Twenty-five years since the beginning of the terrific Die Hard trilogy and nearly six years
after the quite frankly terrible Die Hard
4.0 (you know, like computers) John McLane (Bruce Willis) is back for a
fifth instalment of Dying Hard but not actually ever dying ever. As with a lot
of tired, out of ideas sequels, Die Hard
5 takes place outside the US
and finds our hero in MosCOW
on the trail of his wayward son Jack (Jai Courtney) who he learns is due in a Russian Court on a
murder charge. What John doesn’t realise however is that Jack is in fact a CIA
Agent, working undercover to protect a political prisoner (Sebastian Koch) who
has a highly sensitive file on a high ranking Russian Politician.
A Good Day to Die Hard
tries its best to construct a story worthy of the original trilogy and even
springs a surprise twist but nothing can mask that fact that this movie is
boring. Dull, dull, stare, drive, BOOM!, guns, dull, talk, father-son, dull,
driving, radiation, BOOM! BOOM! Hahaha, end. There is an incredibly tortured
father-son relationship thing which gets dragged out for far too long and some
stuff about Uranium but for the most part Die
Hard 5 is just another run of the mill action shooter with far too much
money to play with and not enough inventiveness.
