Hoping to spend Christmas with his estranged wife, detective John McClane arrives in LA. However, he learns about a hostage situation in an office building and his wife is one of the hostages.

When a team of terrorists threaten to destroy an airport and demand the release of the drug lord Ramon Esperanza, detective John McClane tries to stop them.

John McClane must enlist the help of Zeus Carver, a local shop owner, to stop Simon, a former colonel from East Germany, from detonating bombs across New York.

The Director of FBI's Cyber Crime Division assigns John McClane the task of tracking down a hacker. John ends up working with Thomas, an ethical hacker who helps him deal with the cyber criminals.

Set in his ways, no-nonsense cop John McClane travels to Moscow, Russia to help his wayward son, Jack. But, when Jack turns out to be an undercover CIA agent, father and son team up to gun down goons.