A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.

Director:

John Moore

Writers:

Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp (certain original characters)

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	John McClane
Jai Courtney	...	Jack McClane
Sebastian Koch	...	Komarov
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lucy
Yuliya Snigir	...	Irina
Rasha Bukvic	...	Alik
Cole Hauser	...	Collins
Amaury Nolasco	...	Murphy
Sergei Kolesnikov	...	Chagarin (as Sergey Kolesnikov)
Roman Luknár	...	Anton
Zolee Ganxsta	...	MRAP Driver (as Ganzsta Doglegy Zolee)
Péter Takátsy	...	Prosecutor
Pasha D. Lychnikoff	...	Cabbie
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Pretty Reporter
Melissa Tang	...	Lucas

Storyline

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

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Plot Keywords:

russian | courthouse | cia | escape | explosion | 

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Taglines:

Like father. Like son. Like hell!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Hindi

Release Date:

14 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Duro de matar: Un buen día para morir

Filming Locations:

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Box Office

Budget:

$92,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$24,834,845 (USA) (15 February 2013)

Gross:

$67,344,392 (USA) (17 May 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, TSG Entertainment, Giant Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Aldis Hodge's second appearance in the Die Hard series. His first appearance was in Die Hard: With a Vengeance, where he played Zeus' oldest nephew.

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Goofs

During the chase scene on the highway Hungarian ads for IKEA and Árkád can be seen on light poles.

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Quotes

Jack McClane: You're not gonna open up to me right before we die! No, that's not your thing, John.
John McClane: What's my thing?
Jack McClane: Fucking killing bad guys, that's your thing.

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Connections

Follows Die Hard 4.0 (2007)

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Soundtracks

"SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR, OP. 125"
by Ludwig van Beethoven

User Reviews

A Good Day For This Franchise to Die Hard

Now, I'm a fan of the first three movies. I love them really a lot, especially the original but I also love the 3rd installment, mainly due to the chemistry between Jackson and Willis. That was phenomenal. I could not connect with much in the 4th movie as it was a lot of CGI and made John McClane a superhero who seemed invincible. I wasn't setting my standards high for this one at all as I knew what it could turn out to be, but BOY...This movie really is awful

This movie is based around John McClane who travels to Russia to deal with his son's issues. There, a whole lot of crap begins to happen. This movie attempts to have such a complex plot for a Die Hard whereas the other four were so simple that even the dumbest person could tell what was happening. Its like this director, the guy who made the god awful Max Payne thought that the plot had to be complex for an action film like Die Hard As a regular movie, this movie may NOT be that bad but as a Die Hard movie, it is god awful. I couldn't bear to watch the pain that I went through in this film, why? Because, almost nothing in this movie resembled anything about Die Hard. There was no tone, no tension and as a result, it felt nothing like Die Hard. NOTHING!

The characters really are all awful, with the exception of John McClane who still has a bit of relatability to him. Bruce Willis does a fantastic job in the movie but every other member of the cast really didn't appeal to me. The villain was weak, John's son was uninteresting and a lame addition to the franchise, as if he were there to sell action figures. The story was no fun and the action was all messy This movie does absolutely nothing to resemble the Die Hard films and as such, one of the most anticipated movies of 2013 has fallen down a drain with overuse of CGI, lame characters and plot, uninteresting villain with no real intention and another excuse to make more money out of it.

A Good day to Die Hard is a movie that makes you think that this day is a good day for you to die hard. Do not watch it, pointless action movie that does not resemble Die Hard.