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* AmbiguousEnding: Season two. [[spoiler:Did Doug manage to swap places with Kevin and get him sent to prison in his place, or is Doug in prison where he belongs and just trying to pretend to be Kevin to try and get out?]]



* DrFeelgood: After Kevin is [[spoiler:shot]], Jordan tries to get prescriptions and first aid to treat his wound, only for him to mistakenly think she's a junkie… and start offering to hook her up with the good shit.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up and currently streams the series. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', which was released on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up and currently streams the series. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', which was released on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.
Creator/JohnCena and follows Kevin as he tries to continue his journey into action stardom, only to end up in over his head yet again.



* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: During the events of season two, Kevin becomes significantly more arrogant and reckless following his successes in the first season, leading him into new trouble.
* AdamWesting: Kevin plays himself as an insecure and somewhat arrogant washed-up actor trying to break out of his typecast rut. Josh Hartnett goes a step further by portraying himself as a total {{Jerkass}} who [[spoiler:participates in a scheme to trick Kevin into a TrumanShowPlot.]]
* AndroclesLion: PlayedForLaughs with [[spoiler:the squirrel, which seemingly attacks the Cartel leader to defend Kevin, but is actually just a trained animal actor.]]



* EccentricMentor: Wilcox is an intense, strict, easily distracted teacher of action stars.
* NoSexAllowed: Wilcox strictly prohibits sex in his school.
* ShoutOut: The show’s title is a play on ''Film/DieHard''.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Wilcox puts Kevin through some very realistic action Star scenarios. On his first day, Kevin is charged with saving a civilian from a burning building. With real fire.

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* BerserkButton: Wilcox goes completely insane with anger if Kevin and Jordan even ''think'' about going into his office. [[spoiler:Because it's full of proof that they're being secretly filmed.]]
* BumblingSidekick: Kevin feels typecast in this role and direly wants to break out of it. Andre ends up playing this role to Kevin.
* CallBack: Kevin's car is pushed into a pit to keep him from leaving in the first season. In the second season, after discovering his car is about the only thing that ''hasn't'' been tampered with, mutters that at least his car didn't get destroyed again.
* CrazySurvivalist: Mr. 206, a former stuntman who now lives in seclusion in the woods. [[spoiler:When he isn't helping his former mentee Doug on revenge schemes.]]
* DeconstructiveParody: Of action movies, the concept of actors training for their roles, {{Typecasting}}, and film production in general.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler:Kevin throws the Cartel boss into a pit… and onto a safety trampoline.]]
* DrFeelgood: After Kevin is [[spoiler:shot]], Jordan tries to get prescriptions and first aid to treat his wound, only for him to mistakenly think she's a junkie… and start offering to hook her up with the good shit.
* DrugsAreBad: [[spoiler:Wilcox is an avid hard drug user, which is implied to be part of why he's such a nutjob. Prior to the events of the series, he accidentally killed the brother of his drug supplier while high, causing the Cartel to come hunting for revenge towards the end of season one… or rather, that's the story he acts out.]]
* EccentricMentor: Wilcox is an intense, strict, easily distracted teacher of action stars.
stars. [[spoiler:That's what he pretends to be at least.]]
* EnforcedMethodActing: Taken to a deranged extreme. [[spoiler:The entire acting school and everything that happens there is all staged. All of it. It's all just a film set with scenes staged without Kevin's knowledge to capture an "authentic" performance out of him.]] [[invoked]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Wilcox chastises Kevin harshly for not following gun safety because Kevin tried to grab the gun by the barrel, dismissing that ''he'' broke safety rules first by handing Kevin the gun barrel-first (violating the cardinal rule of never pointing a gun at a person you don't attend to shoot) and, even more importantly, gave an untrained individual a firearm while refusing to confirm whether or not it's safe. And then he violates the rules even worse when he and Josh Hartnett fire blank-loaded guns in Kevin's direction as a joke [[spoiler:and nearly shoot him when it turns out there was ''one'' live bullet in a clip of blanks, which is '''especially''' against safety rules.]]
* ImGoingToHellForThis: Wilcox declares he's going to Hell for [[spoiler:killing Rodrigo in a drug-induced fit and stealing his necklace, bringing the Cartel down on his school]]. Kevin pretty concurs.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Kevin and Doug, his stunt double, look identical to one another, except Doug has really bad teeth. [[spoiler:Which allows Doug to impersonate him.]]
* InvertedTrope: The second season [[spoiler:is an inversion of the first season. In the first, Kevin gets manipulated into [[TrumanShowPlot taking part in a movie that he thinks is dangerous situation]]. In the second, Kevin gets manipulated into walking into a ''real'' dangerous situation that he thinks is just a movie.]]
* NeverMyFault: Kevin accidentally stabs Jordan in the arm after Wilcox lies that the knife they're using in a fight exercise is a retractable prop knife. After it happens, Wilcox immediately freaks out and starts reprimanding Kevin for what he did as if it's his fault. [[spoiler:It really was a fake knife and Jordan's injury was just special effects. The whole thing is staged.]]
* NoOSHACompliance: The big thing that clues Kevin in that something is weird about Wilcox's school is how OSHA noncompliant it is, with things like stunt wires that break under human weight, "prop" knives that actually cut, real fire but no flame protection or sprinklers, and [[spoiler:live bullets haphazardly placed in blank clips]]. In truth, [[spoiler:everything is perfectly OSHA compliant, because all the danger is staged.]]
* NoSexAllowed: Wilcox strictly prohibits sex in his school.
school. Kevin is baffled he even bothers to bring it up. [[spoiler:It's implied the reason for it is because Kevin being filmed having sex without his consent would render the footage legally unusable, not to mention the only people around for him to have sex ''with'' are lying to him constantly and thus would technically be committing rape by deception.]]
* ShoutOut: NoStuntDouble: In season two, Kevin has become confident enough in his action skills that he fires his stunt double, Doug. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him]]. [[invoked]]
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Claude Van De Velde, the pretentious European director who demands Kevin go to Wilcox's action star school before casting him in his latest movie. [[spoiler:And is actually just luring Kevin and Jordan into unknowingly acting out the scenes for his newest movie, [[TrumanShowPlot secretly filming them so he can get "authentic" performances]].]]
* RecklessGunUsage: The point where Kevin becomes fully disillusioned with the school and starts trying to leave is when Wilcox gives the team real guns for an exercise but refuses to answer whether they are loaded with blanks or live ammunition. Shortly after, Wilcox and Hartnett ''fire off the guns in Kevin's direction as a joke'' [[spoiler:and nearly shoot him because there was ''one'' live bullet in a clip full of blanks, which is a '''massive''' no-no for rather obvious reasons.]]
* RescueRomance: Kevin ''wishes'' he and Jordan were developing this, but [[SubvertedTrope it's anything but]].
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: Kevin isn't so much rude as blunt, straightforward, and prone to not minding others' feelings. Andre, conversely, is a total NiceGuy.
* ShoutOut:
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The show’s title is a play on ''Film/DieHard''.
''Film/DieHard'', and the title cards for season one use the same red bold font famously associated with that series. Conversely, season two's title font is more akin to the font used for ''Film/FastAndFurious''.
** Upon discovering that his car was destroyed, Kevin exclaims "[[Film/TheBigLebowski they fucking killed my car!]]".
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Wilcox puts Kevin through some very realistic action Star scenarios. On his first day, Kevin is charged with saving a civilian from a burning building. With real fire. It only escalates from there.
* StereotypeFlip: Kevin's stunt double, Doug, is a black man who also acts and talks like your average, stereotypical white redneck.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Every time Kevin and Jordan get into a fight, they learn pretty quick that actual fights aren't nearly as choreographed and fancy as movies make it look and mostly consist of lots of tumbling about and wildly thrown hits.
** Andre gets thrown over a balcony and into a glass table. He stands up seemingly uninjured… and then notices that he's got a broken table leg jutting out of his side.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Twisted around comedically. [[spoiler:Jordan throws a knife at Mr. 206 to distract him as he's about to kill Kevin… and instead actually stabs him in the head, killing him.]]


