DIE HARDEST

Screenplay by Jeb Ferguson

Geriatric final installment of the anti-terrorist franchise gives John McClane the Gran Torino treatment with spectacular results. A fictionalized version of the Mumbai attack at the Taj Mahal hotel by Pakistani gunmen, retired cop McClane happens to be attending his grand-daughter’s wedding when jihadists take over the palatial hotel. Instead of demanding a ransom, the terrorists go room by room executing tourists, prostitutes, and maids with machine guns. Packed with action sequences, if there’s one guy you want to take on these murdering jihadists, it’s John McClane. Conflicted terrorist Ayman surrenders midway through the attack and joins the geriatric action hero to end the massacre, ultimately taking a bullet meant for McClane. The hotel guests are saved, the Indian military ends the siege, but alas, on the plane ride home, our gun-toting grandpa expires in his sleep. Let’s hope the test audience cards demand a new ending and John McClane doesn’t die hard*.