- IMDb page: A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
- Rate: 5.7/10 total 29,426 votes
- Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
- Release Date: 14 February 2013 (USA)
- Runtime: 98 min
- Filming Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Budget: $92,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross: $59,624,000 (USA) (1 March 2013)
- Director: John Moore
- Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Marco Beltrami
- Soundtrack: DOOM AND GLOOM
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS
- Plot Keyword: Courthouse | Explosion | Character Says I Love You | Police Officer Killed | Police Detective
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Known Trivia
- Aaron Paul, Liam Hemsworth, James Badge Dale, Paul Walker, Ben Foster, Shiloh Fernandez, Milo Ventimiglia, Paul Dano, Steven R. McQueen, and D.J. Cotrona were considered to play John McClane's son. The role ultimately was earned by Jai Courtney.
- This is Aldis Hodge's second appearance in the Die Hard series. His first appearance was in Die Hard: With a Vengeance, where he played Zeus' oldest nephew.
- Bruce Willis has openly stated he would like to bring back Bonnie Bedelia to the series. She originally played the character of Holly Gennaro McClane, the wife of Bruce Willis' character John McClane in the first two films of the Die Hard series, but didn't appear in the last two.
- The first Die Hard film to be shown in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, as well as the first to be shot on Fuji film stock.
- Bruce Willis is the only actor to appear in all five Die Hard films. Furthermore, he is also the only person on the crew to be involved in the making of all five films.
- The first Die Hard film to be released in the IMAX format.
- This is the first "Die Hard" sequel since part 2 where a performer (besides Bruce Willis) has reprised their role in an obligatory cameo. Mary Elizabeth Winstead reprises her role of Lucy McClane from "Live Free Or Die Hard". Besides Winstead and Willis, the only other actors to appear more than once in the "Die Hard" films are Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, and Bonnie Bedelia (who all appeared in the first two entries), and Aldis Hodge who played Zues' nephew Raymond in Die Hard: With a Vengeance, and CIA Agent Foxy in this film (wearing military fatigues and telling Jack his window for extraction is lost) .
- Filming of the Mi-24 Hind helicopter firing scenes took place at a military shooting range where Major Peter Simon, Air Operations Commander of Szolnok Helicopter Base, Hungarian Air Force (the pilot of the helicopter in all scenes) operated the gunship's Gryazev-Shipunov GS-30-2k (30 mm) auto-cannons and S-8 (80 mm) rockets with live ammunition to make sure the shooting effects will be as realistic as possible. Background and targets were applied in post-production.
- The 6-wheeled Force Protection Cougar HEV truck used in the street chase and car destruction scenes was driven by Ganxsta Zolee (real name: Zoltán Zana), a well-known Hungarian rapper and drummer, also famous for his extensive tattoos, playing a Russian gangster.
- The Russian gang had no actual Russian members. The roles were played by Slovakian, Hungarian, Serbian, Mongolian and Ukrainian actors.
Goofs: Continuity: Towards the end when Jack McClane is running from the helicopter, he has a bullet proof vest on. But when he falls into the swimming pool, no vest is on.
Plot: John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. Full summary » »
Story: Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners 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 really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. Written byGuy from Estonia
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Synopsis: In Moscow, Viktor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov), a high-ranking but corrupt Russian official, plans on incriminating political prisoner and government whistleblower Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch) without a fair trial when Komarov refuses to hand over a secret file believed to have convicting evidence against Chagarin. In a separate incident, Jack McClane (Jai Courtney) is arrested as a result of an assassination, but agrees to testify against Komarov for a shorter sentence.
John McClane (Bruce Willis), who has not been in touch with his son in years, learns of Jack's whereabouts and circumstances and decides to go to Russia to help him out. When John arrives and approaches the courthouse that happens to currently hold Jack and Komarov on trial, an explosion orchestrated by Chagarin and his henchmen occurs in the courthouse, and Jack breaks free with Komarov. Seeing his son, John confronts him, but their dispute is cut short when the henchmen, led by Alik (Radivoje Bukvi), chase them on the streets of Moscow, but John, Jack, and Komarov manage to escape.
