Die Hard with a Vengeance - oh, so good and so fun.
Live Free or Die Hard - all the fun, not quite as well made, but still pretty damn good.
A Good Day to Die Hard - well, coming after what has passed, it's really no good.
The more I think about it, the less I like this film.
Mr. John McLean (Bruce "Yippee Ki Yay Melon-Farmer" Willis, Die Hard) is back, is old and is the father of super spy John "Jack" McLean Jr. (Jai Courtney, Jack Reacher). This father and son go on a civilian massacring, (oh yeah, and some bad guys too) family bonding session in Russia. In the finale we see side-by-side slaughter in the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
It's a brief, if comprehensive plot summary, 'cause this has none of the style, smarts or story of its predecessors. Really, Live Free or Die Hard is pretty damn vacuous to begin with. It makes up with it by being great fun to watch; the same cannot, in anyway, be said for A Good Day. I didn't totally hate it while I watched it, but like a Flag Hippo it was only when I let my head hit the pillow that the thought hit me, "What the fuck did I just watch?"
Other than that, the film has no time for nuance, for fore or after thought, it seemed a very Smash and Grab affair. With lots of Smash, Bang, Whollop and a great big grab of whatever you pay to get in.
Correct me if I'm wrong, despite the fact it may be my favourite tag-line ever, "Yippee Ki Yay Mother Russia" the line isn't contained in the film! Boo to 12A.
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