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My concern is the crew attaches to this. Skip Woods wrote THE A-TEAM, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, HITMAN, SWORDFISH and GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, while John Moore directed the remakes of THE OMEN and FINAL FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX and MAX PAYNE. Just how many carriages can the studio line up for this trainwreck-in-waiting?
Part of me thinks John McClane and even Bruce Willis as an action hero,have maybe had their day and this should be put to bed.
and Shadow what is wrong with The A-team and X-men Origins Wolverine?
The first three Die Hard movies where great. The fourth was really bad. I just hope they realise that and make the fifth film more like the original ones. Though, unfortunately, I doubt it...
Sequels can go a bit far sometimes, see Police Academy as one example :L , even Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 wasn't necessary, but if the audience keeps coming back..
and Die Hard 5 called 'A good day to Die Hard', ?
It's getting into ridiculous territory now
:L
The other thing that they need to address is the villain. Hans Gruber was good because everyone thought he was a terrorist when he was a bank robber. But none of the others are really that great; the Colonel in DIE HARDER was okay, but only because he wasn't motivated by money. DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE set Simon Gruber up as Hans' older brother out for revenge, but then revealed that he was just performing a heist. And LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD was setting Thomas Gabriel (a pretentious a 1980s B-movie villain name if there ever was one) up as a rogue government operative who worked for a foreign power because he was outsed from his job, but then revealed that he was just about money, too. I think that what A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD needs is a strong villain, someone with an interesting motive. Since it's set in a Russian prison, the first thing I can think of is a villain who takes control of the prison to show the world that the Russian government doesn't really have any degree of control at a time when they need it the most. Get rid of the financial motivations; it's too basic, and it's boring. They're obviously finding phrases or quotes with 'die' in them and adding 'hard'. So, look out for WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE HARD (which actually sounds kind of cool), ONLY THE GOOD DIE HARD and WE LIVE AS WE DIE HARD and WHEN THE DEAD DIE HARD and HE THAT BEGINS TO LIVE BEGINS TO DIE HARD in the future.
every Die Hard film past the first one (and even parts of the first one) weren't perfect.. what has happened is that it's fallen into the trap that every action series does (hell, the Bond series has done it twice), each sequel tries to outdo the one before it.. there is only so far you can push the envelope..
while I am not too thrilled about McClane's son making an appearence - fine whatever.. it's not worth getting bent out of shape over, since I have no control over the script - besides, I haven't seen the film yet, so I can't rightly comment on how it will play out... i wasn't thrilled about Lucy being a central character in LFODH, but it was tolerable to a degree... Chris Hardwick being rumored as McClane's son... well... at least it's not the MAC kid again lol.... in perfect world, it would be McClane solo again - but he's essentially had a sidekick in every film - i just wish it would stop being his family.... but oh well...
i still shell out my cash to go see it - i've enjoyed all the Die Hard films, flaws and all.. so i'll be checking this one out as well.
Two has the best ending, and in the third McClane had a bit more to roam and we saw a lot of New York and I really enjoyed that film
Haven't seen the 4th from start to finish, but from what I saw I had mixed feelings, I prefer what came before
I don't know if I'll see Part 5, bottom line is, we don't really need any more :L
There's no reason why Willis can't go on, so long as it's not as McClane, Eastwood kept making films into his 70's and beyond and still did an honorable job of it
But whichever way you look at it, Die Hard V is stretching things a bit, it's going the same way as the 'Rocky' series, you have to know when enough is enough
Both, including Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, and many others are going to be in "The Expendables 2". Check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/
Many probably say ney, but I say yey!
So, who's going to get the role of McClane's son? I sure hope they don't take over anything. Die Hard should end after the sixth film just as Willis wants. And LOL at the link, no one will be taking over Indiana Jones.
1.) I loved the other 4.
2.) I love the title.