Movie Trivia for – A Good Day to Die Hard
Memorable Movie Quotes
John McClane: The shit we do for our kids. Yippie-kai-yay, motherfucker. – A Good Day to Die Hard
John McClane: Safe house, my ass. – A Good Day to Die Hard
Alik: Do you know what I hate about the Americans? Everything. Especially cowboys. – A Good Day to Die Hard
Trivia
The core idea for the film – the dynamic between John McClane and his son – came from Bruce Willis.
The largest helicopter in the film is a Mil Mi-26 (NATO reporting name: Halo). It is also the largest and the most powerful helicopter ever produced.
The Cougar HEV armored truck was portrayed by four replica vehicles: three custom vehicles made by the specialists of Team Szalay, built on chassis of military surplus 6-wheeled ZIL 131 trucks, and powered by Ural truck engines. The fourth replica used for jump stunts was made in the U.S. and was powered by a V10 Dodge Viper engine.
Budapest stands in for Moscow.
Shot with Super 35, and with the series’ traditional 2.39:1 scope aspect ratio, initially, in mind, director John Moore re-framed the film to 1.85:1 (using the Super 35 format) after deciding the opening car chase sequence looked better that way. He also believed the 1.85:1 ratio would better accommodate the hand-held camera work in various scenes.
Uranium-235 is a rare isotope of Uranium-238, with atoms that contain the same number of protons but fewer neutrons. “Weapons grade Uranium” is refined Uranium-235 containing less than 15% Uranium-238.
Goofs
Grenoble is mentioned by McClane as being a Swiss city. It is actually in France, more than 100km on the other side of the Swiss/French border.
Chernobyl did not “meltdown” as mentioned by both John and Jack multiple times. The pressure vessel ruptured due to a loss of cooling.
While John and Jack held up at the Ball room by Alik with their hands tied, Jack cuts his way using the knife he had hidden in his socks. We see John jumping at Alik with his hands tied and in the next scene, his hands are untied and has got hold of a gun.
The villains have a chemical spray that “cancels radioactivity”. Completely impossible.
The boxes used to store and move the enriched uranium have both the radiation symbol (correct) and the biohazard symbol (incorrect) on them. Biohazard symbols are used to indicate materials of biological origin.
All roads leading into the Chernobyl/Pripyat exclusion zone have military checkpoints – yet neither the villains or the heroes seem to have any trouble gaining access.
Jack is on a carefully-timed CIA mission, with a drone standing by. But he only escapes from the courthouse when the gang attacks, something the CIA couldn’t plan for. The drone is a pivotal part of Jack’s mission, but there is no explanation how it will help him escape Moscow.
Box Office Info In USA
Budget $92,000,000
Gross $67,349,198