Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Good Day To Die Hard




When John McClane learns his estranged son is in a Russian prison, he hops a plane without a second thought. But when he arrives, he finds that things are not what they seem. Jack is actually a CIA operative working to extricate a political prisoner who holds the key to removing a dangerous man from office. When John messes up the time table, his son must find a way to work with him to get the man out alive.

My Thoughts:

I thought this was a fun movie. I spent half of it laughing, but that was to be expected. I’ve loved all of the Die Hard movies – yes, even the bad one ;) One thing I loved was the little nods to the other films within this one.

I was pleased to see they got an actor who did look quite a bit like Bruce. (since they managed to find an actress who looked like little Lucy McClane. Speaking of look -likes, the woman who played Irina looked so much so like Lara Flynn Boyle that I found myself constantly trying to get a better look at her to convince myself it wasn’t her.

The plot was a nice change of pace, and its premise made sense – given that the family dynamic would clearly drive the son into that sort of a profession. And it makes perfect sense that John would think his kid had done something stupid and then that he needed to go fix it.

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