DIE HARD 5

My first review on JistMedia Blogger is A Good Day to Die Hard. It involves Bruce Willis repricing his role as the all-action New York cop, John McClane. First seeing the trailer I was not overly excited to see this film which to me just looked like another attempt from Hollywood to tarnish another successful film saga, but it's DIE HARD -  the films that have set the standard for most action films, so how would this film match in comparison?
The film is set in Moscow and it mostly revolves around Jack McClane, the son of John McClane (if you haven't already seen the trailer). He runs into a spot of bother after assassinating a gangster/terrorist in a night club and is then put in jail. Meanwhile in the capitalist America, McClane senior hears the news and flies to Russia to try and attend his court-case. This is where the film gets going; he is only in the country for less than an hour when suddenly the courthouse is attacked and Jack and Komarov (some activist guy Jack has been working with) escape before being caught by some rather unpleasant men wearing gas masks. After they escape son meets father, father causes chaos attracts attention of the terrorists and so forth a mega-long snooze-fest of action begins.

The film is definitely the worse of the Die Hards, the narrative and plot is confusing as you the audience are left wondering what on earth John McClane is really doing in Russia. What was great about the first film was that it was set primarily in one location and involved one man surviving against the odds. This film takes the audience through the streets of Moscow and even to Chernobyl, Ukraine.
The film tries to be clever with multiple twists, but is overall lacking any real decent story line as the main focus is on the action (substance over style).

The film is 98 minutes long, was shot in in super 35mm format and is directed by John Moore who has bought you other blockbusters such as Max Payne and Behind Enemy Lines. The film was released on 14 February 2013.