A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

Original title: A Good Day to Die Hard (Die Hard 5)
Year: 2013
Running time: 101 min.
Country: United States
Director: John Moore
Screenwriter: Skip Woods (Character: Roderick Thorp)
Music: Marco Beltrami
Cinematography: Jonathan Sela
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Yuliya Snigir, Melissa Tang, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Radivoje Bukvic, Sergei Kolesnikov, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Roman Luknár, Zolee Ganxsta, Péter Takátsy, Rico Simonini, Catherine Kresge, April Grace, Cooper Thornton, Ján Gallovic, Péter Kertész, Patrik Vrbovsky, Ferenc Elek, Zhe Lin, Iván Fenyö, Scott Michael Campbell, Aldis Hodge, Joe Massingill, Jesse Burch, Justin Smith, Attila Árpa, Sergej Onopko, László Keszég, Iván Kamarás
Producer: 20th Century Fox / Dune Entertainment / Origo Film Group / TSG Entertainment / Giant Pictures / Ingenious Media / Big Screen Productions / Mid Atlantic Films / Temple Hill Entertainment
Genre: Action. Thriller | Sequel
Movie Groups: Die Hard
Synopsis / Plot: A Good Day to Die Hard puts John McClane (Bruce Willis) on an international stage -- truly a NYC fish out of water in Moscow -- and introduces his estranged son Jack (Jai Courtney). An apple that has not fallen far from the tree, Jack may even be more of a hardass than his father. Despite their differences, they must work together to keep each other alive -- and the world safe for democracy.

Critics' reviews

"Both assaultive and tiresome, 'A Good Day to Die Hard' barely registers on the action movie Richter scale. It goes bang, it goes boom, and then it blessedly goes away. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"McClane has been stripped of any real traces of an actual three-dimensional character. We feel as if we're watching Bruce Willis in a Bruce Willis movie in which Bruce Willis can survive anything while taking out the villains, video-game style (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times
"I actually wanted this one to be good. Or at least decent. Or at least a reminder of what got us all fired up about the first Die Hard in 1988. But 'A Good Day To Die Hard', the fifth in a creatively exhausted series, is total crap (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Obnoxious, over the top and often dull. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Isn't just the weakest of the 'Die Hard' pictures; it's a lousy action movie on its own terms (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"Everything that made the first 'Die Hard' memorable — the nuances of character, the political subtext, the cowboy wit — has been dumbed down or scrubbed away entirely"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"I don't think it knows where it's going. I'm not even sure it cares."

Xan Brooks: The Guardian

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