Hiding in a safe house, John finds out that Jack has been a CIA Officer in an undercover operation for the past three years. Meanwhile, Collins (Cole Hauser), Jack's partner, demands the file's location from Komarov, so that the CIA can bring Chagarin down, but Collins is soon shot by Chagarin's men and dies, as John, Jack, and Komarov survive subsequent heavy gunfire and escape once again. The trio then makes their way to a hotel in the city to find the key to a vault containing the file. There, they meet Komarov's daughter, Irina (Yuliya Snigir), whom they earlier planned on joining with, but John grows suspicious of Irina. His suspicions are proven correct when Alik and his men crash in and tie John and Jack up, while Komarov is taken as a hostage, and Irina confesses to snitching on them for the "millions of dollars" to be gained. However, Jack manages to break free of his ties, and the father-son duo fights back, culminating in a gunfire exchange that results in John and Jack's escape.
That night, the two steal a car full of firearms and drive to Chernobyl, Ukraine, which is the location of the vault that houses the file, as revealed earlier by Komarov at the safe house. When they arrive, they find that Komarov, Irina, and Alik have already gotten there, but what they don't know is that on their way there, it was revealed that there was never a file in existence, and that the vault actually contains billions of dollars worth of weapons-grade uranium. Alik is then shot in the head by the seemingly helpless Komarov, who later called Chagarin and told him that he and Irina had manipulated the entire sequence of events since the beginning in an attempt to obtain the uranium and get revenge on Chagarin for his past betrayal of Komarov. Chagarin was then killed by a subordinate of Komarov's.
At this point, John and Jack enter the vault, discover Komarov's true plot, and take him under arrest. Irina, with another henchman, comes to her father's aid, but before they can escape, Jack goes after Komarov, while John goes after Irina, who is escaping on a helicopter. Irina tries to protect her father by firing the helicopter's cannons at Jack, but John is able to bring the helicopter out of balance by driving a truck in the hangar section of the helicopter, still shackled by a rope, out of the open back door, muttering his catchphrase of "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker." In rage, Jack hurls Komarov off the rooftop, and Komarov falls into the spinning helicopter's rotors and is killed. John jumps off the helicopter and reunites with Jack inside the building. Wanting to avenge her father, Irina rams the helicopter into the building, destroying the building and killing herself in the process, but John and Jack survive by leaping off the building into a large pool of water.
Afterwards, John and Jack return to New York. At the airport, they meet Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), John's oldest child and Jack's sister, and the reunited family happily walks off together.
{tab=FullCast & Crew}John McClane (Bruce Willis), who has not been in touch with his son in years, learns of Jack's whereabouts and circumstances and decides to go to Russia to help him out. When John arrives and approaches the courthouse that happens to currently hold Jack and Komarov on trial, an explosion orchestrated by Chagarin and his henchmen occurs in the courthouse, and Jack breaks free with Komarov. Seeing his son, John confronts him, but their dispute is cut short when the henchmen, led by Alik (Radivoje Bukvi), chase them on the streets of Moscow, but John, Jack, and Komarov manage to escape.
Hiding in a safe house, John finds out that Jack has been a CIA Officer in an undercover operation for the past three years. Meanwhile, Collins (Cole Hauser), Jack's partner, demands the file's location from Komarov, so that the CIA can bring Chagarin down, but Collins is soon shot by Chagarin's men and dies, as John, Jack, and Komarov survive subsequent heavy gunfire and escape once again. The trio then makes their way to a hotel in the city to find the key to a vault containing the file. There, they meet Komarov's daughter, Irina (Yuliya Snigir), whom they earlier planned on joining with, but John grows suspicious of Irina. His suspicions are proven correct when Alik and his men crash in and tie John and Jack up, while Komarov is taken as a hostage, and Irina confesses to snitching on them for the "millions of dollars" to be gained. However, Jack manages to break free of his ties, and the father-son duo fights back, culminating in a gunfire exchange that results in John and Jack's escape.
That night, the two steal a car full of firearms and drive to Chernobyl, Ukraine, which is the location of the vault that houses the file, as revealed earlier by Komarov at the safe house. When they arrive, they find that Komarov, Irina, and Alik have already gotten there, but what they don't know is that on their way there, it was revealed that there was never a file in existence, and that the vault actually contains billions of dollars worth of weapons-grade uranium. Alik is then shot in the head by the seemingly helpless Komarov, who later called Chagarin and told him that he and Irina had manipulated the entire sequence of events since the beginning in an attempt to obtain the uranium and get revenge on Chagarin for his past betrayal of Komarov. Chagarin was then killed by a subordinate of Komarov's.
