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Twelve years after the terror attacks, directors are daring to film the Capitol in flames

It has been a long time coming but American moviegoers are now ready to watch the White House being blown up again.

Twelve years after the 11 September terrorist attacks, and long after audiences shed a similar reticence about viewing New York being destroyed, at least three major films will now feature America's most famous address being attacked, shot up, set on fire or taken over by terrorists.

None of the destruction is subtle, or limited to the White House. A trailer for the coming blockbuster White House Down features dramatic scenes of the entire Capitol building exploding, Air Force One being shot out of the sky by a rocket, and then – almost as an afterthought – a shot of the White House bursting into rubble and flames. That follows on from the current box-office hit Olympus Has Fallen, »

- Paul Harris

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