Its travel-bag stuffed with dirty washing from all the previous Die Hard movies. I don't think it knows where it's going. I'm not even sure it cares. Die Hard HBO. NYC cop John McClane fights terrorists in an L.A. High-rise in a bid to rescue his estranged wife, who happens to be one of the hostages. Meanwhile, the terrorists attempt to steal.

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(1995). (2007). (2013)MiscellaneousArticlesA Farewell to ArmsDie Hard is an American that originated with 's novel. All five films revolve around the character of (portrayed by ), a / police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of violent crises and intrigues where he is the only hope against disaster.

The films have grossed a combined $1.4 billion worldwide., and received positive reviews from critics, while received mixed reviews, and was negatively received. Main article:The first film begins on when McClane comes to reunite with separated wife in at her company's Christmas party. Holly left to pursue her career with their two children, and uses her maiden name.At the fictional, break in and take the celebrants hostage. McClane escapes detection and hides throughout the building.

He kills off the gang and learns their real plan, to steal $640 million in from the building's vault. In the finale, McClane shoots the terrorist leader, , out the window to fall thirty stories.It was released on July 15, 1988 to positive reviews and grossed $140.8 million worldwide.Die Hard 2 (1990). Main article:The second film takes place two years after the first, again on Christmas Eve of 1989. In, McClane waits for his wife at.

Mercenaries led by former U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Stuart take over the airport communication systems, stranding planes in the air, including the one with McClane's wife. Colonel Stuart wants to free a captured Latin American dictator en route to the airport. McClane discovers the plan, including a conspiracy between Stuart and an Army counter-terrorist unit sent to stop him.

He foils their plans and provides a visual landing signal for the circling aircraft by exploding the villains' getaway plane.It was released on July 4, 1990 to positive reviews and grossed $240 million worldwide.Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). Main article:In the third film, McClane is back in New York City, separated from his wife, suspended from the police force, and a borderline alcoholic. A terrorist known only as 'Simon' threatens to blow up various locations in the city unless McClane will play his twisted version of, riddles and challenges.Zeus Carver , a shopkeeper from, saves McClane after the first challenge, and reluctantly continues to help.

The FBI reveal Simon is the brother of Hans Gruber, killed in the first film. McClane learns revenge is a cover story for robbing the. McClane tracks Simon to the Canada–US border. McClane kills Simon by shooting at a power line above Simon's helicopter.It was released on May 19, 1995 to mixed reviews and grossed $366.1 million worldwide.Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Main article:The fourth film, which was released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America, takes place on Independence Day, over a decade after.

McClane is divorced, and estranged from his daughter. Hack into computers at the FBI, who had sent McClane to bring in Matthew 'Matt' Farrell for questioning. Assassins hired by terrorist mastermind Thomas Gabriel attempt to kill McClane and Farrell.

Farrell tells McClane that the terrorists are actually in the middle of a 'fire sale' — a crippling attack on the national infrastructure: power, public utilities, traffic, and other computer-controlled systems. Although the terrorists capture Lucy and Farrell, McClane foils the criminals and saves the hostages.It was released June 27, 2007 to positive reviews and grossed $383.5 million worldwide.A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). Main article:The fifth and final film is set a few years later, mostly in, Russia and Chernobyl , Ukraine. McClane finds out that his estranged son John 'Jack' McClane, Jr.

was arrested in Moscow for murder. When he arrives at the Moscow courthouse for Jack, Russian terrorists bomb the building and Jack escapes with imprisoned ex-billionaire Yuri Komarov. In an intense car chase, McClane pursues and saves the pair. Jack, unhappy at the unexpected arrival, reluctantly picks up his father.When they stop at a CIA safe house in Moscow, McClane learns Jack is a deep-cover CIA operative trying to get close to Komarov for his file that incriminates corrupt, high-ranking Russian official Viktor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov). Chagarin's henchmen, led by his main enforcer Alik (Radivoje Bukvic), attack the safe house.

McClane holds them off, and escapes with Jack and Komarov.They retrieve a key for the file in Chernobyl, and meet Komarov's daughter Irina. Irina betrays them to Alik. The McClanes escape, without Komarov. Jack explains Komarov and Chagarin were partners in stealing weapons-grade uranium from Chernobyl, but enemies after the Chernobyl incident.In Chernobyl, the McClanes learn Komarov wanted the weapons-grade uranium for himself, and killed Alik and Chagarin. Irina, always on the side of her father Komarov, tries to save him. McClane goes after Irina, while Jack chases her father. Jack throws Komarov off of the roof; he falls on the rotors of the helicopter and gets shredded to bits.

