A Good Day to Die Hard

Year:

2013

Duration:

98 min | 101 min (Extended Cut)

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.3

Director:

John Moore

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-02-14

Filming Locations: Hungary

Earnings

Budget: $92,000,000

Opening Weekend: $24,834,845 (USA) (17 February 2013)

Gross: $67,346,556 (USA) (23 May 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Megalyn Echikunwoke

Yuliya Snigir

A Good Day to Die Hard

Bruce Willis

John McClane

Jai Courtney

Jack McClane

Sebastian Koch

Komarov

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Lucy

Radivoje Bukvic

Alik

Cole Hauser

Collins

Amaury Nolasco

Murphy

Sergey Kolesnikov

Chagarin

Roman Luknár

Anton

Zolee Ganxsta

MRAP Driver (as Ganxsta Doglegy Zolee)

Péter Takátsy

Prosecutor

Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Cabbie

Melissa Tang

Lucas

Rico Simonini

Colonel

Catherine Kresge

Neiderbrook

April Grace

Sue Easton

Cooper Thornton

S2

Ján Gallovic

Chagarin's Advisor (as Jan Gallovic)

Péter Kertész

Judge (as Peter Kertesz)

Patrik Vrbovsky

Handgun Manager (as Patrik Rytmus Vrbovsky)

Ferenc Elek

Unimog Driver

Zhe Lin

Handgun Manager's Assistant (as Zhe 'Josie' Lin)

Janos Finfera

Chagarin's Security Man

Boris Vodokov

Chagarin's Assassin

Aleksandr Komarov

Mi-26 Co-Pilot (as Alekszandr Komarov)

Iván Fenyö

Mi-26 Navigator

Edit Balázsovits

Masseuse

Nadejda Savcova

Russian Model

Anastassija Makarenko

Russian Model

Scott Michael Campbell

Campbell

Aldis Hodge

Foxy

Joe Massingill

Pac-Man

Jesse Burch

Smoker

Justin Smith

Meyers

Martin Hindy

Mako (as Martin 'Mako' Hindy)

Attila Árpa

Alik's Soldier

Sergej Onopko

Alik's Soldier

Orsányi Iván

Alik's Soldier (as Iván Orsányi)

Iván Kamarás

G-Wagon Driver

Tsogtsaikan Narantsogt

Alik's soldier

László Keszég

Alik's Soldier

Zsolt Viczei

Laundry Worker

Chris Majors

Embassy Official

Nikolett Barabas

Anna Peterova (uncredited)

Alexandra Callas

Russian Girl (uncredited)

Mike Dopud

Detective-Sergeant Wexler (uncredited)

Norbert Növényi

Russian Mafia Member

Sophie Raworth

Herself (uncredited)

Anne Vyalitsyna

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter seen at the end of the movie was rented from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus. The original color of the helicopter is white. The temporary camouflage paint scheme was applied in Hungary, where the helicopter scenes were shot.

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This is the first Die Hard (1988) sequel since Die Hard 2 (1990) where a performer (besides Bruce Willis) has reprised a role as a cameo. Mary Elizabeth Winstead reprises her role of Lucy McClane from Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Besides Winstead and Willis, the only other actors to appear more than once in the "Die Hard" films are Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, and Bonnie Bedelia (who all appeared in the first two entries), Anthony Peck who played a young cop in the first and Ricky Walsh in the third film and Aldis Hodge who played Zeus' nephew Raymond in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), and CIAgent Foxy in this film (wearing military fatigues and telling Jack his window for extraction is lost).

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This is Aldis Hodge's second appearance in the Die Hard series. His first appearance was in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), where he played Zeus' oldest nephew.

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Goofs

After escaping the first ambush, the bullet wound in Komarov's arm briefly disappears.

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After bribing the hotel staffer for the access card John McClane swipes the card in the elevator with the reader strip faced out so that the machine would be unable to read the card.

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When Komarov calls his daughter, the cell phone is not in call mode (there is still a green "Call" button on the screen).

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Quotes

John McClane: Me and my boy here, we're gonna put a whuppin' on ya!

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Komarov: [Jack has caught him and is holding him near the rooftop] Well done, Mr. Super-spy! It's a shame your father won't be alive to see you promoted!

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John McClane: Let's go kill some motherfuckers!

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Faq

Q

Is 'A Good Day to Die Hard' based on a book?

A

No. Although some of the characters were introduced in the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) by American writer Roderick Thorp, the screenplay for A Good Day to Die Hard was written by American screenwriter Skip Woods. It is the fifth movie in the Die Hard series, preceded by Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007).

Q

If everyone else was working for Komarov, why didn't they kill Alik earlier?

A

The most logical reason is that, if Komarov had killed Alik earlier, Chigarin would have realised what Komarov was up to, and he would have been able to take action.

Q

Since when did McClane have a son?

A

Astute viewers will notice that in the original Die Hard, when Holly calls her house and a young Lucy McClane answers, you see a young Jack playing on the floor behind her. Then in the family portrait that Holly has on her desk, you see both children again. In each subsequent film, it is mentioned by John or Holly that there are at least two children. Finally, in Live Free Or Die Hard (aka Die Hard 4.0), John's son is mentioned by name for the first time. Jack.

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