'A Good Day to Die Hard' Continues to Toy with Expectations; Only 97 Minute Runtime

I feel like A Good Day to Die Hard is that mediocre baseball team you can't help but root for.  Every once in a while they get your hopes up, but then suddenly drop the ball (literally) and make you realize why they suck so bad.

AGDTDH started off with so-so buzz when it was announced the guy who directed Max Payne would be at the helm and John McClane would be teaming up with his son!? (WTF) for an action-packed visit to Russia.

Then the trailer hit and the movie didn't look so bad, espcially playing off the original film's 'Ode to Joy'.

Next, another trailer hit and it looked almost like a Die Hard farce (seriously, having McClane say "Yipikayee" when walking into an airport?  Having him sit between to annoying women on an airplane?).

The most positive news came out about a month ago when it was announced the film would receive an R rating, an highly criticized factor for the previous entry in the series that many felt was dumbed down by a PG-13 rating.

While hopes have been high since, 20th Century Fox is making sure you keep your expectations at a minimum by letting it be known the film is only 97 minutes long.  That's about an hour and a half film, or in other words, a rushed piece of shit product that needs to run on action the entire time to hide the fact the film sucks.

Seriously, every Die Hard film has at least been over 2 hours (even Live Free or Die Hard had that going for it).

I dunno, maybe this is being too harsh but I can't help but feel like this is going to be nothing more than a generic action movie with Bruce Willis being Bruce Willis.  If that's the case, I'll just go rent anyone of his films made in the past 10 years.

Source: The Playlist