Everything about this film screams 'no effort' to me. It was like the film makers were doing a rush job on the film and no one was making any effort to make a film that was like the previous 'Die Hard' films. I watched the other 'Die Hard' films before watching this new one and while there were some flaws in the sequels (The first film is near perfect) they were still excellent films with great plots and action sequences. The plot for this film was really flimsy and has no great substance. The other films had interesting twists and turns which made them fun. I found this plot to be really boring and tedious. Even the action scenes I found to be boring as well. All they seemed to be about was trying to find how much stuff they could destroy. I know that is probably the case in previous films but with this film it seemed more obvious that they were not making actions scenes that were integral to the plot.
Bruce Willis does so many of these action films that he can pretty much do them in his sleep. Some have suggested he is sleepwalking in this role. But the problem for me with him doing so many action films is that he seems like John McClane in almost every role he does. This means that when he comes to do a 'Die Hard' film like this it does not feel terribly special or different to many of the other action films that he does. It is particularly bad when this film is nothing special. Jair Courtney does a decent job as Bruce's son/sidekick. He is proving to be a great action hero in the making. The bad guys do not even rate much of a mention which proves how effective they are.
It is a shame when a film studio goes too far with their film franchises. A great deal more effort needed to go into this film to make it worthy or being called 'Die Hard'.
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