On Die Hard’s Action, Rating Controversy

Bruce Willis’ Die Hard series made its reputation as a bit of a gritty but certainly a gleefully R-rated series… until this iteration, of course, which hits theaters tomorrow with a PG-13 tag. Those fearing a watered-down Live Free or Die Hard needn’t worry, however — audiences don’t get cheated on its rating in terms of action, that’s for sure. There’s some pretty wicked pyrotechnics, but also a bit of cold-blooded hand-to-hand combat with Maggie Q. It’s a pretty hard PG-13, honestly.

There’s likely a little less blood in the movie than there would otherwise be, but the big hit/main concession comes in the form of language, in which a bunch of obviously harsher curse words get dubbed over with some quite shoddy ADR. More discrete thoughts will follow later, along with a full review posted later tonight or tomorrow.