A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time 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 battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
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Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
A Good Day to destroy the franchise! This review will contain spoilers. I love the first four Die Hard movies. I love Die Hard to death, this movie killed the franchise. John Moore please get out of the film business forever because you blow it!! Bruce Wills is bored out of his mind. We see Bruce Wills in this movie but not John McClane we know!!! He is not the main character. He is not the main hero but his son is! Why would I care about his son dammit? Die Hard was about one man army fighting against a team of terrorists. While in this movie he is unlikable sidekick!!! The movie is horrible digitally CGI filmed. The movie is about Russia again. I understand Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV Stallone films dialed with the Russians been bad guys and they worked that was different it was the 80's but this movie fails to be A Die Hard movie! This movie is painful to watch, it hurt my eyes. John McClane is a sidekick not a main action hero that he is, he is a laughing stuck! I was laughing my ass at Bruce Willis! Die Hard 2 and Live Free or Die Hard are bashed from fans and critics but you know what they were not that bad at all. I love all 4 films to death all 4 films are great action films. This movie is awful painful to watch and it fails to be a good movie. R rating sucks too in here. No sidekicks anymore! Bruce Wills grove your hair. The movie does not deserve to focus on his children why would I care about his children?! Die Hard With A Vengeance did not need it another 2 sequels!! Live Free or Die Hard was still a good movie in my opinion, but it was not need it. This movie fucking sucks! It is a disaster! Where is McClane in here?! Where are his jokes?! Where is action in this?!This movie sucks! The worst one in the franchise. From here it well all down hill. Not my favorite in the franchise I don't have it in my collection and I will never have it. This movie doesn't exist. You think how bad Live Free Or Die Hard is? watch this film it will hurt you! Watch the CGI glass falling on McClane and on his stupid son Jai Courtney all fake! They don't bleed they are both animated stupid brainless morons in here. Score 1/10 avoid this film like a plague. Bruce Willis retire and grow your hair already! John Moore and Skip Woods you both are scumbags both of you!! Thanks for killing off the franchise!!!
It's a just a really bad script - not one good "die hard joke" or oneliner.
5th in the saga, it is full of stupidity. John McClane's son, a CIA agent on a mission in Moscow, after killing don't-know-who, conveniently ends up in the same courtroom as the man he has to save, when one case has nothing to do with the other. There is an explosion that bursts the wall of the court just behind the benches where they were seated but none are even injured. Then appears McClane Sr. (Bruce Willis) in a crazy pursuit through the streets of Moscow causing chaos and death with no respect for innocent bystanders. And the cherry on top of the cake is that they go to Chernobyl exactly to the nuclear center as if the radiation was a minor concern, without protective suits whatsoever, but the villains carry a spray that neutralizes said radiation. Does that exist? Of course... in this movie.
As this episode opens Yuri Komarov is about to go on trial in Moscow. It appears that he has upset the wrong people; most notable Viktor Chagarin, a corrupt official and former friend who wants an incriminating file that Yuri possesses. Around the same time American Jack McClane is arrested and agrees to testify against Komarov. Back in the United States his father, police officer John McClane, hears what has happened to his son so flies out to Moscow. Just as John gets to the court in Moscow a massive explosion rips the building apart. The attackers want Yuri but Jack has helped him away from the scene. He is briefly united with his father and it is clear that they do not have a good relationship. Jack and Yuri drive off in a van, followed by the villains in a heavily armoured vehicle and John in a small truck. After a spectacular chase John and Jack are reunited and we learn that Jack is now a CIA operative hoping to get Yuri and his file out of Russia. There are complications though and before the dust has settled there will be numerous twists and a spectacular confrontation in the remains of Chernobyl.This film has some good points and one real problem. That problem is that it doesn't feel like a 'Die Hard' film; I feel it would have been much better had the character been renamed and the film been released without being connected to the previous films. I guess that would be less profitable though. On the plus side that at least means it can be enjoyed by anybody who has never seen a Die Hard film. The story is decent enough and there are some pretty good twists. There is also a lot of spectacular action from start to finish. The action is ridiculously over the top but, if you can suspend your disbelief it is rather fun. The action includes numerous explosions, a car chase and even an attack from an Mi-24 Hind helicopter! The acting is decent enough but nothing special; this is a film you watch for the action not the acting. Overall I don't think this is as bad as many other reviewers do but it is certainly a bit disappointing for a 'Die Hard' film.