To be honest, Channing Tatum was the last person I would expect to turn into a blockbuster action star. Films like Step Up and Coach Carter were a few of the films in which many of us first discovered him. Who would have thought he would be taking on Cung Le in Fighting, and the C.O.B.R.A. forces in both G.I. Joe films?
It also helps that Channing, like some stars such as he, has a kung fu background of sorts. So I sincerely hope to see him in another action film that centers around martial arts action. That’s just me. But for now anyway, Hollywood has its action star in Tatum, who is readying to light up the big screen, taking on terrorists while protecting the President in the new action adventure, White House Down, opening in theaters on June 28, 2013.
Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins and James Woods, the Columbia Pictures release follows Capitol Policeman John Cale (Tatum), who has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Foxx). 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.
