A Good Day to Die Hard (DVD REVIEW)
A Good Day to Die Hard
DVD Review by Kam
Williams
Bruce Willis
Ventures to Russia
for 5th Adventure in Action Franchise
When his wayward son lands in legal
trouble in Russia, John
McClane (Bruce Willis) makes his way to Moscow
to spring Jack (Jai Courtney) from jail. But because the two have been
estranged for a few years, the fretting father has no idea his ne‘er-do-well offspring has cleaned up his
act and is now working undercover as a CIA Agent.
In fact,
Jack has a very good reason for being in Eastern Europe,
namely, to thwart a terrorist cell bent on world domination from getting its
mitts on a stash of enriched uranium. And, once the truth comes out, father and
son grudgingly join forces to keep the Free World safe for democracy.
That’s
about all the plot you need to know to follow A
Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in the storied franchise starring
Bruce Willis. Unfortunately, the movie is basically a brainless indulgence in
pyrotechnics, stunts and special f/x, marked by endless explosions, gun fights,
car chases and death-defying leaps.
Diehard
Die Hard fans will undoubtedly appreciate Willis’ trademark resort to smirking
and sarcasm as effective weapons against evil adversaries whenever he’s faced
with overwhelming odds. Plus, there’s the comical badinage between John and
junior whenever embittered Jack belatedly endeavors to work out his childhood
abandonment issues.
Macho
John might muster up enough empathy to offer a hug, only to have the Kodak
moment undermined by another wave of Soviet assassins armed to the teeth. So,
don’t expect sophisticated dialogue and you won’t be disappointed. The best
this simplistic script has to offer is professional wrestler-like villains yelling:
“Do you know what I hate about Americans? Everything!”
An
implausible, action adventure featuring a couple of bomb and bulletproof
protagonists more resilient than Wile E. Coyote, thanks to the miracle of
cartoon physics!
Fair (1 star)
Rated R
for profanity and violence
In English and Russian with subtitles
Running time: 98
minutes
Distributor: 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment
To see a trailer for
A Good Day to Die Hard, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_0K7ZfU2e0
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