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* VanityProject: Season two involves Kevin trying to get a movie he personally wrote to further show off his acting skills made, only to face difficulties shopping it around for a producer.
* WomenAreWiser: Subverted and deconstructed ''hard''. Jordan seems like your usual OnlySaneWoman when she first shows up, but quickly proves to be so monomaniacally determined to become an action star that she's not willing to near-completely ignore the terrifyingly unsafe conditions at Wilcox's school. [[spoiler:Which is itself a lie to conceal that she's in on the whole scheme to film Kevin without his knowledge. Even her fighting skills are all fake, as the Cartel are just yet more actors; when put in an actual fight in season two, she gets her ass kicked just as bad as Kevin.]]
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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up and currently streams the series. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up and currently streams the series. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere which was released on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.
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* TrumanShowPlot: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that Kevin and Jordan are secretly being filmed by Wilcox and Van De Velde for the latter’s movie.]]

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* NoSexAllowed: Wilcox strictly prohibits sex in his school.
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* EccentricMentor: Wilcox is an intense, strict teacher of action stars.

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* SinkOrSwimMentor: Wilcox puts Kevin through some very realistic action Star scenarios, like saving a civilian from a burning building. With real fire.

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* AbsurdPhobia: In the first episode, a talk show host comments that Kevin has a fear of woodland animals. Later in that episode, Kevin arrives at Wilcox’s school only to be frightened by a squirrel.


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* {{Typecasting}}: In universe, Kevin is fed up with being pigeon-holed into comedy sidekick parts.
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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up and currently streams the show, hoping to produce the continuation.series. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.
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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku Channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have Creator/PrimeVideo has announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.
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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku channel Channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.
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* AsHimself: Hart plays a fictionalized version of himself, trying to be seen as more than Creator/DwayneJohnson’s comedic sidekick.
* ShoutOut: The show’s title is a play on ''Film/DieHard''.
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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.

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While it was initially renewed, the show’s second season plans were stymied by the discontinuation of Quibi. In 2021, however, the Roku channel picked up the show, hoping to produce the continuation. [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-hart-die-hart-series-remake-movie-amazon-prime-video-1235219590/ As of January 2023]], the rights have moved to Creator/PrimeVideo, who have announced plans to re-edit the minisodes into a single film, ''Die Hart: The Movie'', set to premiere on February 24, 2023. Roku currently remains attached to produce the second season, ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter'', which will add cast members Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/PaulaPell, and Creator/JohnCena.Creator/JohnCena.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/tHjDozFtyXI Trailer]]
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''Die Hart'' is a 2022 short-form action comedy series created by Derick Kolstad (''Film/JohnWick'') and directed by Eric Appel (''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''). Creator/KevinHart stars as a fictionalized version of himself alongside Creator/NathalieEmmanuel, Creator/JoshHartnett, Creator/JeanReno, and Creator/JohnTravolta. The series premiered on the streaming app Quibi on July 20, 2020.

Having had his fill of playing the comedic sidekick, Hart seeks to make a pivot in his career by becoming the action movie hero. To that end, he enrolls in a boot camp. Just one problem. His trainer (Travolta) is a bit… intense.

Initially renewed for a second season, the series

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