Wuchak RELEASED IN 2013 and directed by John Moore, "A Good Day to Die Hard" is the Third of (currently) five installments in the Die Hard series. In this one John McClane (Bruce Willis) travels to Moscow to aid his unruly son, Jack (Jai Courtney), only to discover that Jack is an undercover agent. Father & son team-up to stop a nuclear weapons heist. Sebastian Koch is on hand as a focal point in the heist.The Die Hard flicks fill the bill if you're in the mood for big, dumb, fun action thrills. Don't get me wrong because a lot of work goes into making these kinds of films and it takes talent & genius to pull them off. I mean "dumb" in the sense that the focus is on unbelievable action rather than deeper themes beyond "genuinely good people may be flawed and somewhat profane, but they're courageous and never give up in the face of evil." Thankfully, this installment throws in some entertaining father/son character development in between the wild action sequences. McClane's daughter also appears for good measure (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).The story isn't quite as engaging as "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007), but it was good enough and the action scenes are out of this world, including a long vehicle chase in Moscow in the opening act. Director Moore ups the ante with quick-editing for this one. Some parts are eye-rolling absurd, but everything's done with a quasi-realistic tone, which sorta helps the viewer go along with the ridiculousness rather than tune out.The Die Hard flicks are the natural progeny of over-the-top films like 1977's "The Gauntlet" where the action scenes are so overdone they're cartoony, but entertaining. There's a thin line that filmmakers must tread with these kinds of blockbusters because they can easily fall into overKILL, like 2001's "The Mummy Returns." Thankfully, "A Good Day to Die Hard" pretty much evades that ditch by giving us entertaining protagonists & antagonists, amusing one-liners, worthy bits of character development and a compelling comic booky story. Speaking of the story, one of the highlights is the infamous Russian location of the final act. Another highlight is hottie raven-haired Yuliya Snigir.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 38 minutes and was shot in Budapest, Hungary, with the Chernobyl scenes done at Old Soviet Air Force Base, Kiskunlacháza, Hungary, along with establishing shots of Moscow. WRITERS: Skip Woods.GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)

ethanholgateeh The first thing that comes into my head when I see bruce wills is wears john mclane I don't see him at all that's the biggest problem with this movie. I'm a big fan of the die hard franchise I thought die hard 4 was brilliant I thought they really understand what die hard is with that movie with this movie its like they didn't care about what die hard is. What makes die hard so great is john mclane for starters great action scenes great tension and a great villian every premise of a die hard movie is terriosts are attacking somewhere and john mclane has to stop them in this movie we don't have that premises the plot in this movie makes no sense yes there some decent action scenes that are fun to look at but they don't fit in to what the movie is going for jai courtney is like a winey little kid through out the movie and his character doesn't seem interesting the villan in this movie is terrible he's does nothing but just be a bad guy for no reason and that's also very bad for a die hard movie my biggest issue with this movie is the writer and director based on there previous work on other projects they did in the past no wonder this movie turned out to be bad did they even watch the previous die hard movies It's like they had no Idea what to do to make this movie good I sat throw this movie thinking to myself dame this movie could have been so much better if they did that or this but they didn't for me this movie gets a 1/10 don't waste your time with this movie watch the good die hard movies instead

RoboRabbit89 Bruce Willis is back in"A Good Day To Die Hard."This may contain spoilers. I'm just going to get right into it, this film is in't very good, I mean I don't hate it, I still like it,I own the DVD but the film is lackluster. For a fifth film in the series they didn't try to make a compelling story, they just focused on the action only.Bruce Willis sort of did this one for the money, he knew they didn't have a good story, but I guess he felt the movie could still work. Story wise no, Action wise yes.The action scenes are good but average at best. I am glad they did this one with an R rating but even with that, that's the only thing that moves the film along there really is no story just action, and a plot device to get john McClane to do battle with terrorists in Russia.Another thing that bothers me with this film is that it's too confusing. What I mean by this, is that who is the villain or more importantly who are the villains and why do they need weapons grad uranium, I know the plot summary on the DVD says a nuclear heist, but why? And the story really just doesn't make any sense, when you really think about it.John McClane goes to Russia to find his estranged son jack, as father and son do battle with terrorists, they must stop them and their nuclear weapons heist.Another thing about this movie is that it's forgettable. It's kind of hard to recall anything if any. I'm series, I can't really remember anything of importance for this review!But having said that, I do still like it, I did see it in theaters with a friend in February 2013, he and I liked it. But he did agree it was forgettable.Overall I give it a 5/10. It's fun, as in a mindless action movie sort of way, but it's underwhelming, forgettable and lackluster. I will say I enjoyed it, and it was one of Director John Moore's better films since that blunder of a movie Max Payne.Hopefully, Die Hard 6 will return the struggling franchise to it's former glory.

Jonathan Brammer A far cry from the original 3 that we all know and love. I urge you to watch this yourself and make up your own mind but don't say I didn't warn you.Why introduce the son? Someone to pass the torch too? Oh dear.The originals were about one man against great odds, who despite his faults got through it with luck, determination and brute force blood and sweat, other than one-time reluctant sidekick Samuel L. Jackson in Die Hard with a Vengeance. Know body wants 2 John McClain's and that is how the son is portrayed. 2 protagonists at odds with each other fighting over the steering wheel thus steering this movie off a cliff.Yippee ki yay melon farmer!