Die Hart: The Movie (2023)

 Die Hart: The Movie (2023)

 

 3/10

 

Starring

Kevin Hart

John Travolta

 

Directed by Eric Appel

 

The movie is actually an edited version of the series Die Hart from 2020. They took the series and made it into a movie. If you haven’t seen or heard of that series, consider yourself lucky. I had heard about it but never bothered to watch it. However, while watching the movie, some parts felt oddly familiar, and then I remembered seeing them in a trailer. A quick search confirmed that this movie is essentially the first season of Die Hart repackaged.

The plot doesn’t make enough sense to justify a rewatch, and the characters are so one-dimensional that watching them interact on screen becomes frustrating.

For example, Kevin Hart (playing a fictional version of himself, also called Kevin Hart) is portrayed as a joke throughout the movie. At no point did the writers think to let the character mature. He never delivers a serious comment or takes meaningful action when the moment calls for it. Instead, he defaults to being the same silly caricature.

Here’s a specific scene to highlight the problem: Kevin’s life is in danger, and his partner, Jordan, has a man in a chokehold. All Kevin has to do is hurt the man to escape the situation. Instead, he starts flexing and rambling, and he never even lands a punch. Scenes like this pile on top of each other, making the movie feel more like a chore than a fun watch.

The main story revolves around Kevin, who has just finished his sixth movie with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Tired of always being the supporting comic relief, he decides to transition to becoming a lead actor—and not just any lead actor, but an action star.

When Kevin gets the chance to make this leap, he takes it. The problem? He doesn’t have the charisma of an action star. To fix this, the filmmaker enrolls Kevin in the Ron Wilcox Action Star School.

Most of the movie takes place at this bootcamp, where Kevin is assigned a room and begins training to become an action hero. Joining him is Jordan, another student enrolled in the school for the same purpose.

The movie largely follows Kevin as he navigates the school’s curriculum in his usual goofy, immature way.

Save your time and go to Wikipedia and read the plot, you will have more fun doing that and spend less time trying to understand, than going to see this movie.