An unworthy piece of garbage that nearly defaces the franchise.

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2008)

Live Free or Die Hard (or Die Hard 4.0 more respectively) is an absurd, laughable action movie. It ruins itself by mainly being in the Die Hard Franchise in the first place, simply put: there's no way in Hell it fits being the brain-dead cheesy action flick it is. I can respect those types of films just as long as it's meant to be that way (ever seen Shoot Em Up? =) ).
As you may have guessed, what really ruins the film is the insanely impossible and all-round stupid action that takes place. Contrary to some typical belief, not ALL Die Hards were like that. The original Die Hard did have at most two (I think) what I found cheesy moments. Even those were excusable. But Bruce Willis running over Maggie Q with an SUV and her being unharmed and hanging on the hood is not. As isn't crashing a car into a toll booth using it as a jump therefore having the car crash into a helicopter thus bringing it down, or John McClane being able to jump onto a moving jet, stand on it, blow it up and then jump off of it right where it crashes and emerge unharmed, and so on. Once again, none of that is Die Hard AT ALL (exceptions: a few parts in Die Hards 1 and 3 and Die Hard 2-ugh).
The people in this film do not help at all either. It's an insult that Bruce Willis signed on to this in the first place. This is quite possibly his worst film. Oh and let's not forget the crap performances by Justin Long (annoying in this film), Maggie Q (tough girl act does not work for you in Die Hard 4, stick to live action appearances in the Need for Speed videogames, okay), Timothy Olphant (sucks horrendously as a villain), and it's all topped off by a small appearance by Kevin Smith as the clichéd fat geek with the geeky nickname.
I shall not forget the overall bad premise of Live Free or Die Hard either. Why does John McClane, a cop, have to all the suddenly 'save the country'? Die Hard 1 was simply 'kill the terrorists to survive and save the hostages' while being confined ONLY to a building, not fly from D.C. to this place and then Kevin Smith's basement. Die Hard 3 was even passable because it showed him as a NY police officer. Now it's 'save the United States from certain doom because some douchebag is controlling the cell phone towers and what not!'
Die Hard 4 (excuse me, Live Free or Die Hard) is a crap filled action movie that I all-round loathe. If you're just looking for something to entertain you and you're not bothered by any of the things mentioned above, then waste you're hard-earned dough and rent or buy it. If you're a Die Hard fan or you've seen the previous films that were GOOD, then wait until it's on Cinemax like me or avoid at all cost.
Bottom line: a shame to the series and only entertaining as a laugh fest.