A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) - Movie Review

[@eliroth9978]

"How the hell did this happen"? When Skip Woods writes the script and a terrible director brings it to life.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

How the hell did Fox think hiring John Moore (of Max Pain/Payne fame, and not the good kind) for a Die Hard film was going to end anyway but awfully?!?

[@tommatthews585]

As I have always said about this movie, "I dont know who Bruce Willis is playing here, but it sure as hell isnt John McClane". Without doubt the most crushing and disappointing movie experience of my entire life, couldnt believe just how bad this movie was. & Dull...HOW can a Die Hard movie be dull!..But they made that happen.

[@561skyline]

The fact Bruce has lost the ability to speak sheds a lot of light as to why some diaglog literally had to be reused. He suffered in slience so we never wouldn't known, hindsight is just 20 20 in this situation

[@RobertParks-h7r]

Its unfortunate that Bruce,and Michael J Fox are really in bad shape,I don't want to say it,or even think it but,GOD BLESS THEM BOTH.

[@jwnj9716]

I prefer McClane having a bad headache, playing Simon says and dealing with hackers.

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

Listen...... John McClane with a bad hangover and headache is a AWESOME time i would experience any day of the week

[@JenMistress]

Being fair, with horror franchises, most times, you start to notice when a franchise is taking a nose dive. The Die Hard franchise, pretty much took a massive nose dive with this movie. No question, they dropped the ball here, they really dropped the ball. P.S. I legit forgot there was a 5th Die Hard movie, until I was scrolling through KZbin, saw this video, and watching it I was like, oh yeah, that one.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

We've had this box set for years, and I've still never gotten around to seeing it after never once hearing anything good about it. My wife's seen it, and she said it wasn't worth bothering with-and she's probably the bigger Die Hard fan between the two of us.

[@cap2981]

I’m a firm believer in being you’re own critic. I never listen to someone’s else’s opinion because it may not correlate with mine. I’ll take their opinion into account but that has never stopped me from watching something, if I had any type of interest.There are so many movies that people swear are terrible and I enjoy the hell out of them.

[@johnwilliamson2207]

I attended an all day 'Die Hard' marathon leading up to the midnight premiere of this. If I knew then what I know now I would have left after the fourth film.

[@jalenjohnson1662]

I also saw this at a marathon. I was on such a high after seeing 1-4 that this one was absolutely crushing. At least I got to see the other ones on the big screen at the Cineramadome in LA.

[@jasoncanby2525]

I also went to Die Hard marathon back in 2013 leading up to the new film. While it was nice to see the first 3 on the big screen, watching this one was very disappointing. But, I don't hate it as much as everyone else (including Cody's review). There are some good moments, and some bad moments. But there were a few good moments that outweighed the bad

[@jordansweet8054]

That sounds like a lot of fun all things considered.

[@Bratts_Bin]

It really does hurt to see where Bruce's career has gone nowadays

[@JoJoJoker]

Right? He somehow got dropped from the Quentin Tarantino regular cast of characters. Would have loved to see Willis in The Hateful 8 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

[@ericwatkins9554]

Exactly

[@boomstickcritique902]

I liked Glass and did not mind the Death Wish Remake it was alright however besides those I havent liked anything else hes done.

[@whoknew2273]

He just straight to DVD now alongside Nic Cage

[@Bratts_Bin]

@@JoJoJoker Ye I’d like to believe he’d show up & bring his A game if he were cast in another QT film. H8 would have been a great 1 actually. Here’s hoping maybe in QT’s final film..

[@LTJfan]

"DO YOU THINK I UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU'RE SAYING?!?" That quote in the movie made me laugh

[@bigbearkat2010]

Honestly, that was where the movie lost me for good. He's in a foreign country expecting everyone else to speak his language, it kind of takes talent to be that far up your own ass.

