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White House Down (2013)
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, wit…h 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. (Read More)
Themes: vengeance, surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Locations: tunnel, kitchen, elevator
Characters: warrior, hostage, soldier
Story: secret service, tour, white house, president, attempted coup d'etat, out of ammunition, u.s. marine, security, tour guide, commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, lost eyeglasses, security camera, black u.s. president, u.s. vice president, exploding tank, vice president, american president, hand grenade, security guard, corrupt politician, terrorist attack, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, elevator shaft, hostage situation, sikorsky sh 3 sea king helicopter, helicopter shot down, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, police shootout, knife fight, knife throwing, fight in the restroom, portrait of george washington, u. s. marines dress uniform, reference to thanksgiving, reference to wikileaks, speaker of the house, reference to mary todd lincoln, prescription bottle, falling through a rooftop window, flag waving, car crashing through a window, ming vase, nicotine gum, line of succession, launch code, reference to gerald ford, personal vendetta, u.s. capitol building, f 18 hornet, lincoln memorial, rose garden, stabbed with a pen, norad, peace treaty, plane shot down, afghanistan veteran, delta force, reference to wikipedia, protocol, dog tags, reference to thomas jefferson, airforce one, terminal cancer, reference to george washington, cellphone video, washington monument, national guard, shot through a wall, world war three, catwalk, secret service agent, stabbed in the foot, political assassination, coup, air strike, c4 explosives, hit with a chair, pager, breaking a bottle over someone's head, arsenal, nuclear threat, automatic weapon, colleague, shoulder holster, precocious child, ammunition, hostile takeover, exploding airplane, corridor, shot through a door, reference to abraham lincoln, armory, reference to marilyn monroe, pentagon, reference to john f. kennedy, camera phone, oval office, 11 year old, reference to twitter, rogue agent, filmed killing, vault, reference to youtube, first lady, political thriller, computer hacker, pocket watch, unlikely hero, squirrel, two man army, bunker, marine, treason, alarm, hiding in a closet, bag over head, timebomb, shot through a window, media coverage, political corruption, gatling gun, bloodbath, flamethrower, rpg, lens flare, siege, jumping through a window, one day, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, co worker, senator, job interview, u.s. army, masked man, rocket launcher, murder of a police officer, swat team, exploding building, movie theater, scene during opening credits, grenade, traitor, missile, eyeglasses, washington d.c., ak 47, death of son, character says i love you, silencer, die hard scenario, general, mercenary, exploding body, ex husband ex wife relationship, american flag, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, fbi, stabbed in the back, library, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, death of friend, mixed martial arts, politician, throat slitting, disguise, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, reporter, color in title, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, brawl, gunfight, battle, paris france, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, three word title, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, death, violence, fight
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential Secret Service Agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced t…o rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, military, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: secret service, white house, president, terrorist attack, secret service agent, terrorist, bunker, commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, security camera, u.s. vice president, vice president, american president, hand grenade, security guard, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, hostage situation, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, knife fight, speaker of the house, launch code, washington monument, national guard, shot through a wall, nuclear threat, automatic weapon, hostile takeover, exploding airplane, pentagon, oval office, rogue agent, filmed killing, political thriller, unlikely hero, security, treason, bag over head, shot through a window, media coverage, gatling gun, rpg, one day, assault rifle, commando, special forces, u.s. army, masked man, rocket launcher, murder of a police officer, swat team, exploding building, traitor, missile, ak 47, washington d.c., silencer, general, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, fbi, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, child in peril, one man army, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, politician, throat slitting, disguise, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, pistol, knife, explosion, martial arts, husband wife relationship, murder, death, fight, violence
The G.I. Joe team is framed for crimes against the country by Zartan, disguised as the President, and Cobra Commander has all the world leaders under his influence, with their advanced warheads headed towards innocent populaces around the world. Outnumbered and outgunned, the surviving team members …form a plan with their original leader, General Joseph Colton, to rescue the President and face off Cobra Commander, his accomplices and the world leaders. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, security camera, exploding tank, american president, hand grenade, security guard, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, knife fight, u. s. marines dress uniform, washington monument, secret service agent, nuclear threat, pentagon, bunker, secret service, media coverage, gatling gun, lens flare, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, masked man, white house, rocket launcher, exploding building, grenade, traitor, missile, washington d.c., ak 47, silencer, general, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, president, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, limousine, news report, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, stabbed to death, death of friend, mixed martial arts, politician, disguise, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, death, violence, murder, fight
London Has Fallen (2016)
After the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances, all leaders of the Western world must attend his funeral. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders and unleash a terrifying vision of t…he future. The President of the United States, his formidable secret service head and a British MI-6 agent who trusts no one are the only people that have any hope of stopping it. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Characters: hostage, soldier
Story: president, security, secret service, commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, security camera, u.s. vice president, vice president, american president, hand grenade, terrorist attack, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, helicopter shot down, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, knife fight, speaker of the house, falling through a rooftop window, f 18 hornet, shot through a wall, secret service agent, political assassination, shot through a door, armory, rogue agent, reference to youtube, political thriller, bunker, treason, alarm, shot through a window, gatling gun, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, white house, rocket launcher, murder of a police officer, swat team, exploding building, traitor, missile, washington d.c., ak 47, general, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, politician, throat slitting, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, violence, death, murder
Red Dawn (2012)
The city of Spokane, Washington is awakened by a North Korean paratrooper invasion. Marine Corps veteran Jed Eckert and his civilian brother, Matt, escape with a group of friends to an isolated cabin in the woods, where they witness the execution of their father at the hands of the ruthless Captain …Cho. The brothers unite with their friends to form a guerrilla resistance group--the Wolverines--to drive the invaders from their home. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, military, deception, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: u.s. marine, commando mission, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, sniper rifle, plane shot down, shot through a wall, world war three, air strike, c4 explosives, exploding airplane, unlikely hero, marine, gatling gun, flamethrower, rpg, lens flare, jumping through a window, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, special forces, rocket launcher, murder of a police officer, exploding building, grenade, ak 47, character says i love you, silencer, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, tank, race against time, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, disarming someone, death of friend, mixed martial arts, disguise, survival, shot in the back, color in title, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, fight, death, murder, violence
Red Dawn (2012) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Brick Mansions (2014)
Themes: surveillance, military, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Locations: elevator
Story: security camera, hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, police shootout, car crashing through a window, nuclear threat, two man army, timebomb, shot through a window, jumping through a window, punched in the chest, special forces, u.s. army, swat team, missile, ak 47, silencer, die hard scenario, mercenary, american flag, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, news report, sniper, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, fight, murder, violence, death
