My kid LOVED Die Hard. LOVED IT. So we watched Die Hard 2. They loved it (a little less). So we watched Die Hard 3. They loved it (a little more). Then they asked to watch the last two.
“There are only three Die Hard movies,” I responded.
Jai Courtney was the first time I realized Hollywood was just trying to hard launch any white guy as leading man as long as they were square jawed and non ethnic.
So bad! Would’ve given notes on it, in any form or state of completion, totally for free. I always wanted a simple, evocative, early-in-film character beat of John McClane visiting doctor, showing scarred feet. It was right there for the taking.
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“There are only three Die Hard movies,” I responded.
“But what about -“
“THREE. DIE HARD. MOVIES.”
I think I was too kind to it in my Letterboxd review.