Rating of
3/4
Die Hard?
Ikkinbot - wrote on 02/19/13
I decided to go with 3 stars even though I was disappointed. Why? Because the action was great and if it wasn't Die Hard I wouldn't be disappointed. Die Hard is special among action movies because the bad guys matter. They have presence. They are not interchangeable. Not so in this movie. So, this movie fell down on its Die Hardness, but not on its essential actioness. There were some sequences that were new and very cool looking, but who cares really. Die Hard was unique, to me anyway, because it was always a slow starter. You just got to hang out in the movie for awhile get to know and care about the characters and then bang everything started to blow up. This movie was missing that slow build and some how that lessened the danger. I think having such a competent companion in this movie, his son who you believe can keep up with him, was a mistake. I always felt like they would win (that isn't a spoiler as everyone knows they win), but that isn't the Die Hard vibe. In Die Hard you think this guy may not be able to do this. So, it missed on being Die Hard. That being said I enjoyed the action a lot and think Jai Courtney could pull of the franchise in the future (I know what your thinking Production Company People). Also, I probably still like it better than Die Hard II.