[@patricbateman7457]

I don't know what the plot would be but I always thought a final movie in this franchise would be pretty badass if the name was "Old Habits Die Hard"

[@Amidreamingnow]

I love die hard 4. The villain is awesome, he"s smart. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is absolutely gorgeous, great actress… jason long pass as a hacker in that movie, bruce willis is in his A game. It was 2007 so, things were not fucked up for bruce willis yet. Die hard 5 is just boring. Like if an alien got into bruce willis body and tried to act like the bruce from 2022 😂😂😂

[@devinharbert6071]

Same Die Hard 4 And Die Hard 3 are my Favorites In The Franchise But Still Love Die Hard 1 And 2, Die Hard 5 we can all pretend does not exists but someday we can all team up and kick John Moore And Skip Woods Ass

[@ThrashinNSlashin]

Never seen this but I've been waiting for a week or so for this. Love when cody rips a movie apart

[@patricbateman7457]

😂😂😂 the Annie Wilkes bit killed me

[@PaulRizzo]

Holy shit!! Was this movie already 9 years ago!!??!!

[@X2Magneto]

I really agree with your opening statements. The way I see it, whether you loved or hated any other Die Hard film, you knew that the people behind and in front of the camera cared about what they were making. It was evident in all the previous installments that they were aiming high each time. They were events, big and bombastic. This one doesn't even pretend to give a damn.

[@ptmrwithzo]

It's like a 4 year old McDonald's burger missing 1/2 the bun😂😂🤣

[@MJV08]

Cody this was one of the funniest reviews u have ever done. I couldn't agree more with every word u spoke. I remember seeing this in the theater and I felt like my heart broke that that was what they put together. Keep up the great work brother

[@wardenmagellan2643]

The film that made this franchise to drop from my favourite action franchise to my third favourite(Lethal Weapon and Mission Impossible are my faves now). Jai Courtney was in some of my least favourite films of the last decade, but he was great in Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad and specially in Spartacus!

[@ARBLACKx]

This franchise deserves to end on a good movie. They should make another one and bring Samuel L Jackson back. Just gotta hope that Bruce Willis actually shows up and plays John McClane and not himself lol

[@captcrais101]

Samuel might be too busy with Marvel and I don’t know if Bruce wants to do another Die Hard movie ever again.

[@enygma5236]

Don't forget Disney owns fox fox owned die hard I doubt we'll see Disney's die hard

[@josephamato2031]

Bruce has not showed up for years lol

[@captcrais101]

@@enygma5236 yeah but do you really think Disney would make a good Die Hard movie? The answer is no.

[@jdxsr85]

John McClane was last seen in 1995. After 2000 Willis changed.

[@DarkAttackYT]

"A Good Day to Die Hard"? More like "A Good Way to Kill a Franchise". Might as well call the sixth film: "Die Hard 6: DIE ALREADY".

[@benwhittingtonmusic]

I didn't think there would be another film to sit in the same circle with Seed of Chucky and Nightmare 6! I stand corrected!

[@timgorr4387]

Great review. I never got around to watching this film. Probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

[@mikewarner5583]

"You dirty birdie!!!" How dare you do this to my john Mclaine!!!!!

[@mrpersonality3497]

This was a direct-to-video movie that got a theatrical release.

[@alzie09]

I remember years ago, on KZbin seeing an interview with Bruce Willis and the cast of live free or die hard discussing the movie. And one of the question asked to Bruce Willis was something along the lines “what made him interested in doing another die hard so many years later since the last one?” And Bruce talked about different plot ideas for sequels he was approached with over the years, and one of the ideas for a die hard 4 was a story about John McClane going to another country to rescue his estranged son who is in trouble with terrorist. And he said he hated that idea and the plot of the estranged son didn’t feel like a die hard story to him. The interview to me showed he had a care for this franchise, his character, and to ensure fans had quality entertainment. Evidence to support this is an old video of Kevin smith discussing live free or die hard (before him and Bruce couldn’t stand each other I think). And how one time on set Bruce called a studio executive unhappy with the writing and threatened to walk away from the film if the writing for the character Thomas Gabriel didn’t improve. Now to me it just shows that from 2007-2013 that care in quality and story left the house and never came back when this movie was released with that rejected plot returning I knew Bruce was done. I like you saw this in the theater and with my doubts of it being a good film closer to release we’re hitting hard and the trailers didn’t help it any imo, I still walked out disappointed and baffled on how this was green lit as a die hard sequel, and at this point I think the idea of a 6th and finale die hard movie is shelved indefinitely, so with that off the table for a proper send off, I would have been happy with live free or die hard being the last one but since it’s not if this indeed is the last die hard movie we get I’ll except this ending over a possible terrible, tired cash grab sequel that a studio would throw out there with no intent to care about its fans.

