It's A Good Day to Die Hard

In the fifth installment of the Die Hard series Bruce Willis returns as John McClane, a rough around the edges cop on the verge of retirement from the New York City police force when he gets a call from Russia informing him of the arrest of his son Jack McClane. He doesn't know what exactly he can do to get his son out of trouble, but he feels like he has to do something so he hops on a plane to Moscow to see his son and assess the situation. No sooner does he land and make his way to the courthouse when a couple of car bombs go off and masked gunmen storm the courthouse. John is unsure of what is going on, but one thing is for certain: he switches into action-hero mode and charges into the courthouse to look for his son. John spots his son escape from the courthouse with another prisoner and goes after him, trying to stop the gunmen who are also in pursuit of his son along the way. John must track his son if he wants to figure out why there are people after him and the other prisoner with him.

I'm a huge Bruce Willis fan and a Die Hard fan, but even I have to wonder if this series has run its course. It's A Good Day to Die Hard doesn't even try to take itself seriously. It tries to be more of a tribute to the 80's action flicks with larger-than-life heroes who will stop at nothing until justice is served no matter the cost. In doing so it defies logic with unbelievable stunts which would kill any normal person but does minimal damage to our hero. I wasn't expecting a smart thriller that would keep me guessing, or had any resemblance of a good plot in general and that is exactly what I got. Die Hard 5 is good but seriously dumb fun. It's more of an action-comedy rather than a straight-up action flick. I sincerely hope this is the last we've seen of John McClane. I don't even want this series rebooted. It should take a hint from its name and die a slow, hard death.