Decent action movie, but not Die Hard

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2007)

"Live Free or Die Hard" should've dropped the Die Hard name altogether and maybe gone with "Live Free or Die Trying". It's a pretty good action movie, with a few completely unbelievable scenes (literally), but it doesn't have the same feel to the characters or the action that every other Die Hard has. The action feels like something more out of a James Bond movie than Die Hard. This is just a quick summer movie sequel cash-in, further evidenced by the PG-13 rating.
The villain's plan is interesting, but rendered laughable because of certain ways it is talked about and described in the movie. It feels like a toned-down, crazy, inferior alternate version of "Die Hard With a Vengeance". Honestly, 12 years should have been more than enough time to come up with a better sequel than this.
My biggest gripes with the movie, and things that would've made this feel like "Die Hard" if they were changed: * Weak villain, almost beats out the villain in DH2 in terms of lameness. * John McClane is only in the movie by name. Bruce Willis/Len Wiseman do nothing to bring the character back, other than including his daughter and: * Including, yet muddling the classic line, "Yippee-kay-aye-mutha..." * Completely ridiculous and implausible action scenes, especially the sequence with the F35. All other Die Hards had crazy action scenes, but all were plausible within the context of the film. This one requires complete suspension of disbelief.