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So I have finally reached the end of the Die Hard franchise, well for now anyway! At the start of A Good Day to Die Hard I was slightly worried at how old Bruce Willis was looking but any ageist concerns quickly vanished as he took the wheel of a military vehicle and began dodging RPGs, standard fare for John McClane!
The strength of this installment was the relationship between McClane and his son, Jack McClane, putting their differences aside to kill the bad guys. McClane was good as ever and was still firing out the one liners which are always genuinely funny. The action was really good as well featuring the McClane’s jumping through windows, down scaffolding pipes and driving trucks out of helicopters. It amazes me how they can still come up with new ideas.
None of the villains were great really but that didn’t matter as there were several twists and turns and in a Die Hard movie you really just want to see McClane blow stuff up anyway regardless of who it is, and this is what we got. One thing that was lacking was the classic combat scenes that have often featured in the previous movies. I didn’t think I would ever say this but I think there can be such a thing as too much slow motion, not so much was needed in the final scene – but I still loved it!
This installment also sets up the franchise perfectly to be continued by Jack, as I think that is the last outing for John but it was a brilliant one to finish on.
BIGGEST FLAW – No great combat scenes
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT – McClane(s)
Written by Hamish Calvert
Rating – 8.5/10
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