![]() ![]() “A Good Day to Die Hard” opens with McClane taking a vacation to Moscow, where he has a chance run-in with his estranged son, who’s now an undercover CIA agent. But while Indy’s father-son relationship was wrapped in a fascinating quest for the Holy Grail, McClane’s father-son relationship is trapped inside a paper-thin plot that more resembles Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008). The father-son dynamic is an intriguing angle, similar to Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade” (1989), which was as good an action/adventure sequel as you’ll find. This is the time the McClane character should be feeling his age and passing the torch, not setting up further sequels for a dynamic duo. “Die Hard 5” pairs McClane with his son Jack (Jai Courtney), who should realistically be a step ahead of his old man but who barely comes off as his physical equal. This is a puzzling choice, not because Willis can’t pull off the action (he’s still a physical specimen), but because it hamstrings the story. The yippee-ki-yay cowboy cop turns 58 next month, but rather than go the “Unforgiven” route with Clint Eastwood barely able to saddle his horse, the filmmakers have chosen to make McClane more invincible than ever. Twenty-five years after “Die Hard” (1988), Bruce Willis returns as Detective John McClane for a fifth time in “A Good Day to Die Hard.” WASHINGTON – Is that John McClane or John McCain? Business & Finance Click to expand menu. ![]()
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