A good film is trying to get out

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2007)

Yet another franchise film in 2007 - the year of the franchise. This film suffers from the common problem of the franchise, in that it must tick all the boxes that the audience are expecting. If you've seen the previous Die Hard movies then this does indeed tick all the boxes. This is a bit of a shame however, because I really think the film would have been better if it would have played more on the ageing McClane and the relationship with his daughter.
It's John McClane (Willis) plus a few incompetents battling against an army of bad guys. In this particular case he's battling against a group of cyber criminals. The plot is quite interesting and the dialogue isn't without merit, but unfortunately some of the action sequences are a little over the top. It's a shame the budget wasn't capped because I think if you took out a couple of the set piece action sequences and replaced them with a little more character development this would have been a very good film. As it is this is going to appeal to the people that liked the previous Die Hard movies and like plenty of action.