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses is in love with Sarah Ross and enjoying their normal life. Out of the blue, Marvin Boggs meets Frank in the supermarket and tells that Wikileaks has released the information that they had participated and know the whereabouts of the Nightshade, a portable nuclear weapon… that was smuggled in pieces and hidden in Russia. Now the top agents in the world are under contract to seek them out to discover where Nightshade is. The trio travels to Paris and teams-up with the Russian Katja to track down the former Russian Agent 'The Frog' to get more information about the operation. They learn that the brilliant inventor Dr. Edward Bailey might know where the weapon is. They discover that Bailey has been interned in an asylum in London by the MI-6 for thirty-two years and the British Victoria joins the team. They rescue Bailey and find that the nuclear device is hidden in the Kremlin. Soon the dangerous South Korean Han joins the group expecting to retrieve the weapon. But dangerous killer Jack Horton is hunting Frank down and will not stop until he recovers the nuclear bomb. (Read More)
Story: security camera, hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, helicopter crash, u. s. marines dress uniform, reference to wikileaks, arsenal, exploding airplane, pentagon, reference to john f. kennedy, rogue agent, filmed killing, vault, bag over head, timebomb, gatling gun, booby trap, punched in the chest, senator, u.s. army, swat team, grenade, washington d.c., ak 47, silencer, general, die hard scenario, exploding body, kicked in the face, race against time, fbi, stabbed in the back, shot in the leg, sniper, hit by a car, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, color in title, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, paris france, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, pistol, knife, explosion, martial arts, murder, death, fight, violence
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, deception, betrayal, revenge
Story: out of ammunition, commando raid, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, knife throwing, hit with a chair, exploding airplane, reference to abraham lincoln, armory, camera phone, rogue agent, reference to youtube, timebomb, shot through a window, jumping through a window, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, swat team, exploding building, grenade, ak 47, silencer, mercenary, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, murder, death, violence, fight
Locations: tunnel, elevator
Story: terrorist attack, commando raid, corrupt politician, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, terrorist, knife fight, knife throwing, delta force, nuclear threat, camera phone, rogue agent, filmed killing, bag over head, timebomb, jumping through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, traitor, ak 47, silencer, general, mercenary, bodyguard, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, politician, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, murder, death, violence, fight
American Assassin (2017) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: tour guide, security camera, vice president, hand grenade, security guard, u.s. president, terrorist plot, knife fight, shot through a wall, hit with a chair, breaking a bottle over someone's head, shot through a door, armory, camera phone, reference to twitter, rogue agent, filmed killing, computer hacker, media coverage, gatling gun, tour, siege, assault rifle, punched in the chest, white house, rocket launcher, exploding building, movie theater, traitor, missile, eyeglasses, washington d.c., character says i love you, general, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, news report, underwater scene, disarming someone, death of friend, mixed martial arts, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, fight, violence, death
Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
13 Hours (2016)
Libya, 2012. At an unofficial CIA base in Benghazi a group of ex-military contractors are providing security. In the aftermath of Gaddafi's downfall a power vacuum exists and the climate is volatile. Military weapons are freely available. The US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, makes a visit to t…he area, staying in a compound near the CIA base. On the night of 11 September, 2012, the Ambassador's compound is attacked by hordes of heavily armed locals. The only forces willing and able to defend it are six CIA contractors. This is why 13 Hours (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, military, deception, politics, betrayal
Characters: warrior, soldier
Story: u.s. marine, commando unit, security camera, security guard, terrorist attack, sniper rifle, shot through a wall, air strike, hostile takeover, shot through a door, armory, pentagon, camera phone, security, shot through a window, rpg, lens flare, tour, siege, assault rifle, commando, special forces, white house, rocket launcher, exploding building, ak 47, washington d.c., silencer, die hard scenario, general, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, hit by a car, death of friend, survival, shot in the back, car crash, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, gunfight, battle, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, shot to death, swimming pool, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, death, violence
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando unit, security camera, u.s. president, terrorist plot, sikorsky sh 3 sea king helicopter, exploding helicopter, knife fight, knife throwing, nuclear threat, reference to twitter, timebomb, gatling gun, flamethrower, jumping through a window, assault rifle, masked man, white house, swat team, exploding building, missile, ak 47, washington d.c., silencer, mercenary, exploding body, president, bodyguard, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, one man army, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, mother daughter relationship, violence, murder, fight, death
Story: commando mission, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, security guard, terrorist attack, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, hostage situation, police shootout, national guard, coup, nuclear threat, hostile takeover, exploding airplane, armory, pentagon, filmed killing, bag over head, timebomb, media coverage, gatling gun, lens flare, siege, jumping through a window, booby trap, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, u.s. army, masked man, murder of a police officer, swat team, exploding building, missile, ak 47, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, child in peril, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, rescue, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, murder, death, fight
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Themes: surveillance, betrayal, terrorism, deception, kidnapping, revenge
Story: security camera, hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, car crashing through a window, nuclear threat, hostile takeover, armory, computer hacker, gatling gun, punched in the chest, rocket launcher, swat team, exploding building, scene during opening credits, grenade, missile, ak 47, silencer, mercenary, american flag, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, limousine, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, politician, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, death, violence, fight
Story: commando raid, commando unit, security camera, security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, plane shot down, nuclear threat, exploding airplane, computer hacker, unlikely hero, shot through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, swat team, missile, mercenary, bodyguard, race against time, beaten to death, library, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, terrorist, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, death, violence, fight
Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United S…tates and Russia to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to go to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth. This is why Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (2011) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando raid, security camera, security guard, u.s. president, sniper rifle, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, exploding helicopter, lincoln memorial, washington monument, exploding airplane, pentagon, camera phone, reference to twitter, vault, computer hacker, gatling gun, lens flare, jumping through a window, commando, special forces, job interview, u.s. army, white house, rocket launcher, swat team, exploding building, grenade, traitor, missile, washington d.c., character says i love you, general, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, tank, fbi, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, disguise, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, explosion, husband wife relationship, violence, fight, death, murder
Story: commando unit, hand grenade, u.s. president, sniper rifle, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, falling through a rooftop window, u.s. capitol building, exploding airplane, reference to john f. kennedy, filmed killing, computer hacker, bag over head, media coverage, gatling gun, flamethrower, lens flare, jumping through a window, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, senator, u.s. army, masked man, rocket launcher, exploding building, movie theater, scene during opening credits, missile, washington d.c., ak 47, character says i love you, silencer, general, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, beaten to death, stabbed in the back, news report, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, death of friend, politician, disguise, terrorist, reporter, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, death, violence, fight, murder
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Action, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Alice awakes at home with her daughter Becky and her husband. But soon she realizes that she is actually in an Umbrella Corporation's underground facility. Out of the blue, the computer security system shuts-down and Alice flees to the central control room of the facility. She meets Ada Wong, who wo…rks with Albert Wesker, and she learns that a five-man team has been sent by Wesker to rescue them. However, the Red Queen sends Jill Valentine and Rain to hunt them down. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, military, torture, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando mission, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, helicopter crash, washington monument, filmed killing, security, hiding in a closet, timebomb, one day, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, white house, rocket launcher, eyeglasses, washington d.c., character says i love you, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, kicked in the face, race against time, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, underwater scene, child in peril, hit by a car, mixed martial arts, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, pistol, surprise ending, three word title, knife, explosion, martial arts, death, fight, murder, violence
