Plot
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 5.8/10 (24,941 voted)
Director:John Moore
Storyline
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 battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
Opening Weekend: $24,834,845
(USA)
(15 February 2013)
Gross: $51,802,300
(USA)(22 February 2013)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The first Die Hard film to be released in the IMAX format. See more »
Goofs:
In the chase scene, the blue van with Jack and Komarov. The left headlight is loose (broke). But in the next shot, it looks like he's made. The shot after, the headlight hangs again. See more »
Quotes: John McClane:
[during the shoot out]
You remember the last time we talked just before you went away?
Jack McClane:
Ah no! No, no, no! You're not gonna open up to me before we die! That's not your thing, John!
John McClane:
What's my thing?
Jack McClane:
Killing bad guys! That's you thing!
John McClane:
[preparing to return fire]
You're not gonna die today!
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User Review
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is terrible.
Rating: 2/10
So what did everyone do as soon as they heard John Moore was directing
the next Die Hard film? Look up his filmography and see titles like the
remake of Omen and Max Payne. And now, sadly, A Good Day to Die Hard
will join Moore's list of bad films, because it really is BAD.
As much as I wanted to like this movie, I just couldn't; not even as a
Die Hard fan (no pun intended).
FIRST, let's look at the selling point. We're promised one thing and
that is a larger scale than that of the last movie. You see, the first
Die Hard took place in a plaza. The second one took place in an
airport. The third was in New York, and the fourth was in the entire
nation of USA. So logically, Die Hard 5 was going to go international.
Ironically, A Good Day to Die Hard feels like the smallest film out of
the five. Why? Because the whole movie feels like one action- forced
chase. I say action-forced, because everything is so over-the-top to
the point where there is no rise of tension, but rather endless
pandemonium from start to finish. No emotional investment, no
excitement. Everything just LOOKS grandiose and doesn't feel like
anything to that magnitude. Besides, unlike the previous Die Hard
movies, the terrorist threats in this movie never get carried out.
Everything is just a battle to prevent the threat. I would also argue
that the shorter running time is a sign of laziness and a factor to why
the movie feels so insignificant.
My other big problem is that the movie is repetitive and boring. The
one-liners aren't clever (by the way, there was no "Yippee Ki-Yay,
mother****er" delivered. EDIT: some people have claimed to have heard
it, I haven't). The jokes aren't funny. The bad family relationship
story is getting really tiresome, especially when Die Hard 4 focused
primarily on the father-daughter relationship. Speaking of which, the
new McClane is really unlikable. Unlike Lucy McClane who just came off
as a brat, Jack McClane is introduced pulling a gun on his father. Why
would we ever like this kid, especially when we've known and loved
Bruce Willis' character for four movies?
I can't speak much about the "villain" (played by Radivoje Bukvić)
without spoiling the movie, but all I have to say is that he has little
to no part in the whole movie. The evil Russian comes off as a cliché,
anti-American terrorist, and he possesses and carries out no threat.
I'm dying to talk about the story here, but let's just say it has a
really stupid ending.
In an attempt to end the review on a more positive note, I'd like to
say that the movie does have some "oh sh*t" moments that can be fun to
watch. However, I'd stay clear out of this one (unless you're a Die
Hard fan).
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