At this point, John and Jack enter the vault, discover Komarov's true plot, and take him under arrest. Irina, with another henchman, comes to her father's aid, but before they can escape, Jack goes after Komarov, while John goes after Irina, who is escaping on a helicopter. Irina tries to protect her father by firing the helicopter's cannons at Jack, but John is able to bring the helicopter out of balance by driving a truck in the hangar section of the helicopter, still shackled by a rope, out of the open back door, muttering his catchphrase of "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker." In rage, Jack hurls Komarov off the rooftop, and Komarov falls into the spinning helicopter's rotors and is killed. John jumps off the helicopter and reunites with Jack inside the building. Wanting to avenge her father, Irina rams the helicopter into the building, destroying the building and killing herself in the process, but John and Jack survive by leaping off the building into a large pool of water.
Afterwards, John and Jack return to New York. At the airport, they meet Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), John's oldest child and Jack's sister, and the reunited family happily walks off together.
Produced By:
- Bruce Willis known as John McClane
- Jai Courtney known as Jack McClane
- Sebastian Koch known as Komarov
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead known as Lucy
- Yuliya Snigir known as Irina
- Rasha Bukvic known as Alik
- Cole Hauser known as Collins
- Amaury Nolasco known as Murphy
- Sergei Kolesnikov known as Chagarin (as Sergey Kolesnikov)
- Roman Luknár known as Anton
- Zolee Ganxsta known as MRAP Driver (as Ganzsta Doglegy Zolee)
- Péter Takátsy known as Prosecutor
- Pasha D. Lychnikoff known as Cabbie
- Megalyn Echikunwoke known as Pretty Reporter
- Melissa Tang known as Lucas
- Rico Simonini known as Colonel
- Catherine Kresge known as Neiderbrook
- April Grace known as Sue Easton
- Cooper Thornton known as S2
- Jan Gallovic known as Chagarin's Advisor
- Péter Kertész known as Judge (as Peter Kertesz)
- Patrik Vrbovsky known as Handgun Manager
- Ferenc Elek known as Unimog Driver
- Zhe Lin known as Handgun Manager's Assistant
- Janos Finfera known as Chagarin's Security Man
- Boris Vodokov known as Chagarin's Assassin
- Aleksandr Komarov known as Mi-26 Co-Pilot
- Iván Fenyö known as Mi-26 Navigator
- Edit Balázsovits known as Masseuse
- Nadejda Savcova known as Russian Model
- Anastassija Makarenko known as Russian Model
- Scott Michael Campbell known as Campbell
- Aldis Hodge known as Foxy
- Joe Massingill known as Pac-Man
- Jesse Burch known as Smoker
- Justin Smith known as Meyers
- Martin Hindy known as Mako
- Attila Árpa known as Alik's Soldier
- Sergej Onopko known as Alik's Soldier
- Ivan Mark Orsányi known as Alik's Soldier
- Iván Kamarás known as G-Wagon Driver
- Zsolt Viczei known as Laundry Worker
Production Companies:
- Dune Entertainment
- Giant Pictures
- Ingenious Film Partners (in association with)
- Origo Film Group
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Allan Padelford Camera Cars camera equipment provided by (Biscuit Rig)
- Avid Rental Europe post-production
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
- Dynamic International Freight Services freight forwarders
- Flying Pictures aerial filming services provided by
- Fuji Film film stock
- Origo Digital Film editorial room and screening rooms provided by
- Pictorvision Eclipse aerial camera system
- Sky Media Travel travel agent
- Sony Classical soundtrack
- Videoassist.hu video assist equipment
- 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (France) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Big Picture 2 Films (2013) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Odeon (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Azerbaijan) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Belarus) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
Special Effects:
- Factory VFX
- Die Nefzers (special effects) (as The Nefzers GmbH)
- Plowman Craven & Associates (Lidar and Cyber scanning)
- ScanlineVFX (visual effects)
- Shade VFX (visual effects)
Visual Effects by:
MPAA: Rated R for violence and language
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
