No one seems less into A Good Day to Die Hard than Bruce Willis. Credit to the guy: even in his press appearances leading up to the movie, he seemed as though he was telekinetically preparing us for a stinker of a film. He tried to warn us, and we didn’t listen, those of us who actually saw it (to all those who didn’t see it—kudos).
I can’t quite relate to those who consider the very first Die Hard movie to be a kind of pop masterpiece, although compared to this movie, the 1988 film is unequivocally sublime. In this instalment, you have your standard aged hero’s son plot, a John McClane who has gone from semi-realistic standby cop to full-out Robocop, and bland action that mostly consists of guns missing their targets.
I was almost ready to dismiss any other work Jai Courtney ever did, but then I saw Felony and saw that he actually has acting skills. And Bruce Willis got paid, so whatevs.
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