Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

The choice will be clear.

Rating

2.8 (2)

Release Date

6/20/2007

Runtime

128 mins

Overview

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$110,000,000

Revenue

$383,531,464

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A high-octane action thriller that balances explosive set pieces with genuine heart, as a aging cop and a young hacker race to stop a cyber attack on America's infrastructure. McClane's weariness and the father-daughter dynamic ground the spectacle in something unexpectedly tender.

Mood

ExhilaratingTenseWistful

Themes

RedemptionFamilyTechnologyPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

it retains some of the spirit of the first 3 movies but it makes john to clean, he's to much like your generic action hero.
some of the shit he pulls himself out of is to over the top and because of that he turns into this super human. he still gets hurt sometimes but he gets up in like no time. the fun of the original trilogy is that john makes mistakes while fighting, half of the time he loses with his brawn but wins with his smarts.

for example, i like the moment in die hard 2 where a board of wood falls on top of him, he loses his gun yet he gets quick back on his feet.
in the third film him and graves are stuck, captured by the bad guys but ultimately get free because of working together.
i also feel that john's cockiness level is toned down way to much.
at least justin long was fun aswell as the goat that is kevin smith making a cameo.

stormaciousd

Oh my god! We’re having a fire… sale!

With the hacker plot, it should have been called DIE H4RD with the 4 as the A.

It seems like John McClane spent the decade between Die Hard 3 and 4 doing sidequests for xp, because he has unlocked a full skill tree of new abilities. I'm not that into the Die Hard franchise as a whole, so I don't mind, but I think I would mind if I had grown up on the original trilogy. Ultimately I want to root for Timothy Olyphant either way.

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