Hardcore Henry is an action film told from a first person perspective: You remember nothing. Mainly because you've just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and yo…u should probably go get her back. Who's got her? His name's Akan; he's a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You're also in an unfamiliar city of Moscow, and everyone wants you dead. Everyone except for a mysterious British fellow called Jimmy. He may be on your side, but you aren't sure. If you can survive the insanity, and solve the mystery, you might just discover your purpose and the truth behind your identity. Good luck, Henry. You're likely going to need it... (Read More)
Story: hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, police shootout, knife throwing, shot through a wall, hit with a chair, breaking a bottle over someone's head, shot through a door, armory, shot through a window, gatling gun, flamethrower, jumping through a window, one day, punched in the chest, commando, masked man, rocket launcher, ak 47, character says i love you, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, beaten to death, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, husband wife relationship, death, fight, violence, murder
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear …her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, deception, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Locations: tunnel, kitchen
Characters: hostage
Story: security camera, hand grenade, terrorist attack, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, vault, unlikely hero, marine, gatling gun, booby trap, rocket launcher, exploding building, ak 47, silencer, die hard scenario, race against time, news report, sniper, disguise, terrorist, survival, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, fight, violence, murder, death
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
It's been seventeen years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets t…he poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn...or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state. This is why The Purge: Election Year (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, deception, politics, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Locations: tunnel
Characters: warrior, hostage
Story: security, senator, commando raid, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, sniper rifle, knife fight, lincoln memorial, reference to george washington, washington monument, filmed killing, shot through a window, political corruption, media coverage, gatling gun, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, masked man, white house, washington d.c., ak 47, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, american flag, president, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, death of friend, mixed martial arts, politician, survival, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, murder, fight, death, violence
The Purge: Election Year (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
In 2079, in Washington, the ex-CIA Operative Snow is brutally interrogated, accused of treason against the United States. The chief of the secret service Scott Langral believes that he shot the agent Frank in a hotel room. Meanwhile, the idealistic daughter of the president of the USA, Emilie Warnoc…k, is visiting MS One, a maximum security prison in outer space expecting to find evidence that the prisoners are actually guinea pigs of a huge corporation. When one of her bodyguards loses a hidden pistol to the dangerous prisoner Hydell, he subdues the staff in the central control room and releases the prisoners, including his brother Alex who becomes the leader of the riot. Now the veteran agent Harry Shaw offers freedom to Snow if he succeeds in rescuing the president's daughter. But the idealistic Emilie does not want to leave MS-One without the hostages. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, torture, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: security, security camera, american president, u.s. president, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, secret service agent, armory, rogue agent, treason, secret service, timebomb, gatling gun, lens flare, white house, murder of a police officer, swat team, missile, washington d.c., exploding body, president, bodyguard, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the leg, one man army, stabbed to death, death of friend, mixed martial arts, disguise, shot in the back, interrogation, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, pistol, surprise ending, explosion, martial arts, fight, murder
HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones --… endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando unit, security camera, sniper rifle, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, battle, knife fight, prescription bottle, armory, computer hacker, alarm, shot through a window, jumping through a window, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, scene during opening credits, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, disguise, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, father daughter relationship, violence, murder, death
Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Ben must prove he is good enough to date cop James' sister. By doing this he goes on a "Ride Along" to show that he is not weak and he will do whatever it takes to get James' approval but along the way runs into a few obstacles that he has to overcome in a very funny way.
Themes: deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: security camera, hand grenade, security guard, hostage situation, police shootout, camera phone, two man army, lens flare, jumping through a window, one day, assault rifle, punched in the chest, exploding building, scene during opening credits, grenade, ak 47, bodyguard, kicked in the face, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the leg, news report, disarming someone, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, african american, murder, violence, death, fight
Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and hi…s team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, military, deception, revenge
Story: commando mission, commando unit, hand grenade, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, gatling gun, lens flare, assault rifle, commando, special forces, rocket launcher, scene during opening credits, grenade, ak 47, silencer, american flag, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, stabbed to death, death of friend, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, fight, murder, violence, death
Lone Survivor (2013) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Patriots Day (2016)
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi…th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. This is why Patriots Day (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, deception, kidnapping
Story: commando raid, commando unit, security camera, security guard, terrorist attack, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, police shootout, national guard, filmed killing, security, shot through a window, media coverage, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, swat team, exploding building, grenade, american flag, fbi, news report, sniper, disarming someone, terrorist, interrogation, car crash, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, husband wife relationship, violence, fight, murder, death
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
Themes: conspiracy, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: corrupt politician, sniper rifle, politician, police shootout, c4 explosives, shoulder holster, squirrel, two man army, hiding in a closet, secret service, political corruption, assault rifle, senator, murder of a police officer, swat team, die hard scenario, exploding body, american flag, bodyguard, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, death of friend, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, death, murder, fight, violence
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, military, deception, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Locations: kitchen, elevator
Story: security camera, hand grenade, police shootout, stabbed in the foot, shot through a door, rogue agent, unlikely hero, treason, bag over head, shot through a window, siege, jumping through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, u.s. army, swat team, exploding building, character says i love you, die hard scenario, mercenary, bodyguard, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, news report, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, disguise, survival, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, fight, violence, murder, death
Themes: deception, betrayal, revenge
Characters: warrior
Story: sniper rifle, knife fight, shot through a wall, armory, shot through a window, rpg, punched in the chest, rocket launcher, silencer, bodyguard, kicked in the face, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, survival, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, african american, murder, fight, violence, death
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this dis…ease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, military
Story: commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, security guard, sniper rifle, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, vault, unlikely hero, gatling gun, flamethrower, lens flare, assault rifle, commando, special forces, grenade, missile, ak 47, silencer, general, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, tank, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, news report, sniper, child in peril, stabbed to death, death of friend, politician, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, bomb, gunfight, battle, paris france, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, three word title, knife, explosion, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, death, murder, violence
