There is one small element in the Die Hard franchise that has led to my overall reluctance to embrace the new film. Sure enough, like the previous picture, Die Hard With A Vengeance the absence of Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) is felt, dismissed with our working class hard-to-kill cop John McClane as just coming off a divorce. Now, considering the first two films, it’s a tough pill to swallow. In the last film, the end showed John reconciling on the phone. With all the near-death expierences, I suppose it is too much excitement for some women to handle. Sadly, the worst part of Live Free deals with the kidnapping of John’s hard- edged daughter, Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) so late in the film, it not only appears desperate, but also the idea that Lucy has merely switched places with dear old off screen mom isn’t lost on me. (more…)
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