Caught John McClane [JMC] (Bruce Wills) in all the Die Hard 4.0 action this Friday, opening night show. If you are wondering whether you should watch this flick - my suggestion is certainly/+vely YES! Specially, for all Die Hard fans and action movie buffs.
The entire movie in totality gels and amalgamates into a great overall experience; although may seem to be a bit clumsy and not all that fine in disintegration.
It has abundant amount of kick-ass stunts (some of them have actually been performed on streets rather against some green backdrop), thrills, comedy with a storyline built on a plot to wreak the entire US utility, telecommunications, transportation…infrastructure and control the entire financial data (Its always about the money) by a group of cyber-terrorists led by Timothy Olyphant and Maggie Q. The rest is how JMC, an analog entity in the digital world with the help of Justin Long his hacker sidekick save the day.
You definitely can't miss out the trademark McClane quick & witty humor and bone crunching action (Stunt double of Wills did get injured while performing a difficult stunt for the movie).
There is good chemistry between Wills and Justin Long (The "I'm a Mac Guy" you can catch on Apple commercials & earlier seen in Herbie Fully Loaded, Jeepers Creepers) and their on-the-run byplay gives each scene the added X-factor.
There were occasional applause from the audience especially when JMC brings down a helicopter with a car, Fight with Maggie Q & when his kidnapped daughter is told by the villain (Tim Olyphant) --- to make him understand that he is fighting a loosing battle, she quips - "There are only 4 left now, Dad!"; however the F-35 taking on McClean in a Semi & him riding it to the ground was something I thought a bit over (reminiscing of Arnold in True Lies with a Sea Harrier).
So go ahead and have fun. Thumbs Up from me! Yippee-ki-yay!!!
The entire movie in totality gels and amalgamates into a great overall experience; although may seem to be a bit clumsy and not all that fine in disintegration.
It has abundant amount of kick-ass stunts (some of them have actually been performed on streets rather against some green backdrop), thrills, comedy with a storyline built on a plot to wreak the entire US utility, telecommunications, transportation…infrastructure and control the entire financial data (Its always about the money) by a group of cyber-terrorists led by Timothy Olyphant and Maggie Q. The rest is how JMC, an analog entity in the digital world with the help of Justin Long his hacker sidekick save the day.
You definitely can't miss out the trademark McClane quick & witty humor and bone crunching action (Stunt double of Wills did get injured while performing a difficult stunt for the movie).
There is good chemistry between Wills and Justin Long (The "I'm a Mac Guy" you can catch on Apple commercials & earlier seen in Herbie Fully Loaded, Jeepers Creepers) and their on-the-run byplay gives each scene the added X-factor.
There were occasional applause from the audience especially when JMC brings down a helicopter with a car, Fight with Maggie Q & when his kidnapped daughter is told by the villain (Tim Olyphant) --- to make him understand that he is fighting a loosing battle, she quips - "There are only 4 left now, Dad!"; however the F-35 taking on McClean in a Semi & him riding it to the ground was something I thought a bit over (reminiscing of Arnold in True Lies with a Sea Harrier).
So go ahead and have fun. Thumbs Up from me! Yippee-ki-yay!!!
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Hey, great review on the action packed movie! I've also written a review at http://pbae.blogspot.com/2007/07/die-hard-40-live-free-or-die-hard.html
Please let me know what you think.
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