Die Hard 6.0 (out of 10.0)

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2007)

OK I was thoroughly looking forward to this one, all three predecessors were all entertaining and enjoyable movies, ranging from extremely good to above average.
So the new one, any good?! Well I think its another "above average", but certainly NOT another "extremely good". Acting was pretty good, Bruce Willis is always enjoyable even in below par movies. Timothy Olyphant made a pretty good bad guy, his character arc was OK, and he had some good lines, a subdued subtle menace type approach which I liked. Justin Long is the only other member of the cast worth mentioning, he had again like Timothy some excellent lines and dialogue and thanks to that came across well in the movie. Good performances from all three main characters.
Direction was OK, unfortunately it came across like an episode of "24" that had been injected with some steroids. Didn't have much flair or style to it. Script was OK considering the genre but nothing out-standing. As I said earlier all were certainly above average, but nothing exceptional. The special effects however were, I thought some of the scenarios and action sequences they pulled off were fantastic.
I did however tire of the OTT circumstances the John McClane character was surviving, it seems since his last outing 12 or so years ago the only thing that might send John six feet under will be Kryptonite....? Overall a worthwhile watch if nothing special, the original is always the best, but this one never really even challenged the first one at any point bar special effects as expected. Hopefully we don't see a Die Hard 5.0 as I hope John McClane gets a much needed pen pusher position within the NYPD......
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