Series of pyrotechnic scenes linked together with canned cliches and poor retro nods to earlier better films in the franchise.

It's a just a really bad script - not one good "die hard joke" or oneliner.

A far cry from the original 3 that we all know and love. I urge you to watch this yourself and make up your own mind but don't say I didn't warn you.Why introduce the son? Someone to pass the torch too? Oh dear.The originals were about one man against great odds, who despite his faults got through it with luck, determination and brute force blood and sweat, other than one-time reluctant sidekick Samuel L. Jackson in Die Hard with a Vengeance. Know body wants 2 John McClain's and that is how the son is portrayed. 2 protagonists at odds with each other fighting over the steering wheel thus steering this movie off a cliff.Yippee ki yay melon farmer!

As this episode opens Yuri Komarov is about to go on trial in Moscow. It appears that he has upset the wrong people; most notable Viktor Chagarin, a corrupt official and former friend who wants an incriminating file that Yuri possesses. Around the same time American Jack McClane is arrested and agrees to testify against Komarov. Back in the United States his father, police officer John McClane, hears what has happened to his son so flies out to Moscow. Just as John gets to the court in Moscow a massive explosion rips the building apart. The attackers want Yuri but Jack has helped him away from the scene. He is briefly united with his father and it is clear that they do not have a good relationship. Jack and Yuri drive off in a van, followed by the villains in a heavily armoured vehicle and John in a small truck. After a spectacular chase John and Jack are reunited and we learn that Jack is now a CIA operative hoping to get Yuri and his file out of Russia. There are complications though and before the dust has settled there will be numerous twists and a spectacular confrontation in the remains of Chernobyl.This film has some good points and one real problem. That problem is that it doesn't feel like a 'Die Hard' film; I feel it would have been much better had the character been renamed and the film been released without being connected to the previous films. I guess that would be less profitable though. On the plus side that at least means it can be enjoyed by anybody who has never seen a Die Hard film. The story is decent enough and there are some pretty good twists. There is also a lot of spectacular action from start to finish. The action is ridiculously over the top but, if you can suspend your disbelief it is rather fun. The action includes numerous explosions, a car chase and even an attack from an Mi-24 Hind helicopter! The acting is decent enough but nothing special; this is a film you watch for the action not the acting. Overall I don't think this is as bad as many other reviewers do but it is certainly a bit disappointing for a 'Die Hard' film.