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel… Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. This is why Grimsby (2016) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Story: security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, breaking a bottle over someone's head, camera phone, filmed killing, two man army, bunker, shot through a window, jumping through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, masked man, rocket launcher, swat team, exploding building, scene during opening credits, missile, ak 47, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, child in peril, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, death, violence, fight
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, military, deception, politics, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando raid, commando mission, security camera, security guard, shot through a wall, armory, vault, bag over head, shot through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, traitor, missile, character says i love you, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, child in peril, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, survival, shot in the back, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, fight, murder, death, violence
Big Game (2014)
When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save him - a 13-year old boy called Oskari. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning …to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own "Big Game" prize, the unlikely duo must team up to escape their hunters. As anxious Pentagon officials observe the action via satellite feed, it is up to the President and his new side-kick to prove themselves and survive the most extraordinary 24 hours of their lives. (Read More)
Themes: terrorism, conspiracy, deception, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: pentagon, commando unit, black u.s. president, u.s. vice president, vice president, american president, president, u.s. president, terrorist plot, f 18 hornet, airforce one, secret service agent, exploding airplane, rogue agent, reference to youtube, secret service, lens flare, one day, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, rocket launcher, traitor, missile, washington d.c., ak 47, general, character repeating someone else's dialogue, underwater scene, child in peril, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, bomb, held at gunpoint, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, face slap, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, murder, death
Big Game (2014) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
It feels good to be bad...Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has deter…mined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself? (Read More)
Story: commando mission, commando unit, security camera, security guard, sniper rifle, helicopter shot down, uh 60 blackhawk helicopter, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, bomb, knife fight, f 18 hornet, arsenal, hostile takeover, armory, pentagon, filmed killing, unlikely hero, security, gatling gun, jumping through a window, booby trap, assault rifle, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, u.s. army, masked man, rocket launcher, swat team, missile, washington d.c., ak 47, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, kicked in the face, tank, race against time, beaten to death, fbi, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, underwater scene, sniper, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, terrorist, survival, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, father daughter relationship, murder, death, violence, fight
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly… by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer. (Read More)
Themes: vengeance, surveillance, deception, torture
Story: security camera, security guard, camera phone, lens flare, booby trap, assault rifle, murder of a police officer, exploding building, ak 47, silencer, die hard scenario, exploding body, kicked in the face, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, fbi, stabbed in the back, limousine, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, one man army, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, shot in the back, interrogation, hand to hand combat, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shot in the head, face slap, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, african american, death, murder, fight, violence
Passenger 57 (1992)
Air travel is the safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth -- and that's bad news for the passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesl…ey Snipes plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to. This is why Passenger 57 (1992) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: terrorism, deception, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: security, hand grenade, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, terrorist, police shootout, hostile takeover, unlikely hero, jumping through a window, one day, punched in the chest, swat team, silencer, die hard scenario, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, fbi, shot in the forehead, sniper, child in peril, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, survival, shot in the back, hand to hand combat, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, african american, death, murder, fight, violence
Shooter (2007)
Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world's great marksmen and the son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He's left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he's recruited by a colonel to help find a way that the Pre…sident of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia. (Read More)
Themes: conspiracy, military, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: u.s. marine, u.s. president, sniper rifle, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, falling through a rooftop window, u.s. capitol building, political assassination, bag over head, shot through a window, lens flare, assault rifle, senator, murder of a police officer, washington d.c., die hard scenario, exploding body, american flag, president, fbi, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, sniper, one man army, stabbed to death, death of friend, car crash, car chase, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, shot to death, beating, shootout, pistol, explosion, death, violence, murder
Shooter (2007) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone awry. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am… I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: commando mission, commando unit, helicopter crash, shot through a door, rogue agent, unlikely hero, bag over head, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, scene during opening credits, silencer, die hard scenario, general, mercenary, bodyguard, kicked in the face, beaten to death, hit by a car, one man army, disarming someone, mixed martial arts, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, fight, violence, murder, death
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and bat…tling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, deception, betrayal, revenge
Story: security camera, hand grenade, terrorist plot, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, police shootout, nuclear threat, vault, two man army, shot through a window, media coverage, gatling gun, rpg, lens flare, jumping through a window, assault rifle, masked man, rocket launcher, ak 47, character says i love you, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, one man army, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, father daughter relationship, murder
Takers (2010)
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost …(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: security camera, security guard, sniper rifle, exploding helicopter, police shootout, shot through a wall, c4 explosives, shot through a door, shot through a window, jumping through a window, masked man, murder of a police officer, swat team, ak 47, kicked in the face, character repeating someone else's dialogue, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, sniper, hit by a car, death of friend, disguise, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, tattoo, explosion, african american, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, violence, death
Furious Seven (2015)
Dominic and his crew thought they'd left the criminal mercenary life behind. They'd defeated international terrorist Owen Shaw and went their separate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw, is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde and a shady g…overnment official called "Mr. Nobody" are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called "God's Eye," that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God's Eye program while caught in a power struggle between the terrorist and the United States government. This is why Furious Seven (2015) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando unit, hand grenade, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, terrorist, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, car crashing through a window, computer hacker, bag over head, gatling gun, jumping through a window, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, masked man, rocket launcher, murder of a police officer, exploding building, scene during opening credits, grenade, missile, ak 47, character says i love you, silencer, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, news report, hit by a car, death of friend, mixed martial arts, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, explosion, martial arts, african american, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, violence, death
