By FEAR CHURCHWELL – Web Staff
On Jan. 31, A Good Day to Die Hard came to Athens, Ga. John McClane (Bruce Willis) aligns with his long-lost son Jack McClane (Jai Courtney) to go on yet another action-packed adventure. Until this movie, Jack has been a vague character in the Die Hard series, and has only appeared as a child in past movies, but in this movie he is a grown man following in his father’s footsteps.
The movie begins with a shallow and poorly developed plot that includes a rivalry between Victor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov), a high ranking Russian official, and a political prisoner, Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch).
Although the plot certainly has potential, it was not well developed and the history between Chagarin and Koch’s rivalry is hardly ever revealed, leaving viewers confused.
Bruce Willis’ acting is convincing, as to be expected, but he has a distinct comical error throughout. During a fight scene Willis would still crack a joke or two.
A Good Day to Die Hard is similar to all of the other Die Hard movies, especially in the sense that it focuses more on the action scenes rather than the depth of the plot, like all Die Hard movies. As a result, A Good Day to Die Hard has a weak plot that crumbles under the high budgeted action scenes.
