Take Off Your Nostalgia Hats, Folks

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2007)

This is a top #250 movie!?!?!? What movie did everyone who voted an 8 or above watch? I know IMDb voters lean favorably towards new releases, but c'mon, that's just ridiculous. This was a dead average action film, with a decent performance by an aging Bruce and the occasional interesting moment, but certainly nothing to write home about. A weak useless villain; bloated running time; ridiculous action sequences (Bruce airgliding down the tail of a F35... people liked that?); and most importantly, a PG-13 ethos that stood in direct contradiction to everything that the original Die Hard stood for -- these and other glitches add up to render DH4.0 as just another ho-hum summer popcorn movie that isn't great by any stretch of the imagination. If this is one of the best movies you've ever seen in your life (i.e., worthy of top 250 status in your book), then I just feel sorry for you.