Review: ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ is a Flawed But Very Fun Distraction

John McClane has changed, and by association, so has the Die Hard series. As a sketch from “The Ben Stiller Show” illustrated long ago, the idea of keeping sequels going with Bruce Willis as the titular hero were always going to get more unbelievable. As the faux trailer for Die Hard 12 says, “They say lightning can’t strike 12 times, but don’t tell him.” And after no less than four outings with Detective McClane, the fact that he keeps getting into explosive amounts of trouble is more than a little unbelievable, and the sequels have evolved (or devolved) by acknowledging that, for better or worse. And thus, A Good Day to Die Hard is a fun, wild ride with plenty of outlandish action, but it’s not without flaws and some lazy writing. With a running time just over 90-minutes, the film doesn’t waste much time throwing McClane in the shit. The film sets up a somewhat convoluted plot by having Jack …