For those who are “die hard” Bruce Willis fans, this latest offering in the franchise will not disappoint. “Live Free or Die Hard” delivers enough pyrotechnics, shootouts and tightly choreographed fight scenes, to satisfy any action-movie lover’s heart.
Based on the article A Farewell to Arms, by John Carlin, “Live Free or Die Hard” opens with hackers from various locations sharing their trade secrets with Mai (Maggie Q) over the telephone. Shortly thereafter, the unwitting hackers, all except Matt Farrell, played by Keanu Reeves look-alike, Justin Long, are compensated for their help. Because McClane is “in the neighborhood” and a senior officer, he receives the dubious honor of escorting Farrell to FBI the director, Bowman (Cliff Curtis), in Washington, D.C. It is at this point that one might say, “Let the games begin!” Mai (Q), her boyfriend and terrorist ringleader, Thomas Gabriel (HOT Timothy Olyphant), and a team of dedicated assassins and technicians go for broke trying to tie up one last loose end.
Gabriel, et al intend to pull off an even bigger heist than either Hans in “Die Hard” or his brother, Simon, in “Die Hard With a Vengeance.” The film brings back memories of the day the Northeast stood still during a massive power outage spread across eight northern U.S. states and parts of Ontario, Canada. Picture that on a larger scale like, say, the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Faced with the reality of what his algorithm program has helped create, Farrell is determined to help McClane set things right again. Au contraire, you’ll be saying by the end of the film as both McClane and Farrell survive explosions, gunshot wounds and falls that should have, if not killed them, then at least left them totally incapacitate. The same goes for what some of the villains got up and walked away from, too. Nobody takes a punch more prettily than Maggie Q. Patricia Arquette, who admittedly took her punches like a man, didn’t look even half as good after James Gandolfini was done with her in “True Romance.”
The stunts and action sequences in this movie are nothing short of exciting. The tunnel and fire hydrant sequences are amazing. Later, there is a scene where one assassin incorporates "free running" or "parkour" to navigate. He also navigates a la Jackie Chan at one point and a la Mitch Gaylord at another. The whole scene is fun to watch.
“Live Free or Die Hard” is rated PG-13, in spite of all the violence. Directed by Len Wiseman (“Underworld” and “Underworld: Evolution”), the film provides two hours and nine minutes of virtually non-stop action. It’s well worth seeing if you’re into exciting, fast-paced, totally impossible movies. I can’t wait to see it again when it comes out on DVD so I can – I hope – check out how those incredible stunts were done in the special features segment.
I give this movie *** for fun and excitement.
Based on the article A Farewell to Arms, by John Carlin, “Live Free or Die Hard” opens with hackers from various locations sharing their trade secrets with Mai (Maggie Q) over the telephone. Shortly thereafter, the unwitting hackers, all except Matt Farrell, played by Keanu Reeves look-alike, Justin Long, are compensated for their help. Because McClane is “in the neighborhood” and a senior officer, he receives the dubious honor of escorting Farrell to FBI the director, Bowman (Cliff Curtis), in Washington, D.C. It is at this point that one might say, “Let the games begin!” Mai (Q), her boyfriend and terrorist ringleader, Thomas Gabriel (HOT Timothy Olyphant), and a team of dedicated assassins and technicians go for broke trying to tie up one last loose end.
Gabriel, et al intend to pull off an even bigger heist than either Hans in “Die Hard” or his brother, Simon, in “Die Hard With a Vengeance.” The film brings back memories of the day the Northeast stood still during a massive power outage spread across eight northern U.S. states and parts of Ontario, Canada. Picture that on a larger scale like, say, the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Faced with the reality of what his algorithm program has helped create, Farrell is determined to help McClane set things right again. Au contraire, you’ll be saying by the end of the film as both McClane and Farrell survive explosions, gunshot wounds and falls that should have, if not killed them, then at least left them totally incapacitate. The same goes for what some of the villains got up and walked away from, too. Nobody takes a punch more prettily than Maggie Q. Patricia Arquette, who admittedly took her punches like a man, didn’t look even half as good after James Gandolfini was done with her in “True Romance.”
The stunts and action sequences in this movie are nothing short of exciting. The tunnel and fire hydrant sequences are amazing. Later, there is a scene where one assassin incorporates "free running" or "parkour" to navigate. He also navigates a la Jackie Chan at one point and a la Mitch Gaylord at another. The whole scene is fun to watch.
“Live Free or Die Hard” is rated PG-13, in spite of all the violence. Directed by Len Wiseman (“Underworld” and “Underworld: Evolution”), the film provides two hours and nine minutes of virtually non-stop action. It’s well worth seeing if you’re into exciting, fast-paced, totally impossible movies. I can’t wait to see it again when it comes out on DVD so I can – I hope – check out how those incredible stunts were done in the special features segment.
I give this movie *** for fun and excitement.
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