Review - A Good Day To Die Hard

On DVD and Blu Ray - "A Good Day To Die Hard" - By far the worst in the Die Hard Franchise, John McClane has been reduced to a lame, wise-cracking tag-along. The villains are generic and the action sequences are so outlandish and ridiculous that they ultimately bear little weight. It's from the Director of "Max Payne", which is why I skipped it in theaters. I should have skipped it entirely.

My how the mighty have fallen.  1988's Die Hard was an outstanding Action film that ignited it's own sub-genre (the location-oriented/reliant action movie) and a slew of imitators (Speed, Speed 2, Under Siege, Under Siege 2, Sudden Death, Executive Decision, Passenger 57, Daylight, Con-Air, Air Force One, The Rock, Cliffhanger, Olympus Has Fallen, etc.,)- it was a brilliantly written, acted and Directed masterpiece that's comfortably in my all-time top 10.  Strip away every ounce of intelligence and excitement from that franchise starter and you've got A Good Day To Die Hard, one of 2013's worst releases.

Bruce Willis shows up in various parts of Russia (Moscow, Chernobyl) and Hungary for a paycheck and should be ashamed, while I can't blame Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher, Starz's Spartacus), the the 28-year-old Actor portraying McClane's son here- he's just starting out and can't afford to be too picky... 

Aw, Fuck it- I'll spend no more time or effort on this dreary, soulless mess.

Skip it and save your money towards an eventual root canal... it will probably be more enjoyable.

4.5 out of 10 

FWIW- 

Die Hard - 10
Die Hard 2 -7.5
Die Hard With A Vengeance - 6.0
Live Free Or Die Hard - 5.0

^ - Notice a trend? ...