Rami Ungar The Writer

The British may have Bond, but America’s got John McClane, the no-nonsense, tough-as-nails cop who always finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot and shooting up every bad guy in a mile. At some point in the film, he shouts “Yippe-kay-yay, mothefucker!” before blowing something up. He’s been in four films, each time played by actor extraordinaire Bruce Willis, and all but the third was fantastic. And wouldn’t you know it, he’s returning in a brand-spanking new film!

The teaser poster for “A Good Day to Die Hard”. Looks pretty awesome, especially with the pun.

A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth film in the franchise, will be released Valentine’s Day 2013 in the States, and it’ll be the first film in the series to take place outside the United States, this time in the heart of our old-enemy-but-now-somewhat-friend Russia. Apparently McClane goes to Russia to see his son Jack (played by Jai Courtney) and somehow, though McClane’s wierd luck, they end up getting involved in a terrorist plot, which makes me wonder what McClane would do if he ever met the people who writes the movies he’s in–you know what, let’s not finish that thought; I just had a bad vision of all my characters from every story I ever wrote coming to get me.

Anyway, the film’s coming out in three months or so, and two trailers have already been released. The first is mostly musical and contains a Bond joke:

The second is less Beethoven-y and more traditional trailer, with hints at the story but not enough that, beyond explosions, we can guess what happens:

Hope you’re as excited as I am, and I also hope the filmmakers can live up to the hype, because I don’t want a repeat of the third Die Hard film, Die Hard With A Vengeance. Let’s face it, even with super-star Samuel L. Jackson, that movie was way too campy for its own good. And that opening! Oy guvalt, that was way too chipper opening music, even if interrupted by a bomb blast!