Defending Die Hard 4.0 a modern solid perfect underrated action packed flick

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2019)

Me defending this flick, Die Hard 4.0 in my country or Live Free or Die Hard in US come out in 2007. There is an unrated version of this film, but I have never seen it before. I saw only theatrical version on my Blu-ray disc I don't have both of the cuts in my country. This is the fourth sequel in a "Die Hard" franchise. It is a sequel to Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). Directed by Len Wiseman and returns Bruce Willis as Detective John McClane. This film did had some problems than the first three Die Hard films had, but still it does feel to me like a Die Hard film!
Is it better than Die Hard (1988) or Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)? No! it is not better than those two masterpieces. But to me it is better than Die Hard 2 (1990) I put this film above Die Harder, this is my opinion. I love this film to death! It is my third favorite Die Hard film and my personal favorite action film in my top 15 favorite action films. I am huge, big fan of Die Hard and Die Hard: With a Vengeance after Die Hard 3 ended it was my wish to get another Die Hard movie another great sequel like Die Hard 4.0. It has been talked in many years. Before this movie come out, I know a lot of facts and no I did not take this facts from IMDb trivia. Bruce Willis hated returning to his iconic role John McClane. I read it online in 2004 that Willis stated that his character John McClane should be killed off and been dead forever. In other interview Willis claimed that his character is a retired cop. Bruce Willis did not want to make the fourth Die Hard movie.
The plot: For the fourth film, It was for years in talk that McClane would be on a holiday with his estranged daughter or son in some hotel and terrorist would take over the hotel and his daughter or son would be a hostage again. Britney Spears really wanted the role of Lucy McClane because she was a fan of Bruce Willis, but she was rejected. I was disappointed when I found out that US actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead was cast instead Britney Spears. Originaly 20 Country Fox wanted John McTiernan back as the director for this film, but at the time McTiernan was in prison so they had to find a replacement and director that know his job well was hired Len Wiseman who come on board. This was the third film that Len Wiseman directed and he did a solid job. Before this movie, he only directed Underworld (2003) and Underworld: Evolution (2006) with Kate Beckinsale in the lead role.
To me this is a best action film from 2007 it is a modern action film, my personal favorite action film of all time, it works it is a bad-ass fourth sequel. Bruce Willis is still John McClane fighting cyber internet terrorists in a old school fashion. Die Hard 4.0 is more basic Die Hard movie by the book beacuse in the book his daughter was the hostage not his wife. This movie completely goes by the book, the way it was written by Roderick Thorp's novel Nothing Lasts Forever (1979). Die Hard 4.0 is based on a different novel "A Farewell to Arms" by John Carlin. I enjoy this movie much more than Die Hard 2, the pacing is much better, the action is great, is much better to me and even the plot is better than in Die Hard 2, it is perfectly executed. I know Len Wiseman hates the color, he was forced to shoot with digitally camera the colors and the scens, to me the colors look fine and I don't mind it. Maggie Q is a bad-ass as Mai Linh second henchman and girlfriend to Thomas Gabriel. She is not better than Karl (Alexander Godunov) but she was better than Sam Phillips as Katya. Because Mai Linh kicked McClane's ass. She was sexy, hot and gorgeous babe. I really love her. Bruce Willis is great again as always as Detective John McClane he fits his role perfectly and reprise his iconic role great. Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy Gennero-McClane did a fine job, I like her. I love the Pictures and the actions. Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel the villan did a good job I love his villain. Timothy Olyphant was excellent I buy him as a bad-guy. Cliff Curtis as FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman was great I love his character. Cliff Curtis was 5 years earlier the villain bad-guy in Collateral Damage (2002) Schwarzenegger movie, it is good to see him a good guy in here. Justin Long as Matthew 'Matt' Farrell was great as Young hacker helping McClane out. I love his character he was decent. When McClane told him that he doesn't need him anymore, Farrel insist to help him out. I love the bond between McClane and Farrel. Kevin Smith is in this movie as Frederick "Warlock" Kaludis and he is decent in this movie, I love him. Christina Chang as Taylor FBI agent is great I love her! I wish Christina Chang would be more in the movie and she would have much more to do. Mark Bomback and David Marconi wrote a solid decent script for the movie that really worked kudos to them. I love the music score by Marco Beltrami who replaced Michael Kamen who did a music score for the first three Die Hard movies. Sadly Michael Kamen past away and he couldn't come back for making the music score for the fourth installment of Die Hard film. Even with PG-13 this movie works as an action film, it has tones of action in it.
The movie is about a cyber- internet terrorists killing hackers. Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) gets a job to pick up a Young hacker name Matthew "Matt" Farrell (Justin Long) and bring him to FBI headquarters to Washington D.C. after McClane does his job, a team of professional mercenaries attacks McClane and Farrell. McClane soon finds out his new witness is a target and whole US country is now a target. A team of cyber-terrorists are shutting down the United States government. Now McClane has to become one-man army once again against a team of terrorists with the help of his Young hacker friend Matthew Farrell, McClane has to fight these terrorists. While dealing the facts that his estranged daughter is one of the hostages again.
My favorite scene would be in the tunnel McClane drives a police car, jumps off the car and crashes the car in to the chopper of the bad-guys. Insanly but seriously great action scene practical done, I have seen in the film. Practical explosive, Willis still acts as McClane. The finale is better when McClane kills 2 bad-guys saves his daughter and says his famous lines. Die Hard 4.0 is to me much better fast paced, entertaining modern action flik miles way better than Seagal's Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). Live Free or Die Hard should have ended the franchise, it perfectly ended. We did not need A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) with John Moore as the director and we don't need another prequel this sequel ened the Die Hard Franchise perfectly! I love this film to death, I love the songs played in this film. It is a perfect action film, does not deserve the hate! This is my review and I defended a solid modern perfect action film from 2007 everyone was great in here!