When Irina tries to kill the McClanes, they jump into a pool of rainwater. Irina still crashes her helicopter into the building where they were, and dies in the explosion. The father and son walk away, reconciled.It was released on February 14, 2013 to overwhelmingly negative reviews and grossed $304.7 million worldwide.Future Prequel television series When the production was formally announced for the fifth film in the series, Bruce Willis expressed his desire to retire the John McClane character in a sixth and final film.

By September 2017, Wiseman publicly floated that he was casting for a young version of John McClane for his self-penned origin story called John McClane, whose plot was rumored to borrow heavily from the comic book mini-series. Six months later, the studio enlisted duo and to re-write the screenplay after Bruce Willis refused to endorse the previous edition and its actor.In July 2018, producer submitted an updated treatment titled McClane, further confirming that the storyline features elements of McClane's and Holly's characters in the 1970s, intermixed with their present-day counterparts.

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The following month, Wiseman stated that pre-production on the new film should start '.fairly soon, no dates' once the script has been completed. Joined the production team late Summer 2018. By December 2018, di Bonaventura handed in yet another draft, this time without input from Willis. Production designer Carol Uraneck, who was hired in September 2018, later left the project by the close of the year. In February 2019, the production team made a revision to the writing, insinuating that the project, though supposedly moving forward, is on the studio's backburner, as evidenced by executives not even having read the script yet. Actress said that she would be interested in returning as Lucy Gennero-McClane in a future installment, but later intimated doubt that, due to scheduling, the film would ever get made.Die Hard was removed from the Fox imprint through at least its 2021 slate, after and senior management shake-up, which saw the dismissal of its theatrical distribution executive, Chris Aronson.The production was later cancelled outright in August 2019 after further consideration by Disney.

In lieu of the reorganization of both companies, the media giant is said to be rebooting development of McClane for streaming as a television series. Cast and crew Cast. Main article: CharacterFilmsBonnie Bedelia(voice)Bonnie Bedelia(photograph)Noah LandAlan Rickman(archive footage)Radivoje BukvicSergei KolesnikovCrew Crew/detailFilmComposerCinematographerEditor(s)John F.

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It also drew on a script 20th Century Fox owned called 'WW3.com', which dealt with a massive cyberterrorism attack against the U.S. And was nearly put into production in 2001 but ultimately abandoned because several elements in the story too closely resembled the.was the first film in the series to come from an original screenplay, and not be based upon any prior works. The original screenplay was penned by.Reception. For more details on the reception of each film, see the 'Reception' section on each film's article. ^ Parkin, John (July 23, 2008). Retrieved May 30, 2009. Squires, John (November 29, 2018).

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. English. RussianBudget$92 millionBox office$304.7 millionA Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American and the fifth and final installment in the.

The film was directed by and written by, and stars as. The main plot finds McClane travelling to to get his estranged son, Jack, an undercover CIA agent, out of prison. He is soon caught in the crossfire of a global terrorist plot. Alongside Willis, the film also stars, and.Talks of a fifth film began before the release of the fourth installment, with Willis affirming that the latter would not be the last in the series, but pre-production did not start until September 2011, when John Moore was officially announced as the director. Filming began in April 2012, primarily in,.A Good Day to Die Hard in on January 31, 2013, coinciding with the unveiling of a Die Hard mural at the Fox Lot, and was released the United States on February 13, 2013. It is the first Die Hard film to use and the first to also be released in theaters. A Good Day to Die Hard was a box office success but received overwhelmingly negative reviews for its implausible action sequences, cinematography, weak plot, cliched screenplay, and lack of characterization, although the special effects were praised.

It is the first film produced by, since distributor 's departure from upon the completion of their distribution contract at the end of 2012. #46 TruSpeed during a race of the (that ran as a support to the ) promoting the release date on February 14, 2013.On January 31, 2013, held a special tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Die Hard series by unveiling a mural of a scene from (1988) on Sound Stage 8 of the Fox Lot. Afterward, the premiere screening of A Good Day to Die Hard was shown. Two additional premieres were held in Europe leading up to the film's commercial release: one in, on February 4 and the second in, on February 7. A Good Day to Die Hard was commercially released first in on February 6, 2013, and then opened in certain and territories on February 7.In the United States and Canada, the film was distributed to 2,328 theaters for night showings on February 13. Select theaters also held a one-time special marathon of all Die Hard films to lead up to A Good Day to Die Hard's nationwide release, with Bruce Willis making a personal appearance at one of these marathons in to thank fans. The film then expanded to a total of 3,553 theaters, including theaters, on February 14.

