Stunts Galore and Willis Still in Character
Added 11/22/2009
Nothing much to add to the trunk-full of reviews except that the stunts alone are worth the price of admission. Add to that a script that gives Willis the wherewithal to keep the character vital and you have a picture worth seeing. Of course, it is not the type of violence that seems real which makes it entertaining not frightening.
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Almost the best "Die Hard" sequel yet--close to the original
Added 11/18/2009
When I heard that there was going to a 4th "Die Hard" installment to the franchise--my heart sank!! Why? Because the last 2 sequels were pale repeats of the original premise with slight modifications in the plot like the hi-jacking of a plane or the threat of bombs blowing up in NYC. The franchise seemed burned out and of course Willis himself was getting long in the tooth for these shenanigans!! But lo and behold we get a re-boot in a plausible story line of how a disavowed or disgrunted government worker creates a "fire sale" by hacking in on the main computers in the nation. How's that for originality which was lacking in the sequels? Also for once Willis is not such a super-hero like he was in the sequels and gets help from computer hacker Justin Long (that "Apple guy" in the commercials)--they are a perfect pair. Though the villain, Timothy Olliyphant isn't engaging as Alan Rickman was in the original, there's plenty of knock-out action to compensate. Also the Blu-ray transfer is excellent so definitely get this one for sure.
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A die hard fire sale
Added 11/15/2009
Now, this is a *very* unrealistic movie, don't you think?
Bruce Willis is back (fully clothed this time), and yes, he is impossible to kill. Neither choppers nor fighter planes can take him out. As usual, his adversaries are some kind of German-Russian terrorists. Naturally, a stereotyped nerdie hacker is part of the show, too.
The top bandits lack personality, however. No scarred faces, no foreign accents, very little sociopathology, etc. The Asiatic woman looks like a stale computer animation. A hacker job, perhaps?
This is a fan movie. If you actually liked "Die Hard", where Bruce was running around half-naked in a skyscraper for most of the time, or "Die Hard 2", with that fabulous plane crash, or "Die Hard and Zeus meets Simon Says" when you were 14 years old, you will *love* this one.
If not, you will just say what me and my father said when we watched it the other day on Swedish cabel: "Now, this is a *very* unrealistic movie, don't you think?".
:D
Where's that fire sale, by the way?
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Full five star-cannot give it four point seven
Added 11/15/2009
Ongoing action, no cheesy sentimental mid point, excellent story, worth seeing again for the unique stunts. Awesome! Oh, if you work in IT and you are security inclined, arrrgh, step up pounding the drum, this movie makes a point.
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Gives the series a modern facelift!
Added 11/6/2009
Probably the most rereplayable of the Die Hards, the latest effort in the long running series delivers on exactly what everyone expects: A typical guy movie that contains lots of explosions, lots of action, and a certain trademarked cowboy euphamism. I wouldn't necessarily consider this the best Die Hard movie (Die Hard 3 clearly takes that title) but Live Free Die Hard delivers a modern twist that allows plot lines to become more... explosive and believable. Granted believability really isn't the goal in a Die Hard movie. There is certainly ample occurances where you will have to be quite forgiving in how the movie bends the laws of physics. However, it brings about a decent (and most applicable) plot line, decent acting and lots, and lots of amazing action sequences that leaves you pining for the next step up in your surround system, and only hoping that you can fly a car into a helicopter, and destroy a plane with your bare hands when you are passing into your 50's.
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Stunts Galore and Willis Still in Character
Added 11/22/2009
Nothing much to add to the trunk-full of reviews except that the stunts alone are worth the price of admission. Add to that a script that gives Willis the wherewithal to keep the character vital and you have a picture worth seeing. Of course, it is not the type of violence that seems real which makes it entertaining not frightening.
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Almost the best "Die Hard" sequel yet--close to the original
Added 11/18/2009
When I heard that there was going to a 4th "Die Hard" installment to the franchise--my heart sank!! Why? Because the last 2 sequels were pale repeats of the original premise with slight modifications in the plot like the hi-jacking of a plane or the threat of bombs blowing up in NYC. The franchise seemed burned out and of course Willis himself was getting long in the tooth for these shenanigans!! But lo and behold we get a re-boot in a plausible story line of how a disavowed or disgrunted government worker creates a "fire sale" by hacking in on the main computers in the nation. How's that for originality which was lacking in the sequels? Also for once Willis is not such a super-hero like he was in the sequels and gets help from computer hacker Justin Long (that "Apple guy" in the commercials)--they are a perfect pair. Though the villain, Timothy Olliyphant isn't engaging as Alan Rickman was in the original, there's plenty of knock-out action to compensate. Also the Blu-ray transfer is excellent so definitely get this one for sure.
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A die hard fire sale
Added 11/15/2009
Now, this is a *very* unrealistic movie, don't you think?
Bruce Willis is back (fully clothed this time), and yes, he is impossible to kill. Neither choppers nor fighter planes can take him out. As usual, his adversaries are some kind of German-Russian terrorists. Naturally, a stereotyped nerdie hacker is part of the show, too.
The top bandits lack personality, however. No scarred faces, no foreign accents, very little sociopathology, etc. The Asiatic woman looks like a stale computer animation. A hacker job, perhaps?
This is a fan movie. If you actually liked "Die Hard", where Bruce was running around half-naked in a skyscraper for most of the time, or "Die Hard 2", with that fabulous plane crash, or "Die Hard and Zeus meets Simon Says" when you were 14 years old, you will *love* this one.
If not, you will just say what me and my father said when we watched it the other day on Swedish cabel: "Now, this is a *very* unrealistic movie, don't you think?".
:D
Where's that fire sale, by the way?
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