Probably the Best Action Movie Ever

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2007)

Why is someone shutting down the power grid on the entire east coast and causing chaos? John McClane (Willis) is escorting Matt Farrell (Long) a known computer hacker to DC to help stop the madness. Will they be in time?
I have no idea how this movie was made. Was it all CGI or actual stunts that were the most impressive of any I have ever seen. I had to duck more than once to get out of the way of cars flying thru the air or bridges crashing down. Yes, this was all non-stop action, but wait a minute, there was time for actual conversations so I didn't feel like this was a computer game. No, this was as close to being real as I have ever seen. Most impressive. This just might be the action movie to judge all others by. I haven't seen Transformers yet, but I believe that is mostly CGI and yes, that is impressive as well from the promos I've seen.
Flaws? Well, yes, there were a couple but this is not to take anything away from the overall effort. Besides, these flaws occur in all action movies. For instance a man with a machine gun cannot hit another man about 10-feet away from him. You see this all the time. One more classic example. Instead of putting a bullet into the enemy to end it all for that moment, the hero gives the opponent more screen-time by trying to see who knows more Judo or Karate moves. See? Movies could be shortened considerably by a well-placed bullet at the right time, but..
Still, this is a very impressive movie. The acting, dialogue, cinematography were all outstanding, and the pace is perfect. But, make no mistake about this. This is an action-movie and is probably the best you will ever see.
Violence: Yes, Sex: No, Nudity: No, Language: Not really, not the hard stuff anyway.