A Good Day to Die Hard

"Generally speaking, the action elements aren't the problem here. They're certainly loud enough. It's the obligatory intra-family squabbling and preposterous plotting that threaten to derail this nonsensical sequel."

"Good Day in a nutshell? Father-son bonding with heavy artillery, a lot of big bangs, a triple-figure body count and little else."

"Everything that made the first "Die Hard" memorable -- the nuances of character, the political subtext, the cowboy wit -- has been dumbed down or scrubbed away entirely."

"I don't think it knows where it's going. I'm not even sure it cares."

"The sense of exhilaration and fun that marked the best of the series has gone unaccountably AWOL."

"Any remaining good faith in the franchise is now lost. Bruce's threatened sixth outing must surely be a bridge too far now."

"At 98 minutes, this is by far the shortest of the Die Hard films, the rest of which run more than two hours. But it ends not a moment too soon."

"A few reasonable action sequences are mired in family soap."