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A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
97 min - Action | Crime | Thriller - 14 February 2013 (USA)
IMDB Rating: 5.8
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.
Director : John Moore
Writers : Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp (certain original characters)
Bruce Willis ... John McClane
Jai Courtney ... Jack McClane
Sebastian Koch ... Komarov
Mary Elizabeth Winstead ... Lucy
Yuliya Snigir ... Irina
Radivoje Bukvic ... Alik (as Rasha Bukvic)
Cole Hauser ... Collins
Amaury Nolasco ... Murphy
Sergei Kolesnikov ... Chagarin (as Sergey Kolesnikov)
Roman Luknár ... Anton
Zolee Ganxsta ... MRAP Driver (as Ganzsta Doglegy Zolee)
Péter Takátsy ... Prosecutor
Pasha D. Lychnikoff ... Cabbie
Megalyn Echikunwoke ... Pretty Reporter
Melissa Tang ... Lucas
Rico Simonini ... Colonel
Catherine Kresge ... Neiderbrook
April Grace ... Sue Easton
Cooper Thornton ... S2
Jan Gallovic ... Chagarin's Advisor
Péter Kertész ... Judge (as Peter Kertesz)
Patrik Vrbovsky ... Handgun Manager
Ferenc Elek ... Unimog Driver
Zhe Lin ... Handgun Manager's Assistant
Janos Finfera ... Chagarin's Security Man
Boris Vodokov ... Chagarin's Assassin
Aleksandr Komarov ... Mi-26 Co-Pilot
Iván Fenyö ... Mi-26 Navigator
Edit Balázsovits ... Masseuse
Nadejda Savcova ... Russian Model
Anastassija Makarenko ... Russian Model
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IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/
In the early '80s and '90s, the "Die Hard" series of films were all about entertainment. Sure it's not a thought-provoking piece of art, but it's art done with class, integrity and art; these films were made at a time when action films were..actually..action films. They had no quick-style MTV editing that tries to pass itself off as "action", they were done with pure and honest craftsmanship with stunt men willing to put it all out for all to see. And for that aspect alone, they did a commendable job.
So now I look at A Good Day to Die Hard, with all the trappings that action films are known for and ostentatious hijinks that scream Michael Bay-esque action that reeks of his earlier films to date.
Bruce Willis plays McClane to a hilt, but that's all there is. No heartwarming moments, no instances of morality, no deep insights into why he kills his enemies, John McClane is just that. John McClane. A bravado of words and action that homages the earlier films.
The movie at times tries to be gritty and funny at the same time, but with such an inane screenplay and unfunny jokes, it becomes quite apparent that this film was simply not meant to continue the series. To try to adapt an relic of the '80s and '90s into a modern context with current technology, doesn't work anymore. The only exception to this is Rambo, where he was fighting against a brutal regime in Southeast Asia. It worked because the setting was raw in it's brutal intensity; plus Rambo is a timeless hero and much more plausible. John McClane is just a beefed-up Jack Bauer without the hero's legendary outbursts of anger when something goes wrong or impedes him from saving the day. Not once is there a chance for the viewer to root for McClane. He remains lifeless and stiff; the very opposite of his portrayal in the earlier films.
In an attempt to distance itself from its PG-13 predecessor, the film makers decided to make this film rated R. Yet it hardly saved the film from it's mediocre direction. I suspect this was due to the large backlash from audiences of Live Free or Die Hard, a film that was only a Die Hard film in name only, not a "true" Die Hard film, which is evident in the director's inability to handle the material.
I tried to keep an open mind, after the execrable LFODH, but after this, I hope Bruce and co. just hang up the wife beater for the final time. No more. John McClane is a hero of the past and should be left there for all time's sake. |
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