to rubble again in this preposterous, high-octane action thriller.

‘White House Down’ is an all-guns-blazing tale of gung-ho heroism and flag-waving patriotism which unfolds during a terrorist attack on the US President’s iconic seat of power.