The Best One Since The Original

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2007)

Wow! I was surprised when I saw this movie from the first time on DVD. I wasn't expecting anything in this movie, just another big budget Hollywood film with no story line and few gun fights but this movie was a lot more then that.
Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0 as its called in Australia) is really good and sometimes surpasses the original film in stunts and action. Even though they toned down the swearing it's still violent and the stunts blow you out of the water. Bruce Willis returns as the aging John McClane, Timothy Olyphant plays the ruthless internet con artist Thomas Gabriel, Justin Long plays the computer geek Matt Farrell and becomes McClane's sidekick in the film.
We welcome Len Wiseman to the Die Hard director list along side with John McTiernan and Renny Harlin. Len Wiseman should stick to action blockbusters more then Vampire Movies (Underworld 1 and 2) which were good films but he makes action films so much better. His directing in this film is his best to date. The special effects are great with very little CGI used, the stunts are great, the original Die Hard music themes are used, its action packed and the climax is the best since Die Hard 2 (I since reckon that Die Hard 2 had the best climax in the series) There's also an unrated version of the film out that contains more swearing and the violence is toned up in small amounts. John McClane says the F word about 30 times in this version, even saying his most famous line "Yippee Ki Yay Motherf--ker" at the end of film. But overall this film was a great way to finish off the Die Hard Series, even though that Bruce Willis is in talks to make a 5th film with Len Wiseman, but time will tell.
Highly Recommanded