This past Valentine's weekend served more than just to give lovers and sweethearts a chance to go out... It also saw the return of Bruce Willis in his signature role as John McClane... The man who has survived tooth and neck in the Die Hard franchise! Together with director John Moore, Willis is back for another installment to survive and kick ass. This time he lands in the heart of Mother Russia to look for his convicted son Jack, unaware that the younger McClane is actually a CIA Agent sent by the US Government to stop a terrorist plot.
For Willis' fifth attempt in making the impossible possible, does this Father-Son tag team bring new action to the Die Hard name? After seeing the film this past opening week courtesy of 20th Century Fox PH and now going on its second, find out whether the old cop from New York kicks ass with Jr. this review of A Good Day To Die Hard.
Bruce Willis has been one of the more prominent names in the action business. As one of the co-founders of Planet Hollywood, I grew up watching the guy kick ass and crack jokes... And he hasn't lost his touch doing so even in his old age! The veteran action star has accomplished a lot in his career, and from his early beginnings starring in the classic TV Series Moonlighting to starring in action flicks like Striking Distance and The Last Boy Scout. Still, his claim to fame has always been the Die Hard franchise, and every installment seems to be a testament to how great his wily antics and take-no-prisoners kind of approach to action really is. A Good Day To Die Hard is no exception, and anyone who enjoyed the last film Live Free Or Die Hard will see that there's a theme that carries over from that one... Reconnecting with family.
The last Die Hard movie saw Willis defeating terrorist bad guys from hacking the F.B.I and saving his daughter Lucy (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) along the way. This time around, he travels to Russia to save his son John McClane Jr., aka "Jack" for short and played by Jai Courtney. Much like the previous movie, the older McClane is trying to reach out and reconnect with his other kid, but later finds out that his son is a C.I.A agent who has been on an undercover operation for the past three years. Soon as father and son reunite, chaos ensues, and John McClane once again gets dragged into a plot and conspiracy that may spell doom for Mother Russia if Father and Son don't get their act together and work as a team. From fighting armed terrorists to preventing another devastating catastrophe from ensuing, it's up to the McClane's to take things old school and kick the bad guys asses.
As a new entry into the Die Hard series, A Good Day To Die Hard does well for a no-brainer action flick. Anyone who's followed the entire franchise will thoroughly enjoy Bruce Willis' antics as he once again messes things up as John McClane. Jai Courtney doesn't do bad either as Jack McClane, and plays well into making things interesting as the Father-Son reunion doesn't go along happily from the start. Unlike the last installment though, the tension and excitement felt from previous entries isn't entirely here, and the villains don't feel all that threatening or personally appealing either. Still, it's good action fun nevertheless, and those who've been itching to see Willis back in the saddle won't be disappointed.
Rating - 4/5
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