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A Good Day to Die Hard

Genre
Action
Rating
R
Released
14 February, 2013

A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action-thriller film and the fifth installment in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. The main plot finds McClane travelling to Russia to get his estranged son, Jack, an undercover CIA agent, out of prison. He is soon caught in the crossfire of a global terrorist plot. Alongside Willis, the film also stars Jai Courtney, Cole Hauser, Yulia Snigir and Sebastian Koch. Talks of a fifth Die Hard film began before the release of the fourth installment, Live Free or Die Hard, with Willis affirming that the latter would not be the last in the series, but pre-production did not start until September 2011, when John Moore was officially announced as the director. Filming began in April 2012, primarily in Budapest, Hungary.

Director John Moore
Produced by Alex Young, Wyck Godfrey
Writer(s) Skip Woods
Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yulia Snigir, Rasha Bukvić, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco, Sergei Kolesnikov
Music Marco Beltrami
Cinematography Jonathan Sela
Edited by Dan Zimmerman
Production, company Giant Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released January 31, 2013 (Leicester Square), February 14, 2013 (United States)
Running time 97 minutes
Country United States
Language English, Russian
Budget $92 million
Box office $304.7 million
Netflix ID 70243342

About A Good Day to Die Hard

The fifth film in the Die Hard franchise sees John McClane teaming up with his CIA agent son in Russia.

Achievement of A Good Day to Die Hard

The film was shot in Hungary, with Budapest posing for Moscow, Russia. It grossed $304 million at the box office globally. 

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Latest information about A Good Day to Die Hard updated on July 28 2021.