A Good Day to Die Hard
Posted by Itheliving 12 years, 8 months ago to Movies
A Good Day to Die Hard / Rated R for violence, violence and more violence. Also for violence.
When the original James Bond film version of Thunderball was released in 1965 the super spy was known in many countries as Mr. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. The original soundtrack LP with music by the late, great John Barry had a track with the same title. The new Bruce Willis shoot- em-up leaves out the kissing but may establish BW as Mr. Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom.
The plot line involves the son of the Bruce character in trouble of his own. John McLane must travel to Moscow, Russia to get his kid out of trouble where he has recently assassinated a bad guy and is in prison awaiting trial and execution. His son is a CIA operative in the middle of an assignment. Getting caught is part of the assignment. His dad arriving is not.
Like the other Die Hard films, where Bruce goes, trouble follows. The trouble in AGDTDH involves explosions, shootings, stabbings, car crashes and death in every violent form imaginable. Once each scene has ended the characters make witty remarks for about 3 minutes while moving to a different location and then the violence starts again.
The violence and action are beautifully staged and brilliantly choreographed. The car chases are as good as any filmed to date. Unfortunately the weak story line, which is like a Dick, Jane and Spot story, keep bringing the overall effect of the film down to no more than average. Still highly entertaining if you enjoy big action oriented scenes of destruction and death. Since the death is for the most part only done to impersonal bad guys, who remain almost entirely faceless, it doesn’t seem to matter.
The first of the Die Hard films was a terrific entertainment. The next couple of films not so good. The last Die Hard film in 2007 was well plotted and had good characterization which added to the fantastic scenes of violence and death. The newest entry seems to be action scene ideas, left over and un-filmed from all the other entries that they shot and threw together to provide a vehicle for Bruce Willis to continue the series. You know him as Mr. Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom.
Rated 2.5 out of 4.0 reasons to bet more bang bang boom boom on the way.
When the original James Bond film version of Thunderball was released in 1965 the super spy was known in many countries as Mr. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. The original soundtrack LP with music by the late, great John Barry had a track with the same title. The new Bruce Willis shoot- em-up leaves out the kissing but may establish BW as Mr. Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom.
The plot line involves the son of the Bruce character in trouble of his own. John McLane must travel to Moscow, Russia to get his kid out of trouble where he has recently assassinated a bad guy and is in prison awaiting trial and execution. His son is a CIA operative in the middle of an assignment. Getting caught is part of the assignment. His dad arriving is not.
Like the other Die Hard films, where Bruce goes, trouble follows. The trouble in AGDTDH involves explosions, shootings, stabbings, car crashes and death in every violent form imaginable. Once each scene has ended the characters make witty remarks for about 3 minutes while moving to a different location and then the violence starts again.
The violence and action are beautifully staged and brilliantly choreographed. The car chases are as good as any filmed to date. Unfortunately the weak story line, which is like a Dick, Jane and Spot story, keep bringing the overall effect of the film down to no more than average. Still highly entertaining if you enjoy big action oriented scenes of destruction and death. Since the death is for the most part only done to impersonal bad guys, who remain almost entirely faceless, it doesn’t seem to matter.
The first of the Die Hard films was a terrific entertainment. The next couple of films not so good. The last Die Hard film in 2007 was well plotted and had good characterization which added to the fantastic scenes of violence and death. The newest entry seems to be action scene ideas, left over and un-filmed from all the other entries that they shot and threw together to provide a vehicle for Bruce Willis to continue the series. You know him as Mr. Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom.
Rated 2.5 out of 4.0 reasons to bet more bang bang boom boom on the way.
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