Duro De Matar- - Um Bom Dia Para Morrer

The plot, such as it is: Tostão wakes up in a motel in the outskirts of Osasco. He doesn’t remember his name, why he’s wearing a dirty sertanejo hat, or why a parrot is pecking at a detonator on the nightstand. The motel is called Bom Dia (“Good Morning”). The villain, a corrupt real estate developer known only as (cult actor Cláudio Marzo, clearly drunk), has wired the entire motel to explode at 10:00 AM.

☕☕☕ (Three cold coffees out of five). Watch it with friends, alcohol, and zero respect for continuity. DURO DE MATAR- UM BOM DIA PARA MORRER

What follows is 78 minutes of pure, unadulterated chaos. The film never leaves the motel grounds. The action is staged with the reckless charm of men who learned karate from a VHS tape of Bloodsport . In one iconic sequence, Tostão fights a henchman using only a box of stale Sonho de Valsa chocolates and a broken mop. In another, he slides down a bannister while firing a .38 that runs out of bullets after the first shot—he spends the rest of the scene making pew pew sounds with his mouth. The editor kept it. The plot, such as it is: Tostão wakes

Where to find it: Buried under a crate of Guaraná Antarctica in a defunct video rental store in Lapa. The villain, a corrupt real estate developer known

Let’s be clear: this has nothing to do with John McClane. The title is a glorious act of opportunistic piracy. With the global success of Die Hard with a Vengeance , some enterprising producer in São Paulo slapped a phonetic translation onto a screenplay about a hungover ex-cop named .

Why? Because Tostão accidentally swallowed a lottery ticket worth 50 million cruzeiros reais. The Gringo wants the ticket. Tostão just wants aspirin and a coffee.