A Good Day to Die Hard

Yippee Ki-Yay indeed.  A Good Day to Die Hard, or aGDtDH (which sounds like the noise you make while drowning) premiered in theaters on Valentine's Day.  I went to see it opening day not because I had a date, but because it seemed healthier than polishing off two more pints of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked.

Unfortunately this turned out to be a poor choice for my inaugural review.  This wasn't' because the movie was terrible, or because you're going to see it regardless of what I say.  It was a poor choice because during the first action sequence my brain went numb and didn't warm back up until the credits rolled.  Here's what I remember about the plot:

• Bruce Willis goes to Russia because he hasn't blown it up yet.
• Bruce Willis proceeds to blow up Russia.

There's supposed to be a touching story about father and son and some well deserved reconciliation, since as far as I know the son (played by Jai Courtney) had never been mentioned in a previous film.  You're not going to care about that though, nor are you going to care about any of the other characters.  The plot is inconsequential since it's readily apparent that everyone is going to end up filled with bullets or killed in some other mildly creative way.

If you turn your brain off and don't care about plot, characters, or basic physics, aGDtDH is still enjoyable.  Bruce Willis is smug and funny, the action is ridiculous, and Justin Long's character from Die Hard 4 makes no appearance.

You won't be missed.