Die Hard: The Cartoon

Rating: 6/10 (29 June 2007)

Being a huge 'Die Hard' fan I would rank this my least favorite (or on par, depending on my mood, with part 2) but that aside it's the most entertaining film I've seen this summer. It's pretty much 'Die Hard: The Cartoon' or 'Die Hard: Fan Fiction Fun'. It's silly, over the top (Literally over-the-top: look out for the jet fighter scene) and pretty much a string of exciting action sequences thrown together. Forget plot. Forget logic. This is candy for the senses, if the original 'Die Hard' was some fancy French chocolate 'Live Free or Die Hard' is Pop Rocks. Artificially sweet, cheap and it's only real redeeming quality is that it pops. For those of you who are worried about the PG-13, sure it's a little watered down (less blood, no gore head shots, every swear word minus F-bombs etc) but it's a PG-13 movie bordering on R (let's hope FOX cashes in and gives us the Unrated DVD this December). See it, enjoy it and don't think too much about it. I would recommend watching it with a big crowd. I saw it opening night and the audience loved it (there was no "That was a disappointment" lethargic audience exodus I witnessed with 'Spiderman 3' or 'Pirates'.)