A Good Day to Die Hard

John Moore's A Good Day to Die Hard (US, 2013) - Twenty-five years after the original Die Hard, New York policeman John McClane may not have lost a step, but the franchise that features him sure has. A Good Day To Die Hard, the fifth in this series, lacks much of the charm and spirit of the original, hoping to compensate with strained comic repartee and ludicrously overblown action carnage. Bruce Willis remains a relaxed, lively presence in these films, but the new location (Moscow) and new side character (McClane’s son) in some ways merely underline just how impersonal director John Moore’s first crack at the Die Hard franchise is. RATING: 5