Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007, Blu-ray Disc)

I always laugh when I read pretentious reviews and arguments about the finer plot points of Die Hard movies. This movie is true in spirit and pacing to previous Die Hard movies. If you own the original Die Hard, owning this is a no-brainer. If you fret on whether you should see or own this latest installment, you're too big a sissy for John McClane. Yippee-ki-yay, motherf***er.

Matt Farrell: “Do you have a plan?”

John McClane: “I'm gonna kill all these guys and rescue Lucy.”



Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard)

Computers and cyber-terrorism.

Minority Report type of screens.

And a 50 year-old Detective John McClane.

Certainly a recipe for disaster.

Set twelve years after Die Hard: With a Vengeance, the fourth film in the Die Hard franchise brings the anti-hero John McClane (Bruce Willis) back to Washington, D.C. (Dulles Airport (serving Washington D.C.) was the site of Die Hard 2) after stops in Los Angeles (The Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard) and New York (Die Hard: With a Vengeance).

Strangely enough, I was not planning on watching the current Die Hard installment until the scene where Matt Farrell’s (Justin Long) apartment is obliterated following a failed assassination attempt.

Farrell (Long) had a ton of expensive collectibles that were incinerated when the decapitated head of a large Terminator Endoskeleton fell from an overhead shelf onto the delete key of Farrell’s keyboard (which was connected to several explosives). (IMDB.com reports that this is a “nod to executive producer William Wisher Jr. and composer Marco Beltrami. Wisher co-wrote and appeared in The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Beltrami composed the score for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).”)

That got me going. I was rooted to my seat till the final credits rolled.

The film revisited and featured a number of Die Hard series trademarks: John McClane getting injured or thrown around like a rag doll, the element of broken glass and the use of a facilities “air-ducts, elevator shafts, and maintenance areas,” McClane’s catchphrase, “Yippie Ki Yay Mother……” and that the movie’s plot “usually unfolds” after a period of 24 hours. Die Hard 4.0 also brought back other trademarks, specifically that of McClane having a personal stake in the situation (McClane had to rescue his ex-wife in Die Hard and Die Hard 2, while his daughter was the damsel in distress in Die Hard 4.0)—which was noticeably absent during Die Hard: With a Vengeance.

In a related tidbit, Die Hard: With a Vengeance screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh mentions in the fim’s DVD commentary that he and “the production were questioned by the FBI due to the accuracy of the robbery details found in the Die Hard: With a Vengence script. Since the production had used actual blue prints in formulating the robbery to ensure its accuracy, apparently it was too accurate as such a plan could actually work.”

Cyber-Terrorism at work

I believe that the Die Hard 4.0. storyline may have come up with a similar, plausible scenario wherein the concept of a post 9-11 Woodlawn facility could actually exist. The idea of saving financial, government, and general information seems like the most logical recourse to take in the event of a terrorist attack—but as portrayed in the movie, it is also a move that is not devoid of vulnerability.

Wikipedia.org defined what cyber-terrorism—specifically Farrell’s (Long) “fire sale” as:

“The term “fire sale” is used in the 2007 movie Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0 in EU) to describe a hypothetical attack by computer hackers on vital networks of the United States government, infrastructure, and economy. Use of the term is explained with a reference to a typical fire sale: “everything must go.” Any computer-operated system will be a target for such an attack, although the movie focused on four primary objectives: disrupt

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This is a fantastic movie. Lives up to the Die Hard experience. Sweet film, lots of action and stunts

Great characters and supporting acting is excellent. Amazing special effects. Stunts are incredible but still make an effort to remain within the laws of physics.

IF YOU LIKE ACTION THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU.SOME OF THE STUNTS IN THIS MOVIE IS A LITTLE FAR OUT THERE BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR A BRUCE WILLIS FLICK.

Another great Die hard movie with great action scenes and lots one liners. Bruce Willis does a great job and the villain is super cool.

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Bruce Willis keeps your laughing while waiting for the next action sequence to happen. Side-kicked by Justin Long (from the movie ACCEPTED) Willis is entertaining till the very end.

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Granted, the movie is definately popcorn entertainment, but the gunfire, explosions, car chases, and other ridiculously awesome action looks BEAUTIFUL on Blu-Ray.

Blu-Ray really is the format of the future, and Live Free or Die Hard is an excellent example of the crisp picture and sound possible with Blu.

As for the film itself, it is just as entertaining as the original Die Hard. Bruce Willis is still a superb action hero.

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Loved it! We did not think that after the other Die Hard's that this one would be any good. It was a whole new twist on the Die Hard's. Usually that will make us not like a movie when the story line does not follow in suit, but for this sequel, it was refreshing. We are glad we bought it and added it to our collection.

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I like the movie. The movie had a lot of action pack parts and the movie keep you looking at it from start to finish. But the reason I got the movie is for my boyfriend that loves Blu-ray dvd.

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There were some good action scenes but overall movie was pretty predicable. There were some real slow parts and it didn't really flow. Bruce is getting old and not really his cup of tea anymore.

A great Die Hard film, with lots of action. Only dissapointment is that the film is rated PG-13, so many things are censored. The Blu Ray provides excellent video and audio, and a ton of extras.

I viewed it in the theatre. It's one of those movies that you must see on the big screen. Then I viewed it with my home theater with a regular DVD. Something was missing. I bought it in Bluray and although the film still screams for a theatre setting, my 60 inch high def surround sound theater did a really good job with the blueray making all the difference.

Video & Sound quality on this blu-ray were excellent. There are extras but I found them to be lame at best. That is the best extras you can come up with on a franchise movie?! Very disapointing. The language is foul from start to finish, even for a Die Hard action movie it gets to be too much. The stunts are awesome, the movie could have used a better script writer.

My advice - rent it if you want to see it on blu-ray or pick-up the regular DVD, not worth the blu-ray price.

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Live Free or Die Hard', number IV in the 'Die Hard' series revisits the basic outline of the first film only in a much more grandiose stlye expanding beyond the confines of one high rise building to encompass the entire eastern seaboard. Bruce Willis reprises his signature role as police detective John McClane and does a fantastic job breathing new life into this now iconic character.

Following in the footsteps of another iconic prototype established in the first film, Timothy Olyphant does a superior job as the Alan Rickman-ish, highly intelligent villian as does Justin Long as computer hacker/sidekick to Detective McClane.. Then of course lets not forget the enchanting Maggie Q, sigh...

The action is fast and furious, the cast excellent and the dialogue witty especially Justin Longs lines). The only thing keeping this film from a five star rating is the sequence with the jet fighter which was a little too unbelievable for me.