Directed by Len Wiseman
Screenplay and story by Mark Bomback
Story by David Marconi
Based on "A Farewell to Arms" by John Carlin
Produced by Michael Fottrell
Starring
Bruce Willis
Justin Long
Timothy Olyphant
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Cliff Curtis
Maggie Q
Release date: June 22, 2007
Release date: August 10, 2007 (Australia)
Synopsis
As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, veteran cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) carries out another routine assignment: bringing in a computer hacker (Justin Long) for questioning. Meanwhile, a tech-savvy villain named Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) launches an attack on America's computer infrastructure. As chaos descends around him, McClane must use old-fashioned methods to fight the high-tech threat.
Review
Die Hard 4.0 was produced from 2005-2006, where special effects started to get very advanced, so that's why this movie is loaded with them. Unlike most of my favourite action films (Police Story, Project A, Super Cop), almost half the movie is CGI and VFX and it still manages to be likeable.
The movie is bombarded with funny dialogue between Matt and McClane, which portrayers both have amazing chemistry together.
While the movie is PG-13, you might expect that to impact some of the action, but the only thing it DID impact was the profanity.
Many f-bombs and s-words were cut out but put back in for the Unrated Version.
In Australia, Die Hard 4.0 was released with the PG-13 cut with an M rating, the same as the others in the series (The Australian Classification Board is less strict with regards to language and to a lesser extent, violence). The unrated version was later released on DVD and Blu-ray also with an M rating. The film, notably never released in home media with its theatrical cut, has only been released in Australia as the extended edition.
But despite what version I watched the film in, it was still good and not a disappointment. The fight scenes are still up to the same standard [and a bit better] then in the first three movies.
The quality in this movie has seem to gone up. Old Habits of making a mediocre film Died Hard.
And lastly, the important question - Live free or Die Hard?
Die hard.
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Rating: 8/10
