A hi-tech thriller with supercharged action and moving pacing , in which McClane confronts a terrorist mastermind

Rating: 6/10 (12 September 2019)

This following squeaked by on the same formula with John McClane saving the country from ominous terrorists . Passable sequel in which John McClain has to fight some nasties attempting to take over USA . McClane's gone , the famous Hollywood's action man in seeming vulnerable at the same time as being invincible . Thriller with frenetic action and unstoppable developing in fits and starts by the craftsman by Len Wiseman . Gripping , moving action movie with the great Bruce Willis desperately trying to find the means avoid a world catastrophe , as the country is being taken over by a sadistic smoothie and his ruthless henchmen . This mindless, interesting and ingenious film is packed with thrills , suspense , tension and lots of interminable action . Again John McClane , officer of the NYPD and hero of the Nakatomi Hostage Crisis, attempts to avert a disaster in Washington , packing adrenalin-inducing action scenes staging the murderous mayhem and state-of-the-art violence . Once again he is in the wrong place at the wrong time , as John McClane and a young hacker (Justin Long) join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) and hoodlums (Maggie Q, Cyril Raffaelli) in Washington D.C. , but the latter has only one little problem: John McClane (Bruce Willis).
This sequel offering slam-bang entertainment also contains lots of noisy action , thrills , explosions , twists , turns and lots of fun . Decent follow-up that continues in a similar style , humor and action . From start to finish the action-packed is unstopped , breathtaking and spectacular . Nail-biting screenplay that dispenses absurd excitement as well as amusement . Acceptable and big-budgeted thriller full of intrigue and tense , this is a fast-paced, stylized action-suspense film . The tension of this picture keeps snowballing as the clock ticks ever close for a groundbreaking as well as impressive final . As always , Bruce Willis is very fine as hilarious , sarcastic and intrepid old cop . Yet again humble detective McClane stumbles into a terrorist plot and he must save the day single-handedly . His kind of self-referential irony stopping just short of full-blown saves the movie . Willis transformed by his former experiences into a more traditional action Superman , it is left to sidekick Justin Long play the vulnerable part . Both of whom giving entertainment and providing good moments and incidental pleasure of watching two disparate roles . Apart from that , there is little originality or wit on offer , just the familiar escalation of car pursuits , crashes , destruction , blowing up and big bangs . They are well accompanied by fine secondary characters . As casting is frankly well , such as : Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Maggie Q , Kevin Smith , Andrew Friedman , Cliff Curtis , Cyril Raffaelli , Chris Palermo , Sung Kang , Zeljko Ivanek and Timothy Olyphant takes honors as psychopath who attempts to turn the tables on the protagonist . Adequate and thrilling musical score accompanying the action by Marco Beltrani . Inventively photographed by Simon Duggan ; most of scenes were shot in Washington, District of Columbia . Nice camera work , in fact cameraman seems he were born with a camera in one hand and a rocker launcher in the other . This motion picture was lavishly produced, and being professionally directed by Len Wiseman .However , the filmmaker fails to bring out the necessary tension betweem the terrorist team and the brave John McClain , but more than compensates in timing , utter volume and speed
This¨Die Hard saga¨ is formed by the following ones : the original that was a masterpiece among blockbusters , ¨Die Hard¨ 1988 , by John MacTiernan with Willis , Alan Rickman , Alexander Godunov , Bonnie Bedelia as his wife . ¨Die Hard 2¨1990 by Renny Harlin with Willis , Bedelia , Franco Nero , William Sadler , John Amos . ¨Die Hard with a vengeance¨ 1995 by John MacTiernan with Willis , Samuel L. Jackon , Colleen Camp , Graham Greene . ¨Live Free or Die Hard¨ 2007 by Len Wiseman with Willis , Timothy Olyphant , Maggie Q , Kevin Smith , Cliff Curtis . A Good Day to Die Hard¨ 2013 by John Moore with Willis , Jai Courtney , Sebastian Koch , Cole Hauser , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Aumary Nolasco . And in production : ¨McClane ¨2019 by Len Wiseman .