A Good Day to Die
Hard. Rated M (action
violence and coarse language). 98 minutes. Directed by John Moore. Screenplay
by Skip Woods.
Verdict: A pensioned-off John McClane does not a great Die
Hard film make.
We first met Bruce
Willis’s charming and ever-resourceful New York City cop John McClane in Die
Hard (1988). It was Christmas Eve,
and as a fearless band of German terrorists took the occupants of the Nakatomi
Plaza (including McClane’s wife Holly) hostage, our reluctant hero matched wits
(and improvised explosive devices) with the Germans and went on to win the day.
Billions of box office dollars later, the fifth film in the series explodes
onto the big screen – and while it is far from perfect, it is a virtuoso
display of big action set pieces that will shake you to your core.
