Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Good Day to Die Hard

by Harry McPhaul

A Good Day to Die Hard was a ridiculous action movie.  It was completely unrealistic.  I understand that most action movies are mainly about making the good guy look like a bad ass and making everything explode but I mean this movie went way over the top.  In similar films the character will face some type of consequence for their actions.  In this film John McClane and his son Jack are constantly jumping out of buildings, getting hit by cars and they just get up and walk away.  There was scene I thought showed this clearly; SPOILER ALERT.  John and Jack were trying to avoid a helicopter that was running into the building they were in.  So they both jump down about three stories into a pool while the helicopter is exploding.  After the explosion is done, the two meet up and walk away, no harm done.
That was one aspect of the film I did not enjoy.  Another would be the poor acting.  It was not that the lines were too cheesy it was the way they were delivered.  Especially the ending scene when Jack is finally forgiving John for not being around when he was younger.  I could not help from laughing during this scene because it awful.  It was completely forced and was finally putting in an end to a terrible movie.
I went into this movie not expecting it to be a best picture nominee but to be at least more like the last one Live Free or Die Hard which was actually pretty good.  I came out of it just saying, why? If you want see a lot of cars being destroyed and explosions then you still should not pay to see this movie.  The only time you should see this film is if it is played on an airplane.  I would give this film a 4.5/10, a Must Not See.   

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