Die Hard?

Rating: 8/10 (12 July 2007)

I was really excited about this film coming out. I had watched all the previous films and this seemed to be a greatly needed sequel to a classic saga.
The film began and it immediately grabbed my attention, as i was watching the film my heart raced throughout until he was faced with Maggie Q.
Even without medical training, i feel as though i am pretty safe in saying that being hit with such a large car would injure you in some way. Not only that but being driven through a series of walls and obstacles would cause some damage! Even after all that. shes plummeted into a concrete wall of an elevator shaft and comes off without a scratch! Anyone else, in the world, would have died or at least been unable to move their lower limbs, as they have been crushed into a million pieces.
I got over this and saw is as "drama" and continued watching, i knew that the inevitable plane crash scene which is present in to many modern movies was approaching.
I watched this and kept an open mind, knowing that a lot of work has been put in to make these, particularly difficult scenes appear realistic. And yes, it does appear so, well, as far as a man being chased along the highway by a plane can.
But the climax of this scene, where he's standing on the back on a spinning aeroplane, as if he's having a leisurely surf was ridiculous! My heart stopped racing and dropped! Literally. from that moment on, the film held little promise.
The film, in my opinion regained some credits, and for the first time in about 8weeks, i feel as though i haven't wasted my money in the cinema, trying to find a decent film to watch.
Call it die hard, but when do the people die? Is it hard to kill these days? It never used to be.