Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) by A T — 27 Apr 2014

There is a line in the movie where John asks his son, "Do you have a plan?" with which Jack replies, "Nope. Just going to run in their and shoot the shit out of things." And that's basically what the movie is.

What made the first and third so great with it's twisted riddles and mind games, and the overall sheer corniness of the second is turned into an overall bland film. Building off of the fourth movie's John McClane as a superhero, A Good Day to Die Hard doesn't make much sense (he keeps claiming he's on vacation randomly), the twist is stupid, the action is heavily CGI and dull, and strangely, although being the first Die Hard not adapted from a previous story, feels like the least Die Hard-est of films.

Couple that with Russian "non subtitles" to confuse the viewer, it's a mess that even at 90 minutes is feels way to slow for it's own good and really not any fun.