[@DarthRushy]

That bit where they recreate Hans Gruber's death with the Russian bad guy was probably the most embarrassed I'll ever be at a sequel

[@d3l3tes00n]

Your story reminded me of when I went to see Secret Window with a date. They didn't tell me until the movie had started that they had already seen it with friends right before I arrived & then they whispered to me through the entire movie. Last time I saw them lol

[@shawnjackson2724]

The actor that played the final bad guy is actually a bad ass actor in Germany has a German Oscar and everything I remember when this first came out the fbi agent who got shoot in the head in the safe house was supposed to have a die hard 2 type bad guy but I guess that never happened

[@jalenjohnson1662]

I immediately threw this film in the garbage when I bought the box set. I never want to see it again. Prior to this film the Die Hard series was my favorite action franchise but this film was soul crushing.

[@ParanormalFire]

Not gonna sugarcoat it, I fucking detest this movie.

[@alexberry7528]

Do we discuss that the finale of the movie takes place in Chernobyl and they’re able to walk around buildings for extended amounts of time and not feel anything and that they jump into a pool….. in Chernobyl.. and it doesn’t kill them immediately? Lol

[@mattboy2313]

I recommend you watch Looper. Damn good performance from Bruce Willis in that.

[@jamieward3260]

Why the fuck does this movie exist, if it had ended at Die Hard 4 then Die Hard would have been a solid franchise.

[@ThatGuyMattYT]

I remember watching this for the first time after getting into the series years back. Loved all the films prior to A Good Day, even 2 and 4. But this movie bored the shit out of me. I literally fell asleep about 30-40 minutes into it. Lol

[@ElliYeetYT]

I probably wouldn’t have had a strong negative reaction to this movie if the Action and CGI wasn’t so horrendous, especially with the Chernobyl section. Without that, the movie would have just been painfully generic for me.

[@jordansweet8054]

The director of The Omen remake and the writer of X-Men Origins: Wolverine ran Die Hard into the ground. 13:14 This hurts bad now. It's not on Cody or anyone really but man, it's been a rough couple of years. Praying for you, Bruce!

[@tonychai5147]

I just can’t get over why there’s a pool inside a depleted building

[@squattingnevil]

I couldn't agree more with your review. I adore the Die Hard franchise, like yourself Cody, Die Hard is my favourite film. I fucking despise this film. The only positive I have with this film, is a joke my cousin made while we were watching it in the cinema. THATS IT. This film has Bruce Willis in it, it doesn't have John McClane. FUCK THIS FILM!!

[@MrTLaine]

I couldn’t agree with you more. I have seen this movie once and that was in the theaters when it came out. I hate this movie so much. But I just found it hilarious to see your review, because I just agree with you. Just one question, did you really watch this movie for this review? If you did, I’m sorry 😞

[@DouljaOfcolony]

I been waiting on this one. I also feel like this was the beginning of the end for Bruce Willis career @cody

[@difference3maker36]

Funny story my uncle actually went to theaters to see this movie when it came out. It was so bad he fell asleep during the movie. He fucking hated it

[@MMARussy]

I remember being so hype to see this movie when the trailer dropped only to be let down. I knew about 20 minutes in that it wasn’t a real diehard movie it just didn’t feel like it all it just felt cheap and Bruce definitely phoned it in. They almost went 5 for 5 with this franchise 🙄

[@WallEWorld]

I don't know. I feel like if John McClane's dialogue included 2 or 3 more "I'm on Vacation" lines. I think this movie could have been a Masterpiece...

