Die Hard [insert numeric value here]McClane's Mountain
This movie just falls in line with the OTHER side of a case I've been making for years. That being that every Die Hard movie is just a cheesy 'off duty cop saves the day' script that some exec comes across and says to himself, "now, THAT'S a John McClane movie if I've ever heard one!"[subtext extension:, and I've seen three] (sorry for the run on sentence)
Crackerjack might be one that they didn't want to put the McClane/Die Hard brand on. Someone makes it anyway, albeit with a much lower budget, a fact is overstated by bad cinematography and even worse acting.
I have the sneaking suspicion that HAD they picked this script, it would've been the cinematographic equivalent of Aerosmith's "Done With Mirrors", an indelible stain in the midst of an otherwise unmarred charter. Bleh. Don't even like typing that Aerosmith title, but, that's a different thread altogether.
In summation, it's just a bad movie, and if you liked it, I'm sorry. Really.