The McClane character that we have all come to know and enjoy is famous for his brash demeanor, his disregard for authority figures telling him to butt out, and his ability to withstand some pretty significant injuries sustained through reckless behavior. The iconic images of John McClane usually consist of some sort of manly smirk on a face at least 50% covered in blood, whether his own or someone else’s.
So it’s more than unusual to see him in A Good Day to Die Hard, crashing through windows and emerging from rolled vehicles without so much as a scratch. It’s like he’s become impervious to pain or skin breakage. Has he become literally calloused, that he no longer sheds blood? He’s completely removed from the original John McClane who would mutter to himself how stupid he’s being as he heads toward the heart of the danger, but we got a sense that he was putting himself at risk. Even in the last movie he showed signs of his age, barely able to move at times and sustaining his usual series of injuries that he has to overcome. In this one, he’s relatively unscathed. With seemingly less risk for this indestructible hero, there’s less for us to be worried about.
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