[@TheEagles80]

I think I have seen this movie 4xs at most.. still couldn't tell you the plot of anything in this movie. Only thing I remember is John McClane walking thru chernobyl without a radiation suit. Abysmal movie

[@llcruize]

My son has spent years trying to convince me this film is good. Not happening. All those complaining about Live Free being bad solely because of PG13 rating, YOU deserve this film as it shows in action films like these, rating doesn’t mean a thing if the story and characters are crap.

[@jdxsr85]

A Die Hard film should never be PG-13 and no one asked for a fourth one and much less this one. The rating is the least of Live Free's problems though.

[@Horrormaster13]

The director of this movie was John Moore. He was responsible for the shitty Omen Remake and Max Payne (2008), which also sucked. And the writer of the script was responsible for the screenplay of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There was no chance in Hell that Die Hard 5 was going to be good or even decent with those people in charge.

[@jaredarnold640]

I feel the same way about Jaws the Revenge! Although I agree with your point about the downward slope. The Jaws series was already dead in the water after Jaws 3D. The Die Hard series was in good shape and I like the first 4 movies.

[@jakel5892]

The thumbnail says it all lol

[@Stefan_Gerards]

when the thumbnail is better than the actual movie 😂😂😂

[@MovieProdigy25]

Watching this now kinda hits different

[@Layne618]

16:40 You literally described the meal I was having when I watched this video last night. It was actually cube steak, but still... I saw the Die Hard movies for the first time back in 2015, when I bought the original Blu-Ray set with the first four movies and I thoroughly enjoyed all of them, especially the original three. I didn't see A Good Day to Die Hard until the following year and, while I am one of those who don't think it's a crime against humanity, I will agree that it's not a patch on the films that came before and I'd rather watch any of them. The director also did the Omen remake, by the way, so, yeah, he doesn't have the greatest track record.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

How did they fuck it up so bad? I don't even know what the plot was and that was not JOHN M'CLANE....it was a different character.

[@aaronkeaner7927]

Sadly some actors just take scripts just because it's a paycheck. Bruce Willis sadly i believe has become this type of actor.

[@robertparker6280]

I remember seeing this with my mom. We had fun with this movie. It was SO stupid. But it was a fun stupid. This was turn my brain off movie. It's a guilty pleasure to me. But it's been a while since I saw it, so I'll be interested how I think of it now. To me Jai Courtney was not the worse thing in this. I enjoy him as an actor.

[@shwonsh]

Good thing the theatrical cut and the extended cut is on the same disk to truly make it extended. Add the daughter but also get a longer car chase sequence.

[@walthersorsa4847]

There are only four Die Hard movies. FOUR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great rant Cody and take care and stay safe 👍.

[@jdxsr85]

Only three in my book. A great trilogy which ended perfectly in 95.

[@offspringfan1288]

A good day to die hard is the Terminator: Genisys of the die hard series

[@auburntigerfan1987]

This one was a hard lesson in tapering my expectations for any movie. I was so excited all week leading up to seeing it that weekend, and was just confused and pissed afterward. I've never even watched it again. I found the blu ray in a pawn shop for 2 bucks not long ago, and just bought it to go along with the others. I hate this piece of crap. Lol.

[@tedgruver7618]

Well, it finally ends here, as we take a look at what is unanimously declared as the worst film of the “Die Hard” franchise.

[@kiritoswords6479]

Review Skyscraper. You'll enjoy it.

[@dalestrunk1749]

It’s a shame about the quality of this movie. Great franchise with a shitty 5th movie

[@adamcade604]

Just do what Halloween fans do with resurrection, just pretend that this piss of sh*t doesn't exist and pretend the previous movie s the last one

[@jdxsr85]

@@adamcade604 I only count Die Hard 1, 2 and 3. The other two are unnecessary and dumb.

[@ShiksaWithChutzpah1]

It's kinda sad/humorous that the one "Die Hard" movie that started out in development with the intention of being a Die Hard movie is the least Die Hard of the bunch. 1 and 2 based on unrelated thriller novels, 3 was intended as a Brandon Lee movie then a Lethal Weapon sequel, 4 was based on an article someone wrote for "Wired" magazine. And now that Disney's acquisition of Fox nixed any sequels and Bruce is retiring from acting due to his medical condition, THIS is the last we will see of Bruce as the John McClane character.

