a good day to die hard Archives

Writer Steven E. de Souza Explains Why The First Two DIE HARD Films Are The Best

A few days ago, Movies In Focus tweeted that 1990’s Die Hard 2 (aka Die Hard 2: Die Harder) was the second best Die Hard movie after John McTiernan’s 1988 original. That tweet was seen by Steven E. de Souza, the [...]

October 10, 2021

When Sequels Turn Bad: From DIE HARD To A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

John McTiernan’s Die Hard is the perfect example of the Hollywood studio system getting moviemaking right. When Die Hard was released in the summer of 1988 Bruce Willis was known primarily as a comedic television actor, and he only won the [...]

April 27, 2020

New Writers Onboard To Put Bruce Willis Through His Paces In DIE HARD 6

Chad and Carey Hayes, the men behind The Conjuring and its sequel have been hired by 20th Century Fox to do some rewrite work on the sixth Die Hard movie (aka Die Hard: Year One). The scuttlebutt is that the new movie will feature Bruce [...]

March 14, 2018

A Bad Day To Die Hard: Lazy DIE HARD Prequel Sees Bruce Willis Pick Up An Easy Paycheck

I’m not against the idea of a sixth Die Hard movie. They could tone down the CGI, dial things back and produce something along the lines of the first three movies at an affordable price. Skim over the poor A Good Day To Die Hard and get things [...]

October 15, 2015

Jai Courtney As Kyle Reese In TERMINATOR: GENESIS Isn’t Such A Bad Thing

A lot of people seem to have an issue with Jai Courtney – I really don’t know why. Admittedly, he did star opposite Bruce Willis in A Good Day To Die Hard, but let’s not hold that against him – as I said in my review of the [...]

February 21, 2014

Blu-ray Review: OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN Makes It A Good Day To Die Hard

Die Hard in the White House. That’s how Olympus Has Fallen was described when it was first announced (along with the similarly themed White House Down) – and that’s exactly what it is. Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, a lone CIA agent tasked [...]

August 11, 2013

Review: A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD Misses The Target

A Good Day To Die Hard faces one huge obstacle which it can’t overcome – the shadow of the original Die Hard (read the Movies In Focus review). It pales in comparison to that movie, and unfortunately it’s also the weakest of that its four [...]

April 3, 2013

DIE HARD 5 Has Its John McClane Jr – Is It A Good Thing?

At this point in cinema it has become the norm to team an ageing action icon with a younger co-star. We’ve seen it with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and to a lesser extent with Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, now it [...]

February 24, 2012