Iconoclastic, takenoprisoners cop john mcclane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to moscow to help his wa. Bruce willis returns as john mcclane, who travels to moscow to look for his estranged son jack jai courtney, only to get caught up in another terrorist plot that the two must find a way to thwart. Bruce willis is back in action mindblowing, heartstopping, riproaring action as john mcclane, the heroic new york cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in. Bruce willis protagonist, john mcclane, was just an offduty cop who stumbled.
Skip woods the ateam provides the script, with max paynes. Feb 14, 20 iconoclastic, takenoprisoners cop john mcclane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to moscow to help his wayward son jackunaware that jack is really a highlytrained cia operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. Although the action pieces are wellconceived, shot and executed, the story just doesnt make the cut. Now, the film itself was bad, but marcos music is far from such blasphemy. John mcclane learns that his son jack, whom he hasnt spoken to in years, is in russia and was arrested for killing someone. The movie has some good action scenes which is the heart of the film. In july 2007, bruce willis donated the undershirt worn in the film to the national museum of american history at the smithsonian institution. Its basically a buddy movie with the father and son mcclanes but the scenes hold up, and theres some mindless fun, which is about the best you can expect from this type of movie. All five films revolve around the character of john mcclane portrayed by bruce willis, a new york citylos angeles police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of violent crises and intrigues where he is the only hope against disaster.
John mcclane for example drives an suv on top of a bunch of cars in traffic in downtown moscow. He kills innocent people they arent important to the story, its not a spoiler for his own gain, which has never happened this movie is proof that every single movie franchise will include a dud. Iconoclastic, takenoprisoners cop john mcclane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to moscow to help his wayward son jack unaware that jack is. Jai courtney costars as the younger mcclane who partners up with his supercop dad to take down a wealthy gangster with political aspirations and nuclear. This time the american cop travels to russia to help his son jack mcclane crack down a terrorist plot. It turns out that his son is actually a cia agent, and the two team up to take down a terrorist cell plotting to steal a nuclear arsenal. May 08, 20 bruce willis is back in action mindblowing, heartstopping, riproaring action as john mcclane, the heroic new york cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time. The fifth in the franchise heads to moscow, but it could be anywhere, says xan brooks.
With bruce willis, jai courtney, sebastian koch, mary elizabeth winstead. When youve reached the ending credits of this movie, youll realize that whatever else john moore has achieved one thing. In the united states and canada, the film was distributed to 2,328 theaters for night showings on february. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Maybe you missed the whole part back there where i save you and papa geppetto from a whole bunch of russian badguys. With the russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two mcclanes discover that their opposing methods make them.
The film was directed by john moore and written by skip woods, and stars bruce willis as john mcclane. The rollicking series has always had more than its share of content problems. Well, every action flick franchise inevitably has to succumb to its wounds at some point. There he learns that jack is actually a cia agent who went to jail to free a billionaire with information that can bring prevent a corrupt russian official from becoming president. This time, mcclane heads to moscow for some fatherestranged son bonding. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Feb 14, 20 by the time willis utters his trademark catch phrase, the movie s action has jumped the shark, strangled it, and surfed it back to shore. John mcclane travels to russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, jack, only to discover that jack is a cia operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.