This installment has John McClane heading off to Russia to get his boy out of jail. Time to warm up the explosions! He arrives to "rescue" John Jr. right in the middle of a complicated attempt from an opposing faction to extract political prisoner Yuri Kamarov from a trial. As the explosions begin John rushes in and tries to save his kid. His kid, who turns out to be CIA is supposed to grab the prisoner and run to safety with him.
Yipee Ki-Yay, like that goes well. Soon John Jr. and the political prisoner are off on a fantastic chase scene through the streets of Moscow with bad guys (aka Scumbags) chasing in an armored vehicle and John Sr. chasing them in some sort of Jeep like truck.
Jack (aka John Jr.) apparently detests dear old dad, and his interference here doesn't help. Soon father and son are working to get the Russian prisoner and his secret files out of the country. I must say Jack takes a beating and you can feel his pain, while John is there all bloody and beaten and looking like he's rested and ready to hit the beach.
I didn't care for Jai Courtney who plays Jack in the previews but he turns out to be a perfect son for hard ass John. He even calls him dad in a dire moment. Then claims he didn't say that at all. Wouldn't be cool for a McClane man, nooo.
My favorite scene is at a safe house where the baddies break in and Jack and Yuri duck and dodge while John stands there blasting away with a gun. Mr. Unstoppable.
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