Furious Seven (2015) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill... or so he thought. Stonebanks, w…ho eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables' most personal battle yet. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, deception, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, exploding tank, hand grenade, sniper rifle, elevator shaft, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, knife fight, knife throwing, c4 explosives, security, timebomb, shot through a window, gatling gun, assault rifle, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, rocket launcher, exploding building, ak 47, silencer, die hard scenario, mercenary, bodyguard, tank, race against time, stabbed in the back, shot in the leg, underwater scene, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, brawl, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, death, fight, murder, violence
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: hand grenade, security guard, police shootout, knife throwing, hit with a chair, vault, hiding in a closet, timebomb, shot through a window, booby trap, punched in the chest, masked man, rocket launcher, grenade, ak 47, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, library, shot in the forehead, news report, hit by a car, one man army, mixed martial arts, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, death, fight, murder, violence
Barney Ross is approached by CIA man Church, who wants him and his guns for hire to go to the former Soviet Union to retrieve something that was on a plane that crashed. Church doesn't tell him what he is getting. And Church sends a woman, Maggie with him to make sure he gets it. They find the plane… and get the thing but some men take one of Barney's people hostage and the leader tells him to give him what they got or he'll kill his hostage. They give it to him but he kills his hostage anyway. Barney asks Maggie what was so important about that thing. She says that it showed the location of a Russian plutonium storage mine. Barney decides to track the man down and deal with him. They track them down and discover that the man they seek is Vilain who leads a group known as The Sangs and that they have taken all the men from the surrounding villages to work the mine. (Read More)
Themes: vengeance, terrorism, torture, revenge
Story: out of ammunition, commando mission, commando unit, exploding tank, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, knife fight, knife throwing, rescue, afghanistan veteran, nuclear threat, bag over head, shot through a window, gatling gun, jumping through a window, commando, punched in the chest, special forces, rocket launcher, exploding building, missile, ak 47, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, kicked in the face, tank, beaten to death, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, sniper, one man army, stabbed to death, death of friend, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, interrogation, hand to hand combat, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, paris france, punched in the face, slow motion scene, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, three word title, knife, explosion, martial arts, fight, death, murder, violence
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
For Steve Rogers, awakening after decades of suspended animation involves more than catching up on pop culture; it also means that this old school idealist must face a world of subtler threats and difficult moral complexities. That becomes clear when Director Nick Fury is killed by the mysterious as…sassin, the Winter Soldier, but not before warning Rogers that SHIELD has been subverted by its enemies. When Rogers acts on Fury's warning to trust no one there, he is branded as a traitor by the organization. Now a fugitive, Captain America must get to the bottom of this deadly mystery with the help of the Black Widow and his new friend, The Falcon. However, the battle will be costly for the Sentinel of Liberty, with Rogers finding enemies where he least expects them while learning that the Winter Soldier looks disturbingly familiar. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, terrorism, conspiracy, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping
Characters: soldier, warrior, hostage
Story: commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, security camera, hand grenade, traitor, security guard, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, hostage situation, battle, knife fight, washington monument, shot through a wall, air strike, rogue agent, political thriller, shot through a window, gatling gun, jumping through a window, punched in the chest, commando, special forces, senator, white house, rocket launcher, exploding building, missile, washington d.c., silencer, die hard scenario, mercenary, bodyguard, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, one man army, mixed martial arts, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, explosion, martial arts, fight, murder, violence, death
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Air Force One (1997)
The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. Th…e terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in for a surprise... This is why Air Force One (1997) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013). (Read More)
Themes: terrorism, conspiracy, politics, betrayal
Story: commando mission, commando unit, u.s. vice president, vice president, american president, president, u.s. president, terrorist plot, airforce one, secret service agent, automatic weapon, hostile takeover, first lady, political thriller, security, alarm, secret service, political corruption, bloodbath, tour, commando, special forces, white house, traitor, missile, ak 47, die hard scenario, general, american flag, limousine, one man army, disarming someone, terrorist, hand to hand combat, held at gunpoint, gunfight, machine gun, fistfight, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, death, murder, violence, fight
Clear And Present Danger (1994)
Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are m…urdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. (Read More)
Themes: terrorism, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: security, commando raid, commando mission, commando unit, american president, hand grenade, corrupt politician, president, u.s. president, sniper rifle, terrorist plot, political assassination, coup, exploding airplane, oval office, rogue agent, political thriller, bunker, political corruption, rpg, commando, special forces, senator, u.s. army, white house, rocket launcher, washington d.c., ak 47, silencer, mercenary, american flag, bodyguard, fbi, limousine, news report, sniper, one man army, disarming someone, death of friend, mixed martial arts, politician, disguise, terrorist, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, bomb, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, battle, slow motion scene, rescue, shotgun, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, shootout, cell phone, fire, pistol, surprise ending, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, violence, death
Themes: deception, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: sniper rifle, police shootout, knife fight, knife throwing, breaking a bottle over someone's head, rogue agent, assault rifle, punched in the chest, movie theater, scene during opening credits, traitor, silencer, kicked in the face, race against time, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, stabbed in the back, shot in the forehead, shot in the leg, news report, underwater scene, sniper, hit by a car, disarming someone, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, disguise, survival, shot in the back, color in title, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, car chase, held at gunpoint, brawl, gunfight, paris france, punched in the face, slow motion scene, rescue, shot in the head, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, violence, fight, death, murder
Spartan (2004)
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th…e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, conspiracy, military, deception, torture, politics, betrayal, kidnapping
Story: commando unit, u.s. president, delta force, secret service agent, pager, first lady, marine, secret service, shot through a window, media coverage, political corruption, assault rifle, commando, special forces, u.s. army, mercenary, race against time, character repeating someone else's dialogue, fbi, news report, sniper, one man army, politician, throat slitting, shot in the back, reporter, interrogation, car crash, brawl, gunfight, punched in the face, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, face slap, shot in the chest, machine gun, helicopter, fistfight, shot to death, beating, shootout, cell phone, pistol, surprise ending, knife, african american, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, death, murder, fight, violence
Spartan (2004) is one of the best movies like White House Down (2013)
The Expendables (2010)
Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. …Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. (Read More)
Themes: surveillance, torture, betrayal, kidnapping, revenge
Story: security camera, sniper rifle, exploding helicopter, knife throwing, rogue agent, lens flare, special forces, rocket launcher, exploding building, scene during opening credits, grenade, traitor, missile, ak 47, general, die hard scenario, mercenary, exploding body, bodyguard, kicked in the face, beaten to death, character repeating someone else's dialogue, fbi, stabbed in the back, shot in the leg, sniper, stabbed to death, mixed martial arts, throat slitting, shot in the back, interrogation, car crash, hand to hand combat, bomb, car chase, held at gunpoint, painting, gunfight, battle, punched in the face, rescue, shot in the head, shotgun, shot in the chest, car accident, machine gun, helicopter, shot to death, swimming pool, beating, shootout, fire, pistol, surprise ending, knife, tattoo, explosion, martial arts, father daughter relationship, fight, murder, violence
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Q: Is it possible to create a path which consist of an environment variable + the filename I want to copy an .exe file to /App/Data/Local/Temp and run the exe afterwards. Instead of adding the full, static filepath i would like to use $env:TEMP to have no dependency to the user account inside the ps. Based of $env:TEMP + the .exe file i tried to create a new variable $LocalInstall which i could use later inside the ps but it seems not to work.
$LocalInstallFile=$env:TEMP."\Agent.exe"

