A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
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A father must travel to Russia to rescue his estranged son from prison, only to find himself caught in a global terrorist plot.
The story
In Moscow, a corrupt Russian official, Viktor Chagarin, seeks to seize a secret file from a whistleblower, Yuri Komarov. Simultaneously, Jack McClane, an undercover CIA agent, is imprisoned and offers to testify against Komarov in exchange for a lighter sentence. His father, NYPD Detective John McClane, travels to Russia to rescue his son. As John arrives at the courthouse, an explosion occurs, and the pair must navigate a dangerous landscape of mercenaries and conspirators to secure the file and escape the escalating conflict.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Moscow, corrupt official Viktor Chagarin attempts to seize a secret file from whistleblower Yuri Komarov. Jack McClane, an undercover CIA agent, is imprisoned and is rescued by his estranged father, NYPD Detective John McClane, during a courthouse explosion. The pair discovers Jack is a CIA operative and they must navigate a series of ambushes to reach a safe deposit box. They eventually travel to Pripyat, Ukraine, where they discover the 'file' is actually a secret passage to a vault containing €1 billion worth of weapons-grade uranium. It is revealed that Komarov and his associate Irina are attempting to steal the uranium for the black market. After a series of high-stakes confrontations involving helicopters and heavy weaponry, the McClanes eventually defeat the antagonists. Jack kills Komarov after he is thrown into helicopter blades, and John stops Irina's suicide attack. The film ends with the father and son reconciling and returning home to the United States.
- Original title
- Die Hard 24/7
- First release year
- 2013
- Runtime (minutes)
- 98
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John Moore
- Writers
- Skip Woods · writer
- Cast and characters
- Bruce Willis · John McClane; Jai Courtney · Jack McClane; Sebastian Koch · Yuri Komarov; Yulia Snigir · Irina; Cole Hauser · Collins
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- father-son relationship; espionage
- Tone and mood
- action-packed
- Setting
- Moscow, Russia and Pripyat, Ukraine.
- Premise and plot tags
- action; thriller; sequel
- Franchise connections
- Die Hard
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics but was a box office success.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 15% · scale: percentage · review count: 232; Metacritic · score: 28 · scale: 100 · review count: 41; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F
- Awards and nominations
- Favorite Thriller Movie · People's Choice Awards · 2013 · nomination; Best International Poster · Golden Trailer Awards · 2013 · nomination; Best Teaser Poster · Golden Trailer Awards · 2013 · nomination; Best Pre-Show Theatrical Advertising · Golden Trailer Awards · 2013 · nomination
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled Die Hard 24/7.; The production used Budapest as a stand-in for Moscow.; A fire broke out on set in July 2012 during an aerial stunt.
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