This movie is awarded an 8??

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2007)

I know the storyline isn't the most important part of a good actionmovie, but Die hard 4.0 really showed that even these movies need at least some element of surprise. The storyline was about the corniest I've ever had to endure; An evil hackermastermind tries to collapse the computerized American system, to get very very rich in the process. This already wonderfully original storyline (yes, I'm being ironic here) gets even better with the kidnapping of McClane's daughter. I couldn't believe that even a Die Hard movie would treat it's viewers to such a lame storyline, so I kept waiting hopefully for a twist in the plot, needless to say, in vain.
The biggest problem however was that the rest of the movie didn't manage to make up for any of these flaws, like sometimes is the case with other mindless actionmovies. The overabundance of computer animated actionscenes, often stretched far beyond any acceptable point of unrealism, made Die Hard 4.0 feel "plastic" and fake. This is not to say that the whole movie didn't have it's moments, but from movies like Die Hard, I expect to be taken for a roller-coaster ride of excitement that makes me forget that any time is passing at all while watching it. Instead I kept looking at my watch...