Mindless Summer Movie going though the motions

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2007)

I was disappointed that Len Wiseman was the director as I did not like the Underworld movies. I didn't think much of Justin Long as the computer hacker sidekick.
However, this movie got great reviews (8.9 at the time of the writing and almost 80% at Rottentomatoes) so I gave it a shot.
This was a big mistake. The original Die Hard movies were great (not so much 2) because they were character driven action movies which were intense, over the top, and fun.
LFODH is flat out boring. Bruce Willis only showed up in body. He he old, calm, and appears bored. Justin Long is unconvincing as the computer hacker.
The action consists of dumb downed PG-13 explosions which most have already been seen in the trailers.
I also saw 1408 lately which is a good example of PG-13 being intense and designed for adults while still have a friendly rating so the studio can make mega bucks. LFODH was obviously designed to be PG-13 from day 1 as John McClane is not John McClane. He is just an old guy that seems bored and doesn't cuss, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, etc.
However, I was hoping that besides the PC kid friendly rating that LFODH would be exciting and dumb popcorn fun. It was no where close. It was just PC and designed for complete morons.
As a standalone movie, LFOD would get an 4. As a Die Hard Sequel, the movie gets an 1.
My best advice is to rent or purchase Die Hard or Die Hard 3 and skip this one. Go see 1408 if you want a good PG-13 movie or wait for Transformers.
Unfortunately, people will have to see this movie to believe how bad it is.