Hugely enjoyable action flick that delivers likeable characters, a decent plot, plenty of wisecracks and more breathtakingly ridiculous stunts than you'll know what to do with.
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07/17/07
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
81 %
Reviews Counted: 190 Fresh: 153 Rotten:37 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus:
Live Free or Die Hard may be preposterous, but it's an efficient, action-packed summer popcorn flick with thrilling stunts and a commanding performance by Bruce Willis. Fans of the previous Die Hard films will not be disappointed.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Theatrical Release: 04-07-2007
Synopsis: After a twelve-year hiatus, Bruce Willis is back as New York City detective John McClane, who still plays by his own set of rules. Following DIE HARD (1988), DIE HARDER (1990), and DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995), the fourth installment in the popular action series stars DEADWOOD's Timothy... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Timothy Olyphant, Jonathan Sadowski
Director: Len Wiseman
Story: Mark Bomback, David Marconi
Producer: John McTiernan, Bruce Willis, Arnold Rifkin
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Story: Mark Bomback, David Marconi
Producer: John McTiernan, Bruce Willis, Arnold Rifkin
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Reviews
It's peppered with thrilling computer-generated action, but there's still something endearingly old-fashioned about McClane and his bare-knuckled way of dealing with bad guys.
07/06/07
This fourth episode of the Die Hard series, with its plot that seems to have come straight out of Marvel Comics and its preposterous if dynamic action sequences, has only a battered 52-year-old Bruce Willis as John McClane to commend it as a drama.
07/06/07
At least I hope it's the last. Willis does OK for a middle-aged guy, but as another famous die-hard once said, a man's got to know his limitations.
07/06/07
The most important thing is that director Len Wiseman stays true to the original formula. He could have gone for showy CGI or tried to be too self-referential. Instead, we get an uncomplicated plot, real stunts and a script which makes the most of Willis.
07/06/07
For the most part, it’s an enjoyable rollercoaster ride featuring lots and lots of explosions and some great special effects. Alas, it’s not up there with the first three movies.
07/06/07
Given Wiseman’s lack of style or guile, Die Hard 4.0 is pining for the freshness JJ Abrams pumped into M:I:3. Dopey story, so-so script and mostly ordinary action. It’s the ever-enjoyable Willis that makes it worth your while.
07/06/07
You know where you are with Bruce Willis. Unlike Schwarzenegger, he won't be moving into namby-pamby politics any time soon. He differs from Stallone these days in managing not to resemble an aborted experiment at Madame Tussaud's
07/06/07
Top Critic
Willis was entitled to one more kick-ass action outing. But please, let this be the last. Anything more would be dying soft.
07/06/07
Top Critic
The aesthetic point might be elusive, but that’s Bruce. Like this film, he has little time for detail.
07/06/07
Top Critic
Chasing the ghosts of past glories in the name of product allegiance, Die Hard 4.0 clatters noisily down the lift shaft into oblivion.
07/06/07
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Yippee-ki-yay! Willis still has the goods. Credit to Wiseman, who keeps the thrills coming, and pass the popcorn.
07/06/07
Top Critic
It's efficient and entertaining, but even more preposterous than the first three films.
06/23/07
Live Free or Die Hard is as close as we are going to get to reliving the good old action films of the '80s.
07/23/08
I was actually nervous with all the gunfire and near misses. But then it kept happening over and over again. So instead of being involved, I studied the action sequences.
03/03/08
As more and more movies rely on massive CGI enhancement and Hong Kong choreographed wire-rigged fights, Die Hard revels in good, old-fashioned fist fights and real, immaculately executed stunts.
02/28/08
Its hyperactive 80's chic action crap and I had a blast just the same...
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