MOVIE OF THE MONTH : MARCH 2013

                                                              

Director    : John Moore
Screenplay: Skip Woods
Starring    : Bruce Willis
Camera    : Jonathan Sela
Studio      : Giant Pictures
Running    : 97 minutes
Release      : February 13, 2013

From 1988 to 2013, action hero Bruce Willis is still dying hard. He never stopped. He got older, sure (taking the mickey out of that very fact in 2010's great retirees-can-still-get-the-job-done tale Red) but he never did anything to cause us to stop believing he was that guy  the guy who could take on a German terrorist and his henchman and single-handedly save the day.

So here he is, 25 years later, strapping on John McClane's guns and world-weary demeanour for a fifth go on the Die Hard merry-go-round.Though some might try to tell you A Good Day to Die Hard marks a passing of the baton - introducing Aussie 26-year-old Jai Courtney as McClane's equally tough son Jack - Willis is not ready to give the franchise away. And who'd be game enough to take it from him?

Rewind to the mid-'80s and Willis  who, it's strange to think now, started out in the theatre  was just finding his fame feet with Moonlighting. Willis played a sarcastic private investigator in the TV hit, and his will-they-ever chemistry with Cybill Shepherd was the water-cooler talk du jour.

Released in 1988, Die Hard set a new benchmark for action films and grossed a burly $135.7 million worldwide. Die Hard 2 followed in 1990, Die Hard: With a Vengeance in 1995, and Die Hard 4.0 in 2007.Willis was 33 when Die Hard was released. This week, as A Good Day to Die Hard opens in Australia, he turned 58.

Movie Website: http://www.diehardmovie.com

Review Courtesy: http://www.cairns.com.au