When choosing a director for your fifth Die Hard sequel, how do you top the boring mediocrity of Live Free or Die Hard‘s Len Wiseman? Why, you pick a director who wishes he was Len Wiseman, like the guy who directed Max Payne. Do you remember Max Payne? Of course you don’t. Well, the guy who directed that nonsense is named John Moore, and his work is as forgettable as his name. He also directed the what-was-the-point Omen remake, Flight of the Phoenix and Behind Enemy Lines. Oh, and he’s going to direct the new Die Hard film for Fox.
I suppose there are some who will get upset about this boring bit of news, but I’m not one of them. To me the Die Hard franchise is very comparable to the Halloween franchise in that the first film is a classic and none of the sequels even come close. So it should come as no surprise that Fox is going for the most uninspired choice yet for the fifth time around. To make matters worse, the script, which has John McClane going to Russia with his son, was written by the guy who wrote Wolverine. Ramona Flowers is not expected to return as the daughter. You can thank Deadline for this thrilling news.
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Or, more accurately, “CHUD yawns; fans of the well-received fourth film do not.”
Live Free or Die Hard was an excellent PG-13 Bruce Willis action flick. But it made for a piss poor Die Hard.
It reminded me of a high school Creative Writing students fan fic in that it had the ludicrous escalating beats of an action movie, stole a familiar and iconic action hero but pussed out of the subject matter, tone and language that define that character and his films in fear of getting a poor grade for using the word “fuck.”
But that’s just me.
Well received? By whom?
As far as Die Hard sequels, I’m more partial to Die Hard with a Vengeance. I dug its ‘New Yawk’ sensibility; I mean where else could you get character dialogue debates about how to best get through NYC traffic?
Who the fuck received that turd well? Have your watered down PG shit. I’ll take a REAL Die Hard any day of the week over that crap. I’ll rewatch the original over these shit-quels anytime.
Ummm. You guys do realize that Live Free or Die Hard has an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, right? Unless we’re just not going to pay attention to anyone that thinks different. Because that would be silly.
Ska Oreo: See? Your bringing up truthful statements shut everyone up. Good for you.
16 Blocks was more Die Hard than Die Hard 4.
God, not even that. Apparently to “fans of the well-received fourth film”, John Moore is a great catch. They’re an even bigger bunch of slackwits than hitherto suspected.
“With A Vengence” is also my personal favorite. “MMM MMM Bitch”! Oh wait, that wasn’t in the movie. Either way, JLHess nailed both his comments. I couldn’t agree more. Mos Def needs to be in more shit.
It’s not just you.
I really don’t think you need to concern yourself with what the CHUD community thinks of actually good movies. If it were up to them, Hobo with a Shotgun would probably win Best Picture. I think you can hold your head up high with the knowledge that you have better taste.
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