A Good Day to Die Hard

Theatrical - Wide 2013-02-14

Cast Bruce Willis Jai Courtney Sebastian Koch Cole Hauser Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Directed by John Moore
Written by Skip Woods

Box Office Gross: $304,654,182

Running Time: 98 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Mid Atlantic Films, Ingenious Media, Dune Entertainment, Big Screen Productions, Temple Hill Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Giant Pictures, Origo Film Group, 20th Century Fox

Genres: Action Thriller

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5/10

Synopsis

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack – unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist.... See more With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

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Review: A Good Day to Die Hard (JimmyO’s take)

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NOTE: I’ve been reviewing each of the previous films from this franchise all week long, any of which you can read here: DIE HARD, DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER, DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. PLOT:When...

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Review: A Good Day to Die Hard (Chris Bumbray’s take)

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PLOT: John McClane (Bruce Willis) travels to Russia to see his estranged son- Jack (Jai Courtney) who’s been arrested for murder. Turns out, Jack is a CIA agent tasked with retrieving an infamous Russian political prisoner- Yuri (Sebastian Koch), with...

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