Later $LocalInstallFile should be used to run the installation with installation properties
Invoke-Expression "$LocalInstallFile /DIR=c:\"

Could i instead also use
Invoke-Expression "$env:TEMP\Agent.exe"

A: The expression
$LocalInstallFile=$env:TEMP."\Agent.exe"

will expand the $env:TEMP environment variable and then try to invoke the property called "\Agent.exe" on the string object which, of course, doesn't exist, so $LocalInstallFile is null. Instead, create the string like this:
$LocalInstallFile="$env:TEMP\Agent.exe"

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Het Russische ruimtestation Mir (Мир, dat in het Russisch zowel wereld, gemeenschap alsook vrede betekent) was het eerste permanent bewoonde ruimtestation in een baan om de Aarde. Het bestond uit verschillende met elkaar verbonden modules, waarvan de eerste module op 19 februari 1986 werd gelanceerd en de laatste in 1996. Mir was gebaseerd op de al eerder door de Russen gelanceerde Saljoet-ruimtestations. Gedurende de tijd dat Mir in een baan om de aarde cirkelde, is er veel wetenschappelijk onderzoek verricht.

Vanaf zijn lancering tot augustus 1999 is Mir bijna continu bewoond geweest. Op 23 maart 2001 keerde Mir na 15 jaar terug in de Aardse atmosfeer om vervolgens in brokstukken in het zuiden van de Grote Oceaan neer te storten. Voor die tijd waren er nog vage plannen om Mir te gebruiken als televisie- of filmstudio, maar daarvoor bleek hij te onstabiel en te onveilig. Het zou eenvoudigweg te duur zijn geworden om Mir nog langer in gebruik te houden.

De kosmonaut Valeri Poljakov verbleef het langst in Mir en in de ruimte. In 1995 vestigde hij dit record met 437 dagen en 18 uur.

Modules

De meeste modules zijn door de Proton-draagraket in hun baan om de aarde gebracht.

Basisblok
Het basisblok was de eerste module en werd geassembleerd in april 1985, vanaf mei 1985 onderging het verschillende testen. Het werd gelanceerd op 19 februari 1986. Deze basismodule had een sterke gelijkenis met de ruimtevaartstation-serie Saljoet. De module beschikte over een besturingseenheid en een woonruimte. Aan de module zaten drie zonnepanelen. Het had zes koppelpoorten voor koppelingen met vrachtschepen en de wetenschappelijke modules.

Kvant I-module
De Kvant I (Квант verwijst naar kwantum) werd op 31 maart 1987 gelanceerd en werd gekoppeld aan het station op 12 april 1987. Deze astrofysische module droeg onder andere instrumenten om röntgenbronnen in de ruimte te observeren. Ook konden er biotechnologische experimenten worden uitgevoerd, onder andere voor antivirale medicijnen.

Kvant II-module
De Kvant II-module werd op 26 november 1989 gelanceerd en werd gekoppeld aan het station op 6 december 1989. De module beschikte over wetenschappelijke instrumenten en een ruimte voor persoonlijke verzorging. De module droeg ook twee zonnepanelen.

Kristal-module
De Kristal (Кристалл verwijst naar kristal) werd op 31 mei 1990 gelanceerd en op 10 juli gekoppeld aan het ruimtestation. Deze module droeg verschillende wetenschappelijke instrumenten.

Spektr-module
De Spektr (Спектр verwijst naar spectrum)-module werd op 20 mei 1995 gelanceerd en gekoppeld aan het station op 1 juni 1995. Deze module leverde woon- en werkruimte voor de Amerikaanse astronauten, die inmiddels ook regelmatig gebruik maakten van Mir. De Spektr-module werd ook gebruikt voor geofysisch onderzoek naar de atmosfeer, oceanen en het landoppervlak van de aarde. Daarnaast werd ze gebruikt voor biomedische onderzoeken.

Koppelingsmodule
Op 15 november 1995 werd er een koppelingsmodule aan het station gekoppeld, zodat de Spaceshuttles eenvoudiger konden koppelen aan het ruimtestation. Deze module werd geleverd door de Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Priroda-module
Op 23 april 1996 werd de Priroda (Природа verwijst naar natuur)-module gelanceerd en op 26 april 1996 gekoppeld. Deze module werd onder andere gebruikt voor de studie van het aardoppervlak en de effecten op de mens tijdens een langdurig ruimteverblijf.

Aan het eind van zijn levensduur was de omvang van Mir 33 × 31 × 27,5 m en de massa omstreeks 140.000 kg. In totaal zijn er ruim honderd ruimtevaarders aan boord geweest. Sinds de lancering van de eerste module heeft Mir ruim 360.000 keer rond de aarde gedraaid, op een gemiddelde hoogte van 375 kilometer.

Codenaam 'Phase One'
De Amerikaanse president George H.W. Bush en zijn Russische collega Boris Jeltsin kwamen in juni 1992 overeen dat beide naties zouden samenwerken bij het verkennen van de ruimte. Het eerste resultaat daarvan was dat er een Amerikaan aan boord klom van Mir en er twee Russische kosmonauten aan boord van de Space Shuttle gingen. Deze samenwerking, waarbij de Amerikanen veelvuldig gebruik maakten van Mir, werd bekend onder de codenaam 'Phase One' (Eerste fase).

Ruim een jaar na de overeenkomst kondigen Al Gore en Viktor Tsjernomirdin in september 1993 de plannen voor een nieuw ruimtestation aan: Phase Two (Tweede fase). Hiermee was de basis voor het International Space Station (ISS) gelegd.

Achtergrond van 'Phase One'
Na het uiteenvallen van de Sovjet-Unie brokkelde de invloed van de Sovjet-Unie snel af. Het ruimtevaartprogramma hield de status van het land als supermacht nog enigszins op peil, maar leed evenals andere staatsinstellingen onder het tekort aan geld. In 1997 was het ruimtevaartbudget, vergeleken met 1989, gedaald met 80%. Noodgedwongen staakte men de verdere ontwikkeling van het Russische ruimteveer Boeran. Acht lange jaren van voortdurend bezuinigen betekende projecten schrappen en hooggeschoold personeel ontslaan. De vloot van verbindingsschepen, waardoor kosmonauten op ieder moment radiocontact met de vluchtleiding konden opnemen, hield eveneens op te bestaan. Ten tijde van 'Phase One' was ieder anderhalf uur een kwartiertje radiocontact mogelijk. Naast de Russische grondstations assisteerden twee Amerikaanse radarstations en een afgehuurde antenne in Duitsland. Het was al een meevaller dat de Russen hun basis in het (nu onafhankelijke) Kazachstan konden behouden.

