Actor Bruce Willis burst onto the silver screen playing an NYPD officer by the name of John McClane in the breakout action classic “Die Hard.” This 1988 classic spurred a number of sequels, all of which have had at least some redeeming qualities.

But after 25 years, the happy, sarcastic and indestructible cop hero finally reached his limits, and let’s just say his finale left much to be wanted.

“A Good Day To Die Hard” is the 5th installment of the “Die Hard” franchise, and this most recent edition is by far the most disappointing and frustrating of them all. Skip Woods and Roderick Thorp, the writers of the film, have reduced the once relatable cop hero to nothing more than a twisted human superman whose stunts are so unbelievable, even suspension-of-disbelief expert James Bond wouldn’t believe them.

Woods and Thorp twist McClane into nothing more than a talking box with muscles. There were no snarky remarks worth remembering; there were no great one-liners. It was constant uneducated, cheesy rambling with a couple of unneeded swear words dropped in.

The horror begins when McClane decides to rekindle his relationship with his son, Jack, played by Jai Courtney. In expected fashion, the two meet up amidst chaos and explosions. Rather than delving into deep personal issues that may divide them, director John Moore (who also directed the bust “Max Payne”) thinks it would be a better idea to have a snooze inducing chase scene to rekindle the relationship.

McClane was never meant to have passable bonding qualities, though, so once again I take aim at the writers for trying to change this character.

There truly is nothing redeemable about this movie. It is sloppy, uninspired, horribly written and incredibly predictable. Essentially everything bad that a film can have, this did.

Dare I say it, this is an early contender for the worst picture of 2013. “A Good Day To Die Hard” has officially ended John McClane as a movie character.

No longer will the once fantastic character come onto screen, for this movie buried the entire “Die Hard” franchise in a hole so deep that no producer or director is ever going to, or should want to, uncover it.