“I really wanted this one to live up to the promise of the first one, which I always thought was the only really good one,” Willis told Vanity Fair. “That’s a studio decision that is becoming more and more common, because they’re trying to reach a broader audience. It seems almost a courageous move to give a picture an R rating these days. But we still made a pretty hardcore, smashmouth film.’
I was going to say that I have absolutely no idea why this was done, but in truth I do have an idea, and that idea is money. It is still in no way a justification though, Jesus it’s DIE HARD! This is one of the only movie franchises that should be guaranteeing violence! He should be head-butting nuns and stuff! I don’t know what to say that isn’t terribly obvious here, nobody wants this. ARGH!