Det. John McClane finds himself in the fight of his life when he goes to visit his wife in her office building, only for German terrorists to take over the building and threaten everyone's lives.
Once again, John McClane stumbles into trouble when the airport where he is waiting for his wife is taken hostage by a group of terrorists in an attempt to secure the release of a drug lord.
In New York, something seems to be behind crimes happening. Police discover a bomb is planted in a school and that the bomb is very sensitive to police radios. Simon Gruber,is the International terrorist behind this and he's planning to steal the Federal Reserve and McClane has to stop him.
Veteran cop John McClane, is charged with investigating a different terrorist crime. The computers of the FBI's Cyber Crime Division were hacked on Independence Day, and his mission is to find and arrest the criminals behind it.
In the fifth Die Hard installment, John McClane is back and off to Russia to rescue his wayward son, Jack, who turns out to be a CIA operative in trouble. Father and son join forces to prevent nuclear disaster.