On Rotten Tomatoes , White House Down has an average score lower than 7/10 .
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 50 % based on 176 reviews , with a weighted average of 8.4/10 and the site 's consensus states : `` White House Down benefits from the leads ' chemistry , but director Roland Emmerich smothers the film with narrative clichés and choppily edited action . ''
White House Down