Unbelievable plot, action packed, but certainly no Die Hard

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2008)

This movie for me was disappointing. I had three main expectations: 1) a continuous 'grabbing' plot, that could be 'movie' believable. 2) a human John (Bruce Willis) who rescues us from evil and we can relate to. 3) a good sidekick that has his/her own place in the plot
None of these expectations were met. 1) The story was really too fantastic to be believable, too far reached. 2) John wasn't John anymore, he was turned into superman, which made it hard to relate to him. This is the main reason why I rated this movie low. Die Hard has the charm that, all be it in fantasy, that you could be John Mc Clane, you can identify and live with him, and so together rescue the world from evil. That concept has been killed by this new Die Hard 4. 3) the sidekick in the form of the hacker, Matt Farell. His performance was good, but he was too closely tight into action with John and was too weak to stand out. He is no Samuel Jackson, who stands out as strong as Bruce Willis and forms a tag team with him. Here, both in the plot and in acting, Matt Farell was more a drag then a tag team player.
Conclusion: The movie was certainly action packed. The acting was good (except for the bad guys, that was really weak in my opinion. Though Maggie Q played a deliciously evil tough woman that performed a Die Hard worthy fight with John). The plot really out of reality and too fantastic. It was definitely no Die Hard, that was severely disappointing.