Live Free or Die Hard - Can't Get Any Better

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2007)

Each time they do a "Die Hard" movie, they get better and better. This one was no exception. The action starts at the beginning and takes your breath away. Every frame is so filled with movement you feel like you're actually there and expect pieces of whatever just blew up to come falling down around you.
I think the most important aspect of this film (while already being ALL the things I absolutely LOVE about the Die Hard series) is the connection to the kids. John McClane's daughter and Matt Farrell, super hacker, are represented in an incredibly "real" way - not condescending but as teens who have the same issues as the guy next door's family...well until they get involved in John McClane's world. At the end, you almost feel like you've stepped into John McClane's "non-action" life when the two keep repeating "did he/she say anything about me?" These characters lend themselves to a future "Die Hard" endeavor - McClane's daughter being the type who would take names and truly kick some rear-end.
The action was amazing. The story kept my attention from start to finish. I left the theater with a sense of camaraderie with all the other "Die Hard" fans who came to the "minute after midnight" premier in the United States. We ooooo'd and ahhhhh'd so much we missed half of John McClane's best lines, ensuring we would all have to come see the movie again once the initial booming impact of it faded away and we could concentrate on the story.
The icing on the cake for this most incredible of evenings was the fact that my favorite filmmaker, Kevin Smith, had a role in this movie. I know I'm being greedy, but I want "Die Hard 5" already. I never expected "Lie Free or Die Hard," but now that I've had it I want more. Hopefully someone will come up with a good script that will lend itself to being adapted to John McClane. If you loved the fast-paced, action-filled, take no prisoners style of the first three "Die Hard" movies this one is an ABSOLUTE MUST!!!