Living & Dying

Rating: 7/10 (29 November 2013)

Len Wiseman directed this fourth entry, which sees Bruce Willis returning as Police Officer John McClane after a 12-year absence. Here, John is sent to find a computer hacker named Matt Farrell(played by Justin Long) wanted by the FBI, but it turns out that someone else wants him dead as well, since his apartment is shot up, forcing McClane to flee with his suspect, and try to get him to safety, but it turns out that disgruntled former federal employee Thomas Gabriel(played by Timothy Olyphant) is behind it, and is planning to take down the entire computerized system of the U.S. to get even, and expose its vulnerability to international terrorists. When he kidnaps John's daughter Lucy(played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) this suddenly gets personal... Entertaining return to form for John McClane with an interesting plot and lots of action. Becomes a bit improbable toward the end, but otherwise a solid action hit.