John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against un... Read allJohn McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 8 nominations
Radivoje Bukvic
- Alik
- (as Rasha Bukvic)
Zolee Ganxsta
- MRAP Driver
- (as Ganxsta Doglegy Zolee)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first Die Hard film where the original script was explicitly written as an entry in the Die Hard series.
- The first Die Hard (1988) film was based the novel "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp.
- Die Hard 2 (1990) was first written as a script based on Walter Wager's novel '58 Minutes'.
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) famously took its basic idea from Jonathan Hensleigh's screenplay Simon Says.
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) was retro-fitted from the original screenplay WW3.com, which was nearly filmed on its own merits before the 9/11 terrorist attacks caused it to be shelved.
- GoofsAll roads leading into the Chernobyl/Pripyat exclusion zone have military checkpoints - yet neither the villains or the heroes seem to have any trouble gaining access.
- Quotes
John McClane: The shit we do for our kids. Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.
- Alternate versionsAfter the UK censors informed Fox that the R-rated cut of the film would be carry a 15 rating, the distributors cut out almost all strong language, some scenes of fisticuffs and bloodier violence in order to release the film with a 12A rating for theatrical exhibition only. The cuts were waived when released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in 2013 with a '15' rating thus presenting the US R-rated Theatrical Version uncut for home video release. The UK 12A Theatrical cut is not released on home video formats.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The One Show: Episode dated 6 February 2013 (2013)
Featured review
Here's why it's just so bad ....
As a fan of the Die Hard series I feel the need to warn others - Don't waste 97 minutes of your life on this movie! Yes, it really is that bad.
Here's a concise summary of why it's just so bad:
1) John McClane's role is really as a side-kick. Why do this to the big man .... why?
2) The movie lacks a bad guy. Does the movie have people that are bad - of course, but it lacks that McClane v Super-villain factor.
3) There's very little of the Die Hard humour we've all grown to love.
4) The movie parodies the Hans Gruber death sequence - never - never do this.
5) Jai Courtney is terrible. It's hard to discern if it's the role he's been asked to play or him, but either way he come across as a spoiled brat pretending to be Jason Bourne.
6) There's hardly any script - it's as if the script were sandwiched in post production to fit around the bangs and crashes.
7) It's not in the USA. This sounds trivial but it's not - the film just doesn't work outside of its tried and tested environment.
8) The car chase scene - oh my. If you do choose to watch the movie after reading this the good news is that yes, it does eventually end - although it may not feel this way.
So in summary, go plant a tree, play football, go for a walk, in fact - do anything but for the love of all that you hold dear - don't waste your life on this.
Here's a concise summary of why it's just so bad:
1) John McClane's role is really as a side-kick. Why do this to the big man .... why?
2) The movie lacks a bad guy. Does the movie have people that are bad - of course, but it lacks that McClane v Super-villain factor.
3) There's very little of the Die Hard humour we've all grown to love.
4) The movie parodies the Hans Gruber death sequence - never - never do this.
5) Jai Courtney is terrible. It's hard to discern if it's the role he's been asked to play or him, but either way he come across as a spoiled brat pretending to be Jason Bourne.
6) There's hardly any script - it's as if the script were sandwiched in post production to fit around the bangs and crashes.
7) It's not in the USA. This sounds trivial but it's not - the film just doesn't work outside of its tried and tested environment.
8) The car chase scene - oh my. If you do choose to watch the movie after reading this the good news is that yes, it does eventually end - although it may not feel this way.
So in summary, go plant a tree, play football, go for a walk, in fact - do anything but for the love of all that you hold dear - don't waste your life on this.
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- andrewsmith1-609-479980
- Feb 15, 2013
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Die Hard 5
- Filming locations
- Budapest, Hungary(as Moscow, Russia)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $92,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $67,349,198
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,834,845
- Feb 17, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $304,654,182
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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