Die Hard 4 point Zero

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2007)

with a UK title like that i should have sensed the dangers... unfortunately this chapter of Die Hard tries to be far too tech savvy, and i eventually lost patience with all the downloading and uploading in the end
overall i found that Bruce, who must be the number 1 draw for any Die Hard movie, got lost under the weight of all the tech gadgetry
i also found the storyline to be quite strained. things get off to a nice start but then we find ourselves on a quiet drive up to Minnesota on the back of a hunch(?)... then on the way back the young fella spots a friends house from a helicopter in darkness so they stop off there for help. it all seems very disjointed and a lot of time is wasted during these set pieces. if the story had been put together more cohesively then all that travel time would not have been necessary
i was also very disappointed with the quality of some of the dialogue editing in this movie. lots of lines delivered while people have their mouths closed etc. dialogue which is tonally out of place. quite shoddy actually, and why? just so this title could get released on 4th July? why was that necessary?
i also found Bruce Willis's on screen daughter to be fiercely irritating, constantly delivering one liners in a really poorly acted manner
worthy of a 6 because it's good mindless entertainment (the warplane section at the end was utterly ridiculous) but i expect more from a Die Hard movie given the quality of the first instalment and the calibre of Willis