21st Century John McClane

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2007)

Very good :) To begin explaining how much I'm pleasantly surprised with this movie I must say that I'm not a big Bruce Willis fan, I ain't impressed by his acting skills and I'm certainly not a worshiper of "Die Hard" series. In fact I was AVOIDING watching this flick as I didn't expect anything but a dull Sunday afternoon action thriller.
But as said, this is a huge surprise. 4th installment of the series is by far the best in my book. Like modern trends obviously dictate it, it's tough and brutal, gritty, action packed and masterfully filmed. Yes the story is somewhat loose and doesn't quite complement brilliant visuals, but hey, it's an action movie. Computer themed movies almost always have those huge gaps in stories, either from original scripts itself, or from those unavoidable simplifications necessary for movie to communicate with wide enough audience. And as this story unfolds it will thin out to the point of breaking near the end, with some overblown transformers-like scenes thrown in...
But that's about all the bad; brilliant filming, impressive stunts and effects, very solid acting, adequate atmospheric score and many little thingies I'll leave out for your personal enjoyment, outweigh bad by far. Coming from someone that was bound to ignore this movie if not just plain hate it, this amount of satisfaction can only be summarized in two words - absolute recommendation :)