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Rating: 3.8/5
Review: "A good day to die hard movie review"

The fifth installment in the hit franchise. This movie centers on John's son, Jack while the previous movie focuses on John's daughter. This time, the movie goes overseas and centers on Moscow. I was a little hesitant when John Moore was announced to the director. Sure, his Max Payne is entertaining but the question is whether he can handle a big budget action movie. His filmography does not look good. Most critics and audience panned his works. However that to say, he did a fine job in directing mayhem and slo-mo action in this movie.

The story: It is fairly simple. John's son, Jack is arrested in Moscow. John goes to Moscow in search for him. Meanwhile there is trouble brewing. The bad guys have one clear intention in the beginning of the movie and that is to get a man in prison who is in court with Jack. The first attack is blow up the court and get him. However Jack protects him and that ensues a cool car chase which involves Jack, John and the bad guys. It is breath-taking to see so many cars being crushed and smashed up. From there, the action never stops. There are gun fights, explosions and the explosive climax in Chernobyl. The car chase is hard to top in the movie and true to that, the rest of the action scenes seem inferior. The pace moves briskly moving to the next action scene quickly. Acting wise is okay. Music wise is good but somehow generic.

Overall: It is good watch in cinema if you like non-stop action. Fans of Die Hard may be a little disappointed as John basically take the back seat and his son is more in focus of the action amid. The Singapore's version is badly censored. All the language is censored. If there is a sixth movie, I would like to see the whole family in action.      

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