Reception A Good Day to Die Hard was panned by critics. On, the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 226 reviews, with an of 3.94/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ' A Good Day to Die Hard is the weakest entry in a storied franchise, and not even Bruce Willis' smirking demeanor can enliven a cliched, uninspired script.' On, the film has a weighted average score of 28 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating 'generally unfavorable reviews'. On both websites, the film ranked lowest among the Die Hard films.

Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale, the lowest score of the franchise.of described A Good Day to Die Hard as 'a handful of extended set pieces—each more elaborate and therefore somehow less exciting than the last—linked by a simple-minded plot and a handful of half-clever lines.' Though complimenting the special effects, he criticizes the direction of John Moore, the lack of style, and writes that 'everything that made the first Die Hard memorable—the nuances of character, the political subtext, the cowboy wit—has been dumbed down or scrubbed away entirely.' Of expressed similar sentiments, particularly of the direction, for which he says that Moore 'has directed these sequences in a way that makes the incidents look so far-fetched and essentially unsurvivable that you can only laugh'.

Kenneth Turan of the gave the film a 2/5 and remarked that it lacked 'inspiration', and that the onscreen rivalry of Willis and Courtney was 'more irritant than enticement.' , standing in for on Ebert's website, rated the film one and a half stars out of four, criticizing the implausibility of the action sequences, as well as the film's lack of sufficient characterization for McClane and the villains as compared to the other films in the series. He says that 'McClane has been stripped of any real traces of an actual three-dimensional character,' and that the film 'never gives us a chance to get the least bit involved with any of these characters.' Among the rare positive reviews, for remarked that 'Yet even though the ride finally stalls, A Good Day To Die Hard has been thrustingly outrageous enough in its earlier moments to coast to the finish line on momentum.' ., writing for the New England Movies Weekly, found the film to be better than Live Free or Die Hard and states that the car chase scene 'is well worth the price of admission.' With a 3.5/5 rating, Kimmel summed up his review saying, 'it's probably a good day to end the series at last, but it's an action-packed and entertaining finale.' Rick Groen of criticized the action scenes as being 'messy', but concluded his review saying that the film 'continues the franchise without undue embarrassment.'

Peter Howell of remarked that Willis and Courtney made a strong estranged family duo and that the film had a nice drinking game routine going for it with how many times McClane exclaims 'I'm on vacation!' During the running time. Box office A Good Day to Die Hard grossed $67,349,198 in North America and $237,304,984 in other territories for a worldwide total of $304,654,182, collecting more than three times its $92 million budget.In North America, A Good Day to Die Hard grossed an estimated $840,000 from its night showings at 2,328 locations on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. The next day, at an additional 1,225 locations, the film managed to accumulate $8,239,116, opening at #2 behind. However, for the whole 4-day weekend, A Good Day to Die Hard opened in first place with $28,640,657, bringing its total at that point to $36,879,773.Overseas, A Good Day to Die Hard grossed $10,860,000 in its first weekend. Opening in seven Asian markets at 1,182 locations a week before North America's release (February 6–7) to take advantage of the holiday, the majority of the film's gross came from, with the film also setting a Fox record in and a series record in.

Home media A Good Day to Die Hard was released on and on June 4, 2013. There is an extended cut that is only available on the Blu-ray version. It features a longer car chase through Moscow and some other slightly extended scenes. It also completely removes Lucy from the film.Possible sequel When the production was formally announced for A Good Day to Die Hard, expressed his desire to retire the John McClane character in a sixth and final film. In October 2015, returning director, who previously directed Live Free or Die Hard, shared the film's working title as ' on his feed. This, after stating that upon completion of Die Hard 4.0, he and Willis discussed a type of prequel/sequel for the McClane character.

Combined with the social media account, this drove speculation of some sort of significant flashback storytelling in a future entry. By September 2017, Wiseman publicly floated that he was casting for a young version of John McClane. Six months later, the studio enlisted duo and to re-write the script after Bruce Willis refused to endorse the previous edition and its actor.In July 2018, producer submitted an updated script titled McClane, further confirming that the storyline features elements of McClane's and Holly's characters in the 1970s, intermixed with their present-day counterparts.

The following month, Wiseman stated that pre-production on the new film should start 'fairly soon' once the script has been completed. By December 2018, di Bonaventura handed in yet another draft, this time without input from Willis. Fox removed Die Hard from at least its 2019–2020 slate, in anticipation of (federal approval for) the.

Joined the production team late Summer 2018. Actress said that she would be interested in returning as Lucy McClane in a future installment, but later intimated doubt that, due to scheduling, the film would ever get made. References.