We think most people will agree that another DIE HARD is not what the filmic world needs, but we’re getting one anyway, and it’s going to be called A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (we were as underwhelmed as you probably are). This adventure sees John McClane (Bruce Willis) travel to Moscow, in order to thwart a group of meddling Russians, who have beef with his son, Jack (Jai Courtney).
John Moore (MAX PAYNE) is directing the fifth chapter of the franchise, and is adamant that the themes and tone of the movie will be anything but trite:
‘I don’t know whether it’s post-financial crash or whatever, but I don’t think people are in the mood for that bollocks anymore. People are well savvy to the cynical reheating of any product, any franchise. Any shit won’t do. The bar’s a bit higher.’
The potential scale of the production has worried many fans, but Moore has some reassuring words on that too:
‘The scope goes from New York to Moscow. It’s very, very international. There’s a car chase through Moscow that’s taking us 78 days to shoot. So… yeah. That should answer your question!’
The concept of John McClane being a fish-out-of-water in Moscow has been dismissed as a lazy and farcical attempt to appear fresh, which Moore hits back against:
‘There are a couple of great gags and a couple of great McClanisms. It’s not like he is this idiot, bumbling around Moscow making ‘America won the Cold War’ jokes. It’s not Carry On Die Hard, I can assure you…’
Well, we aren’t exactly waiting with bated breath, but we’ll keep an open mind and give our beloved John McClane a chance… what does our extraordinarily attractive readership think about these revelations?
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD is due for release in the UK 14th February 2013.
Source: Empire
