![]() ![]() ![]() Jackson has always wanted to wield a katana, so here’s his opportunity! Zeus gets his hands on a Samurai sword at one point and fights a Yakuza who is attacking on a motorbike is one of the best scenes. In terms of action, despite it being a bit smaller in scale which is only a good thing, there are some impressive and inventive set-pieces and forget “.it’s gonna need a paint job and a shit load of screen doors.” as to say there’s a fair bit of destruction is an understatement but it’s not outrageously done. There are some nice twists and turns to the story in this one and the dialogue is classic McClane I will say though that there are perhaps a little too many references to the original movies which could maybe be cut back on a little. I want to put on the record that it’s also much better than Parts 4 and 5 sure ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ was okay but it wasn’t amazing by any stretch of the imagination and felt a bit too safe. Yes, it is a sequel and acknowledges parts 4 and 5 exist, it is, however, like a continuation of ‘With a Vengeance’. It’s rated Hard R with McClane and Zeus firing expletives and abuse back at each other in classic Die Hard form. Jackson) returns and so do several other familiar faces. ![]() Having read the story I can say that it actually feels like a Die Hard film McClane doesn’t seem bored and finally has his personality back. Japanese / Western history is amazingly well researched, not to mention the ways of Yakuza, from low-level ‘little brother’ street gangsters and accountants to the Oyabun family boss and THE bad guy(s) is refreshing, surprising, yet also familiar. He strips his NYPD ‘dress blues’ and dons his classic white wife-beater once again and kills some bad guys the only way he knows how. Hundreds of them and when they decide to crash McClane’s party, things go pear shaped and it’s up to our trusty hero to save the day. McClane finds himself in trouble with the Yakuza. It’s a Smart Building! The tech all exists in real life, with office space adjusting to the amount of people in a room and a fun, gory scene involving McClane and a 3D printer.There are some great moments of humour and I can totally hear Willis or Jackson shouting back at this modern technology. The building is incredibly hi-tech and reminds me of something like the hotels in Vegas where the skies can change colour and more. Technologies to planes, trains and automobiles. They’ve grown from being just a trading corporation to a Virgin-esque power-house. Nakatomi has become this super-brand of a company. The action takes place in Japan, as rumoured, with McClane up for a commendation on the 30th anniversary of the Nakatomi siege.’Old Habits Die Hard’ takes us back to the roots of the original movie, set primarily in the one location in this case, the Nakatomi Headquarters in Tokyo, which is still in the hands of the Takagi family, as well as one Holly Genarro. Despite internet rumours, Trebilcook made it perfectly clear that he was a fan and that the script was simply a spec, so confirmation that this will definitely be the story to Die Hard 6 is unclear, but it damn well should be! I know what you’re going to say: “Who cares? The fifth movie sucked!” That it did however, the good news is that this speculative script from Ben Trebilcook most certainly does not. ![]()
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