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Based on the tv series of the same name which was released three years prior (this may be confusing to those who are unfamiliar with the series). This film plays out as one would expect. Kevin Hart in his own Dir Hard-esque type film with him playing a fictional character of himself trying to become an "action hero/ leading man".. it features all the parody and satirical action movie stunts to be had.

Nothing is exactly cleverly funny and it's predictable. Certainly a film would be more well liked by Kevin Hart fans. Unlike the series, there is a lot of cursing (F-bombs) which get quite over the top by both Hart and John Travolta. In the end, this film is mildly amusing, and it's a satire. People seem to be taking it far too serious.

My rating is not going to change anything, but at least Jordan King (Nathalie Emmanuel) is easy on the eyes, she's a beautiful young lady. The scene where they play agents had me in tears, I had to watch it a few times. I lost it with the Karate chop to the throat and when she flipped him across the room was hilarious. That box exploded, and Kevin could have easily fit inside of it at 5'2" tall. Overall, it wasn't a total waste of time, it was actually a decent movie. It's all about the writing, they had a good cast but comedy writing is never easy. I like Kevin, always thought he was funny, so hopefully he can bounce back from this mediocre movie.

The movie is as bad as respectable budget film can be... the plot is just ridiculous and uninteresting.

The acting is not bad, far from it, but the characters are not inspiring. John Tavolta's acting is not bad as some reviews says; it's just that his character is a little crazy and goofy.

Hart's plays a version of himself that portraits him as weak and diminished, and that's not a good thing.

The cast made me believe this could be interesting but it's not the case... how can a movie with a cast like this can be so bad??

And the question which is bugging me: how the heck did this got a sequel???...

No pun intended - just the other day I was talking with a friend and we thought "any movie that has a variant, an idea of a famous person/actor in it, is good ... well at least the ones we watched, right?" ... and it was right up to that moment. We were talking about Nic Cage playing Nic Cage (well a version of himself) and certainly John Malkovich ... even JCVD (or Jean Claude van Damme for you) is just amazing.

Well this movie is anything but ... but instead of going low (I would have given this a solid 6 to be honest), I thought ... well this has Nathalie Emmanuel in it ... so I'll go high(er) than that. I hope you can bear with me. And the movie is kind of fun - it may have certain people and call certain people by their rightful name ... and then it has John Travolta ... being someone else than himself. Well character name wise ... he could be as crazy in real life, right? I am just kidding of course ... good performance by him too.

Still way over the top - you have to dig it, to love it. Talking of loving it - where was the Rock? All that name calling, but no dice? Would have been fun - on the other hand, he would have stolen the sunshine from all others involved I reckon ... well there is the sequel so ... maybe there? (no is the answer in case you don't want to check for him there)

When I sat down to watch "Die Hart", I have to admit that I figured it was just going to be another of those assembly line mass produced movies that Kevin Hart has a tendency of spewing forth by the dozen. But still, I opted to watch the movie and give it a fair chance, on the account of it being a movie that I hadn't already seen, nor actually ever heard about.

But seeing the cast list for the movie, I must admit that my curiousity was tickled, because they definitely had quite the cast ensemble for the movie, with the likes of Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno, Josh Hartnett and John Travolta.

I have to say that writer Derek Kolstad definitely delivered a script for the movie that turned out to be surprisingly good. I was genuinely entertained throughout the 84 minutes that the movie ran for. So I am glad that I opted to sit down and watch Kevin Hart play himself in this spoof of a movie.

There was a lot of action and comedy throughout the course of the movie, and director Eric Appel was good at mixing the two elements into a great combination, and that made for a very enjoyable and watchable movie.

My rating of "Die Hart" lands on a six out of ten stars.