Great action for the summer!

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2007)

The long awaited sequel for Die Hard finally came this summer! Live Free or Die Hard could have been a disaster considering that it's been 12 years since Die Hard with a Vengeance or there were worries that it would be damaging to the original Die Hard. But as it turns out, Live Free or Die Hard turned out to be probably the best action movie of the year! Bruce Willis is now 52 years old, but not only does he not look it, he can still play John McClane like he did 20 years ago. He's still rocking these Die Hard films. It was also a different take since we are now in a different era, so it was cool to see all the updated features of living and being in 2007.
John is still divorced and his kids won't talk to him, it's a wonder why he's still in his job since it's all he has left in his life. But when he gets an assignment mearly to pick up a computer hacker, Matt Farrel, he and Matt get attacked in Matt's apartment. It turns out there are some terrorists that are after Matt since he's such a well known computer hacker, these terrorists are after money and to make the country their's. But I guess they didn't see the other Die Hard movies, because they should know better than to ever mess with John McClane or his daughter!
Live Free or Die Hard may have extremely unbelievable situations, but that's what makes it such a great action film! These are some of the best action sequences I have seen in a long time, my favorite was the SUV with the female terrorist, that was so cool! John has in no way lost his edge and I wouldn't hesitate to say that this is the best Die Hard sequel so far! Justin Long was a great addition, he's coming quite a long way in his career. Timothy Olyphant is a great villain, but still I wouldn't compare him to Alan Rickman, he's the ultimate villain. But still, I would highly recommend this film to any one, it's a great action movie and just altogether an excellent summer blockbuster.
8/10