Situatie te Sterrenstad
Het vluchtleidingscentrum bood een treurige aanblik. In de lobby brandden zo min mogelijk lampen om een paar centen te besparen. Die staken schril af tegen de felle kroonluchters en kristallen beeldjes van een Tsjechische lampenfirma, waaraan de directie noodgedwongen een ruimte had verhuurd. De verouderde computers zorgden voor geschokte gasten, en niet slechts in figuurlijke zin. Regelmatig kregen bezoekers een elektrische schok bij aanraking. Het overgebleven personeel moest lijdzaam afwachten wanneer ze hun salaris kregen, dat voor de meesten hooguit 600 dollar bedroeg. Velen zochten bijverdiensten als tolk of taxichauffeur. Voor een interview met de directeur, Vladimir Solovjov, bedroeg het tarief 1500 dollar. Ondergeschikten van generaal Pjotr Klimoek vonden nog een manier om toeristen te plukken. Voor 200 dollar per persoon per dag kregen grote aantallen Britse schoolkinderen praktisch onbeperkt toegang tot de basis. Ze mochten ruimtepakken aantrekken en door oefenmodellen kruipen - tot ontsteltenis van kosmonauten, die tijdens hun training regelmatig werden geconfronteerd met de zoveelste schoolklas. Bewaking bestond nog slechts op papier: voor 10 dollar lieten de wachtposten bezoekers ongehinderd de poort passeren.

Begin 1997 was het Russische ruimtevaartprogramma nog slechts een schim van zichzelf. Iedere stationsbemanning kon ervan uitgaan dat ze langer bleven dan gepland. De frequentie van de onbemande Progress-vrachtschepen halveerde: van zes naar drie per jaar. Zo bespaarde men op dure draagraketten. De raketten die nog omhooggingen waren lichter dan gebruikelijk. De reguliere kerosine-stuwstof Synthin werd te duur. Als "oplossing" sloopten de Russen diverse noodsystemen uit zowel Progress- als Sojoez-schepen.

Ondanks hevige protesten van onder andere Aleksandr Serebrov (die na zijn tijd als actieve kosmonaut Jeltsins hoogste adviseur werd op ruimtevaartgebied), kreeg Mir geen koppelsimulator. Hiermee zouden kosmonauten kunnen oefenen om schepen handmatig te koppelen. Na een week in de ruimte ging de hand-oog-coördinatie van de gemiddelde kosmonaut al sterk achteruit. Zelfs dit verzoek vond men te duur; de prijs voor de benodigde apparatuur bedroeg ongeveer 5000 dollar. De simulators te Zvjozdny gorodok toonden de kosmonauten slechts een zwarte achtergrond; vrij zinloos als de kosmonaut in kwestie moet aankoppelen met een achtergrond van witte bewegende wolken.

Onmin met Oekraïne
Bezoekende schepen van Mir gebruikten het Koersk-naderingssysteem om aan te meren. De producent, Radiopribor uit Kiev, zetelde in het nu onafhankelijke Oekraïne. De Oekraïense overheid verhoogde de prijs voor een Koersk-systeem binnen vijf jaar met 400%. Russische protesten werden genegeerd, met het verzoek eerst hun achterstallige rekeningen te voldoen. Toen de Russen in gebreke bleven, stuurde Radiopribor geen of slechts incomplete exemplaren. Met ieder vrachtschip dat in de dampkring verbrandde, verloren de Russen een kostbare koppelcomputer. Rond 1996 begonnen de kosmonauten de apparatuur uit de Progress te demonteren, alvorens die te ontkoppelen. Achter de schermen deed men een dringend verzoek aan de Amerikanen de verwijderde computers aan boord van de Shuttle mee terug naar de Aarde te nemen.

Verdiensten van kosmonauten
Rond 1990 verloren Sovjet-kosmonauten hun privileges. Hun gratis appartement en auto verdwenen. Met de vakanties op staatskosten aan de Zwarte Zee of Vietnamese stranden was het eveneens gedaan. Ook de bezoldiging van de kosmonauten leed onder de financiële problemen. Hun salarissen werden dermate gekort, dat de Doema een wet aannam om deze weer op peil te brengen. Dan nog stak hun loonstrook pover af bij de bedragen die NASA hun astronauten betaalde.

Een astronaut verdiende bij NASA omstreeks 1995, afhankelijk van de loonschaal, 48.000 à 103.000 dollar per jaar. Om te voorkomen dat hooggeschoolde kosmonauten massaal hun baan opzegden, bedacht bedrijf Energia een bonus/malus-systeem. Een Russische kosmonaut die geen ruimtevlucht maakte, haalde jaarlijks misschien net de 20.000 dollar. Voor iedere ruimtevlucht verkreeg men een bonus, die gemiddeld 30.000 dollar bedroeg.

Iedere kosmonaut die naar Mir vloog, tekende tevoren een contract. Dit vermeldde exact de te verrichten werkzaamheden, experimenten en aantal ruimtewandelingen. Zo leverde bijvoorbeeld een ruimtewandeling 1000 dollar op. Elke vergissing werd opgetekend. Een niet opgevolgd bevel, niet uitgevoerde proef of ruimtewandeling betekende een boete op de bonus.

Regering Clinton wil Russische Von Braun voorkomen
Met alle Russische problemen in het achterhoofd, poogde de regering Clinton de Russen binnenboord te houden. Washington zat niet te wachten op Russische raketgeleerden, die hun kennis aan bijvoorbeeld Libië of Iran te koop aanboden. Ook het instabiele Jeltsin-regime kreeg zo wat meer ondersteuning. NASA poogde al tien jaar een eigen ruimtestation te lanceren. Dit had reeds 8 miljard dollar gekost. Nu kon NASA aan boord van Mir ervaring opdoen voor het ISS. De Russen konden met de 400 miljoen dollar hun ruimtevaartprogramma overeind houden.