[@Cinema9Podcast]

Good review! Glad I found the channel!

[@Kevin00719]

This review was more entertaining then the actual film

[@hollyannbeauty2172]

His career tanked after this. I tried to watch a straight to prime movie with him and I just couldn’t. And I was just introduced to die hard last year

[@ZombieDime]

Incredibly insane to have two of the best action movies ever made. Also made by the same guy, have a 'final' entry that defies previous installments and are some of the worst action movies ever made. Personally, both of these movies don't exist in those worlds for me. Fuck those movies!!!

[@collindavidcenerini5507]

If they ever do a new Die Hard, I think Bryan Cranston should be the villain or an Ally of McClane

[@gzz8551]

I love the thumbnail. Were people supposed to believe that was Bruce Willis’ body!?

[@unk77nown77]

This movie spat on the die hard legacy and the damn shaky cam was horrendous

[@vaderfett3229]

You pretty much nailed it, Cody. THIS FILM SUCKS. NOTHING works about it. I saw it at the cinema once. And that was too many times.

[@cobramonk78]

I dont know which is more heartbreaking to be honest. Freddy's Dead or Die Hard 5.

[@namethestars]

Yeah I remember when me and my ex watched this and spent practically the entire film rolling our eyes. Completely neuters the franchise in every way with Willis, in my opinion, sleepwalking through the script. Awful, awful film.

[@roderick8167]

To this day I still haven't seen A Good Day to Die Hard I've heard how bad it is over the years and I've avoided this movie like the plague, hell the few clips you put in your review from this movie is the most I've seen of A Good Day to Die Hard Lol 😂

[@horrorfanandy4647]

I’ve never watched it all the way through, got to the 30 minute mark and almost snapped the disc after I took it out of the player 🤣

[@michaelmcdonnell3905]

I refuse to ever see it. Looking at the clips it looks blah with the editing, cinematography and action.

[@demonicsweaters]

Willis didn't even show up for this piece a shit of a movie. His complete lack of interest or effort is so blatantly obvious in this, it was truly depressing.

[@georgeharris9873]

I have this on blu-ray. There is no extended cut. 3 extra minutes ? That is a SLIGHTLY LONGER theatrical version.

[@shadowleon659]

This movie is a complete abomination and insult to this great action movie franchise. The Russian setting was out of place, Jai Courtney was terribly miscast as Jack McClane, John McClane became an unlikable douchebag, the villain was a joke, it felt like one of those crappy direct to video Steven Seagal films and don't even get started on the poor attempts at humour. Just skip this godawful, pathetic, insulting and unnecessary sequel.

[@TheMattypoo21]

I saw this movie once and I don't remember much about it. I can quote every movie in the franchise except for this one.

[@Adam-qv2bd]

I couldn't even sit through this movie. Still haven't seen it all.

[@CadeHoff7920]

Yes. I’ve been waiting for this review for a while.

[@joecarroll3371]

This film seems like the Star Trek V of the Die Hard franchise. I certainly don't have any motivation to watch this instalment. I'll rewatch Hard Boiled instead.

[@SonOfAnarchy91]

Agree with everything you said. I HATE this movie and worse yet it the entire time I was watching this movie I was just thinking "why are they making John McClane look like a cliched dumb American tourist who is borderline racist?" Idk wtf they were thinking with this.

[@justaguy7230]

Oh, this one's gonna be good. 😀 Not surprising the same director did the Max Payne movie.

[@dong.corleone]

@Just-Aguy I only watch the scene where Lucy drops John off at the airport and pretend to think of it as an alternate ending of 4 where he is actually flying to LA to reconcile with Holly McClane and NOT go to Russia, THE END. That’s where I shut the 5th one off after that

[@RK-jp4xe]

This franchise needed a great finale. We got a video game here and a terrible one at that. Bruce Willis started cashing checks and has never looked back. Yeah I hate this movie.

