A Good Day to Die Hard is the fifth episode in the Die Hard film series which was released in 2013. The movie stars Bruce Willis as John McClane and was directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods. The main plot follows McClane as he travels to Russia to free his estranged son, Jack, a CIA undercover agent. He quickly finds himself in the middle of a global terrorist plan. Jai Courtney, Cole Hauser, Yulia Snigir, and Sebastian Koch co-star alongside Willis in the movie.
Pre-production for a fifth Die Hard movie began before the release of the fourth installment, Live Free or Die Hard, with Willis confirming that it would not be the series’ final installment. However, pre-production did not begin until September 2011, when John Moore was officially announced as the director. Filming began in April 2012, with most of it taking place in Budapest, Hungary.
A Good Day to Die Hard premiered in London on January 31, 2013, and was released in the United States on February 13, 2013, to coincide with the unveiling of a Die Hard mural at the Fox Lot. It’s the first Die Hard movie to have Dolby Atmos Surround Mixing, as well as the first to be shown in IMAX theatres.
Although the special effects were appreciated, it earned overwhelmingly unfavorable reviews for its improbable action sequences, cinematography, weak plot, clichéd writing, running duration, and lack of characterization. It is TSG Entertainment’s first feature after distributor 20th Century Fox left Dune Entertainment at the end of their distribution contract in 2012.
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