Bruce is back, and not just with a vengeance...

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2011)

Our favourite punk-busting ex-cop has returned to the multiplex cinemas once again with yet another action-filled, gripping, 128 minutes of absolute edge-of-the-seat, quality film.
This time, John McClain (Bruce Willis) has teamed up with computer geek Matt Farrel (Justin Long), who has wrote and distributed a code to take down all of the USA in a fire sale; Bruce and co are on a mission to bring it the code back down and save the country from complete destruction.
Len Wiseman is the mastermind behind the film: He worked as a screen writer, as the director of the film and presumably also lending in a hand with the countless props used. And he could well be one of the top directors in the new market, considering this is just his third film to direct he certainly has some major talent. Born and raised in California, Len started his career in the props industry, creating props for the likes of Godzilla, Men in Black and Independence Day until his talent was recognised and he was born into the world of a director.
So Willis seems to have given the good's yet again in the spectacular, fourth of the series of movies, not letting his ever growing age show a sliver. All of his vehicular mayhem has definitely not been spared as Wiseman went to the utmost extremes to create some of the most fantastic displays of CGI that has been seen for a long time - The tunnel scene and the F35 scene the two most prominent flags of this. Yes, we knew they were fake. But it fitted in perfect.
Although one part of the film particularly clicked with me in that during Willis' chaotic game of cat and mouse, he stumbles across a cleverly composed message, made of clips of words that presidents have said over the years, ended by 'live' footage of the Whitehouse exploding, at which point everyone rushes out onto the street in this fantastic zenith, and thankfully, Wiseman has managed to not have a nadir in his film – This being rather uncommon these days.
One of the most alarming things that this film says to us is that this could really happen, and after the film is finished the sudden realisation of that a fire sale could really happen is rather disturbing.
One of the things I loved about this film is that it didn't stray from them comfortable conventions that surround the world of action movies nowadays. Rather than being clever, it gave you exactly what you wanted; it gave you a high-paced, gun firing, bomb-blowing film.
So Mr Lee Wiseman has thankfully managed to round off the Die Hard series with a fantastic end, unfortunately, it doesn't look as if there will be another Die Hard, at least in the near future anyway and you know what I think about that – Yippi-Kay-Ay Motherfu....