A Good Day To Die Hard – Reporting back to Duty.

Cast: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch & Yulia Snigir.
Director: John Moore
Producer: Alex Young & Wyck Godfrey

Duration: 97 Minutes

Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch) a Russian political prisoner has a confidential file, which if accessed will put Viktor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov) a Russian political big-wig in deep trouble. On the other hand Jack McClane (Jai Courtney) an undercover CIA agent in Moscow helps Yuri Komarov to escape for an access to the file in return for a free exit from Russia.

John McClane (Bruce Willis), who has not seen his son for quite some time lands in Moscow to help him out from the situation. John & Jack help out Yuri Komarov, protecting him from all the evil to land up in a hotel which has the key to a vault containing the secret file.

Irina (Yuliya Snigir), daughter of Yuri Komarov visits the hotel and brings in the bad guys as well kidnapping her own father and leaving John & Jack to be killed. Father & Son duo escape the site with some real hardcore fight.

A twist in the movie comes when John & Jack visit Chernobyl, Ukraine, which is the location of the secret file. But to their surprise they find tones of weapons-grade uranium locked up. They also discover Yuri Komarov is the master planner behind it who got himself kidnapped to access the uranium.

Can John & Jack escape the wrath of Yuri Komarov is the plot.

Coming to the movie John Moore like any other Die Hard movie has placed some extra ordinary fight sequences and heavy crashes which are a treat to watch. Especially the first car chase sequence followed by hotel fight sequence and of course the end one are splendid. Adding to it when you have the man himself Bruce Willis with his famous one liner’s it can only get better.

But in spite of all the above positives the movie lacks the fundamental element – A Strong Story Line. That is where A Good Do Day To Die Hard Falls flat. Somehow you never get convinced with all the efforts that have been put by the protagonists as the cause for it looks pale.

Possibly had there been a strong cause/motive for which John & Jack almost made hell out Moscow with complete mayhem it would have been better and convincing. John Moore keeping the movie to bare 97 Minutes has helped to the cause.

All in all if you are a action junkie or die hard franchise follower you will enjoy the movie but for others it’s a one time watch.  

Rating: 3/5