Problemen met Mir

De laatste jaren had Mir regelmatig problemen. Op 23 februari 1997 brak er brand uit aan boord en scheelde het weinig of de complete zeskoppige bemanning had het ruimtestation moeten verlaten (via de twee Sojoez-schepen). Vier maanden later kwam Mir in botsing met een onbemand Progress-vrachtschip, waarbij een module lek raakte en dat deel van Mir moest worden afgesloten. Andere problemen waren de energievoorziening die regelmatig uitviel, lekkende leidingen en de temperatuur, welke in de Kvant II-module regelmatig opliep tot meer dan 40 graden Celsius. Dat was ook geen wonder, want het oorspronkelijke ontwerp van het ruimtestation was berekend op een levensduur van slechts vijf jaar. Gebrek aan vertrouwen, coördinatiestoringen en taalproblemen verergerden de problemen nog eens.

Terugkeer naar aarde
Met behulp van een op 27 januari 2001 aangekoppeld Progress-vrachtschip werd tussen 7 maart en 21 maart Mir in een lager gelegen baan gebracht op 220 kilometer. Plotseling trad er een nieuw probleem op; Mir begon langzaam te tollen. Omdat het stabiliseren erg veel brandstof zou kosten, werd dit uitgesteld tot de laatste dag voor de impact.

In Japan, Nieuw-Zeeland en Australië ontstond grote onrust over de schade die eventueel op land neerstortende brokstukken zouden aanrichten. Om deze onrust weg te nemen werd er voor 2 miljoen dollar een verzekering afgesloten die eventuele schade dekte. Op 23 maart dook Mir met een snelheid van ongeveer 8 km/s de dampkring binnen. Door de grote plotselinge afremming door de toenemende luchtdruk en de hoge temperatuur brak het schip in stukken en sommige onderdelen verbrandden. Vanaf de Fiji-eilanden waren de verbrandende delen goed zichtbaar. Over een gebied van zo'n 5000 kilometer lang en 200 kilometer breed op 4000 kilometer ten oosten van Nieuw-Zeeland kwamen de brokstukken neer in de Grote Oceaan.

Europese inbreng
De ESA werkte al vanaf haar oprichting nauw samen met zowel de Verenigde Staten als de Sovjet-Unie, ook als deze dit liever niet aan de grote klok hingen. Zo werd op zekere dag professor de Jager voor een saunabezoek uitgenodigd door de vicepresident van de Russische ruimtevaartorganisatie. Zonder pottenkijkers informeerde de Rus hem over de aanstaande lancering van MIR. Hij bood ESA aan om een instrument mee te sturen, maar maakte tevens duidelijk dat dit binnenskamers moest blijven. De keus viel op een instrument dat nauwkeurig de positie van uit het heelal afkomstige röntgenstraling vastlegde. Toen dit instrument mankementen vertoonde, kwamen enkele kosmonauten naar Utrecht. Daar leerden ze hoe ze het ding weer aan de praat kregen.

Zie ook
 Lijst van expedities naar Mir
 De Euro-Mir, een attractie in het Duitse Europa-park.

Externe link
 NASA-animatie van de terugkeer van de Mir in de dampkring

Ruimtestation
Russische ruimtevaart

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Q: Spark. Simple "No space available in any of the local directories." Here is a simple test program. This is obviously a tiny test data program.
from pyspark.sql.types import Row
from pyspark.sql.types import *
import pyspark.sql.functions as spark_functions

schema = StructType([
    StructField("cola", StringType()),
    StructField("colb", IntegerType()),
])

rows = [
    Row("alpha", 1),
    Row("beta", 2),
    Row("gamma", 3),
    Row("delta", 4)
]

data_frame = spark.createDataFrame(rows, schema)

print("count={}".format(data_frame.count()))

data_frame.write.save("s3a://my-bucket/test_data.parquet", mode="overwrite")

print("done")

This fails with:
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.util.DiskChecker$DiskErrorException: No space available in any of the local directories.
    at org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalDirAllocator$AllocatorPerContext.getLocalPathForWrite(LocalDirAllocator.java:366)
    at org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalDirAllocator$AllocatorPerContext.createTmpFileForWrite(LocalDirAllocator.java:416)

This is running on Amazon EMR with S3 storage. There is plenty of disk space. Can anyone explain?

A: I ran into the same error while using Spark 2.2 on EMR. The settings,  fs.s3a.fast.upload=true and fs.s3a.buffer.dir="/home/hadoop,/tmp" (or any other folder for that matter) did not help me. It seems like my issue was related to shuffle space.
I had to add --conf spark.shuffle.service.enabled=true to my spark-submit / spark-shell to resolve this error.


For Krumhansl, her "lifelong interest in music" and the interdisciplinary aspect of the research attracts her to the field of music perception and cognition. She hopes to understand the cognitive capacity of humans through our "immense ability to remember and perform music," through studies of various aspects of music, including recognition, influence of visual input in performances, and differences in perceptiveness among different races. One of her many interests lie in music recognition. In one study, Krumhansl investigated how much music Cornell students need to hear before they recognize a song. The result was that within 400 milliseconds of a song starting, the students were able to name the artist and title more than 25% of the time. They were also able to judge which decade (from the 1960s to contemporary music), emotional content (happy, sad, anger, fearful, or tender), and style, suggesting that people have detailed memory for many songs. One of the study's findings showed students preferred songs from earlier decades, like the '60s and '70s, despite previous research that shows people tend to prefer music that was released in early adulthood. Krumhansl planned a follow-up study to further investigate this question in detail. She hopes to study recognition of hit songs over the last five decades with listeners who were college age over those five decades. In another study, Krumhansl and Jennifer Huang '10 researched the effect observing a musical performance has on listeners. She aimed to explore why people buy expensive concert tickets when they could easily get better quality recordings of the artist through digital media. Apparently, seeing the performance generally "enhances the appreciating of the structural features of music, the emotional content, and overall evaluation of the performance, but this depends on the style of the music and the degree of stage behavior" the performer shows, Krumhansl found. Even without watching the performance, in a study Krumhansl conducted in conjunction with Eastman School of Music, the participants judged a classical piano performance by Prof. Xak Bjerken, music, using the degree of "stage behavior" as minimal, normal or exaggerated. Stage behavior refers to the movement of the performer and its visual and auditory effects on the audience. Krumhansl conducted another study which aimed to correlate race with pitch. In order to see if Asians are more likely to have absolute pitch compared to other races she compared the performance of Asians and Caucasians on a pitch and rhythm learning test. The results showed that while Asians do indeed have an advantage on the pitch test, they did not for the rhythm test. Further experiments eliminated the possibility that the Asians' pitch advantage is due to speaking a tone language (in which the meaning of words depends on the pitch pattern). From her varied and unique research, Krumhansl hopes to learn more about the human brain's cognitive abilities. "Music psychology is a field that few people know exists," she said. Still, she encourages students to pursue studying music psychology and cognition.


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