[@CPSlayer]

I've been waiting for this one

[@usablefiber]

Fun fact: I first saw die hard 4 in germany upon release where the rating system is tiered differently, so it had the same rating as the first 3 (age 15 or 16+ i think) so i didn’t even know about the pg13 controversy til years later. also in germany it was just called die hard 4 lol

[@shonix9]

heeeeeyyyyy!! I liked "Behind Enemy Lines" :( ..... agree with everything else though lol

[@josephonstott7060]

That was the funniest positive I ever seen you give a film. 😂

[@michaellutcher214]

That scene were jonh in the apt pulled that gun was great

[@ramiyohay7286]

It is not a terrible sequel , it is a terrible action movie

[@themidnightwoodsman1804]

It's a shame they can't do 1 more of these, just so that no 5 doesn't have to be last. I was... 'underwhelmed' more than I was angry when I saw it, because I was visiting my dad at the time and the overall occasion was happy, so the film I sort of didn't mind. That was years ago. Never seen the film since and I suspect that if I did, I would dislike it more than I currently do. I actually bought it once for the equivalent of about a dollar in American money and I've still never taken the disc out.

[@DesiSJ]

I've never seen this one. Didnt even know it existed until you mentioned it. However I am watching this for the rant I know is coming. LOL Edit: Watched...was not disappointed. Your one positive had me cackling in my office.

[@LAGarza-zk9pg]

AGDTDH was stab to all the fans by Bruce Swillis! He was betting the fans would still come even if the film was 💩. VOD Bruce is what we’ve been getting for the past 10yrs……. So sad 😞.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

My favorite part of this movie was when they drove 500 miles (Moscow to Pripyat) in about an hour, and somehow got across the Russia/Ukraine border without incident. Did the people who made this movie not know that Chernobyl was in another country?

[@francisalbert1799]

Didn’t even finish the film

[@seanyonthemic]

Honestly after the fourth film, this one should not have been made. Lol it wasn’t needed. And it’s awful. After I saw the film, I immediately forgot what I saw. Lol I say this as a person who really liked Live Free and Die Hard, but that to me would have been a strong finish.

[@maxdcruz87]

Die Hard 5: On Vacation

[@carsonpeterson758]

Hey Cody leach what other Bruce Willis movies do you like and love

[@libradawg9]

Another thing I think Die Hard needs is a strong sidekick. A huge contrast to McLane but otherworldly helpful in these quests. We got Al with his twinkies and tragic story battling inept higher-ups on the ground, informing McLane all the way. Zeus and his racially unambiguous views, able to call McLane out on his bullshit, all while being Samuel L Jackson. And I think Justin Long held up well using his techie genius to piss off McLane. Die Hard 2 suffered here the way it did with its villains. The homeless guy probably is the closest but then there's the ATC guy and Fred Thompson, lol. They're just like how you described the villains - too many cooks in the kitchen. In fact, the deciding factor for me between Die Hard WAV and the OG was that I loved SLJ enough to edge out Al.

[@mikeschuett339]

This movie fails as a Die Hard movie. It's just a generic run of the mill action movie. In that regard, this movie is ok. The action was nothing special. The twist was obvious. I'm not 100% on this, but supposedly the studio wanted to make another R rated Die Hard movie after the so-called 'controversial PG-13 rated' Die Hard movie. Die Hard 4 was a solid movie despite it being PG-13(I think I saw the R rated version of that, it's been a while since I've seen that one) They wanted to make another R rated Die Hard movie and they give us this cheap generic action movie. As a Die Hard movie, this gets a 0. As the cheap run of the mill action movie that this one is, it gets 5/10.

[@coreybethea5237]

You know what I forgot there was a die hard 5th movie I wasn't even pump to watch it glad I didn't watch it so I had to go through that Cody

[@lukeg2569]

That's a bad ass description of the true blue John McClane. I have never seen A Good Day to Phuck Off. Walter B. Willis has left me crushed. Always have the last boy scout, die hard, unbreakable, pulp fiction, and on from his "hair days" 😂. Where is Die Hard 6 with Al Powell, Holly, and Han's son coming for revenge. Just make sure the movie has enough C4 to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger.