Die Hard Rocks Despite Watered Down PG-13 Rating

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2007)

Live Free or Die Hard is the fourth installment in the Die Hard series, starring Bruce Willis as the tough ass police detective John McClane. This time, McClane teams up with an internet hacker (Justin "Hello, I'm a Mac" Long) in attempts to take down some internet terrorist organization, whose goal is to destroy the entire United States economy. The whole plot moves quickly without giving the viewer much time to actually think about what's going on, and in actuality, just sets up the movies' next stunning, yet implausible action sequence. The action sequences are really what this movie is all about. No one comes into this movie theater for a clever script or Oscar material acting. They come to see Bruce Willis shoot people, run around, blow stuff up, and say "Yippy-yi-yay mother------" . And that's exactly what they receive. Shot as an R movie, Live Free or Die Hard was watered down in the editing room to obtain a more "family friendly" PG-13 rating. It's obvious where some of the choppy cuts are to blank out an F word or cut away right before the impact of a bullet. Even so, it does not become a children's movie. It's still bad ass, and Bruce Willis is still awesome. Keep an eye out for a great cameo of Kevin Smith as "The Warlock." **** of *****