Runtime:
97 minutes
Directed
by: John Moore
Starring:
Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliua Snigir
From:
20th Century Fox
Unfortunately,
the largely negative reaction this has gotten... it is true. I have
talked about the other movies in the franchise the past few days, and
now I close out with this. I don't want to spoil anything so I'll
just discuss why I think this is the worst out of the franchise with
some general discussion.
You
probably already know the plot by now: John McClane has to go to
Moscow as his adult son Jack (John Jr.) has gotten himself into a
fair bit of trouble. Things happen and the two (who have a fractured
relationship, I'll put it that way) have to team up to try and take
down the Russian bad guys. Things sometimes go in a direction that
made me go, “Oh, come on now.” and “Really, you guys went
there?”
I
say that the crux of the story wasn't so bad, at least in theory. In
execution, though... the way the story is fleshed out is not always
great and like I just said, some parts of it I sighed or I shook my
head. It is that ridiculous at times. Also, the movie seems to imply
that Grenoble is in Switzerland when it's actually in France! Honest.
Not only was a Winter Olympics held there in 1968, but it's where
Andre the Giant was usually billed from, “Grenoble, in the French
Alps”. Also, at least 6 times John yells out, “I'm on vacation!”
Um, since when was this a vacation? You went there to see your son!
You didn't go there on vacation to see Red Square, Saint Basil's
Cathedral, and the Bolshoi Theatre! See what I mean about there being
problems, and that's just of a non-spoiler nature. There are plenty
of illogical things which happen that make no sense, especially in
the final act.
The
relationship between father and son... I quickly grew tired of it.
The son was a total ass to his dad and I wanted dad to take him over
his knee and spank him! That is what he needed. But, when a Die Hard
movie has poorly shot, totally confused action where you often can't
make heads or tails of it and you can't follow what is going on... a
massive problem that is. I suppose that's what you get when you have
a director with his track record directing an important property like
this. I don't mean to be rude but I have to state that. There are a
number of directors they should have chosen instead of this guy,
rather it be a familiar name or an up and comer who could do
something worthwhile with the big break. For example, John Hyams of
the past two Universal Soldiers films. He certainly does not shoot
and present action in an incompetent manner.
In
short, it's disappointing there was an entry in this storied
franchise that many should say is not a good film. It was nice while
it lasted but I had a feeling that in this day and age with Hollywood
and how they do business, something like this was bound to happen. It
doesn't mean it doesn't suck. At least I saw the movie on the giant
screen they have at Downtown Disney and because of that I got a cheap
t-shirt which advertises the movie and the fancy Dolby soundsystem
the giant screen has. Hey, at least it was free!
I'll
be back tomorrow night.
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