"That's enough of this kung-fu ________."

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2008)

This is a movie that has me conflicted. Len Wiseman is a hack, no doubt about it. His direction is terrible. I don't think he added anything really to the film at all.
And yet there are several things that are at best very entertaining about this film.
In any case case, John McClane ( Bruce Willis) is back trying to stop a bunch of cyber terrorists led by Timothy Olyphant ( Deadwood) hell bent on taking down the country's computer infrastructure.
Olyphant, at times is good, but other times he's a little too wooden. This co-incided with a bit of a weak script at times (usually only when he only had one or two words to say), so I guess it can be forgiven.
If you want wooden try Maggie Q, she is fine I guess in all the stunts and physical scenes involving her character, but when she opens up her mouth and delivers her lines, it is all just terrible.
As far as the action, a lot of it is just too much. Is this really a Die Hard film? At times, it feels like it could be any generic action hero going around with trying to protect some computer hacker. This is where the film failed I think.
That obnoxious "Spider-Man" henchman who jumps all over the place, surviving fall after fall. Well whatever, hamster boy. McClane leaping off of a F-35? The fight scene between McClane and the character played by Maggie Q, in the elevator shaft? However, you still have McClane doing what he does best. Kicking major butt. In one notable scene he asks Olyphant's character if he has anymore henchmen left, considering he's messed most of them up and killed them, pointing out that he must have got them from "1-800 henchmen." And I'm also surprised Justin Long was only liked punched in the face once. And kudos's for casting Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy McClane. That's McClane not Gennaro!