Dinesh Kamath's column 'New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai' (A Good Day to Die Hard) that was published in Newsband

A Good Day to Die Hard

A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action film directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods. It is the fifth installment in the Die Hard film series. Bruce Willis reprises the lead role of John McClane, who travels to Russia to help his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney), out of prison, but is soon caught in the crossfire of a terrorist plot.

The plot, such as it is, sees John McClane (Willis) travelling to Russia after learning that his never-before-seen son Jack (Jai Courtney) is on trial for assassinating the henchman of a high ranking Russian politician.

McClane doesn’t really have a plan to spring his boy but heads to Moscow anyway, where, luckily enough, someone blows up the courthouse where his son is being tried, wiping out everyone but McClane Jr and a mysterious Russian dissident who knows the location of a file that would end the aforementioned corrupt politician’s career.

Thereafter the chase is on, as John, Jack and their Russian accomplice Yuri race to evade the criminals who’ve been sent to track down the file. After a few twists and turns, the film’s final showdown plays out in, of all places, Chernobyl.