Exaggerated to say the least

Rating: 5/10 (17 July 2007)

I can't believe the current rating of this film here on IMDb. 8/10??? No, this is NOT the best sequel this year. No, this is NOT the best Die Hard. Probably the worst along with Die Hard 3.
The film basically consists of larger-than-life action scenes, one after another. Great action films make use of the scenes in between the action scenes, the viewer has to be able to catch his/her breath and maybe even get to know the characters a little bit. Die Hard 4.0 (as it's called here in Europe) does not bother about this at all, the motto seems to be: "The more explosions and dead people, the better".
The Die Hard films were never realistic, but this is silly. The film actually develops into a comedy.
The dialogue is not excellent, the dialogue is stupid and boring.
And Timothy Oliphant is feeble as the villain, he probably got the part because of his cold glance.
The first two Die Hard films are great action flicks, but this one is just an over the top collection of action scenes. It gets ridiculous after a while, and you end up yawning. Furthermore, the film is too long. With better dialogue and more sensitive use of action scenes this could be good. But unfortunately it isn't.