After a twelve-year hiatus, Bruce Willis is back as New York City detective John McClane, who still plays by his own set of rules. Following DIE HARD (1988), DIE HARDER (1990), and DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995), the fourth installment in the popular action series stars DEADWOOD's Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel, an evil mastermind who is determined to bring down the entire infrastructure of the United States on Independence Day, sending the country into anarchy and chaos. Joining him on his mission of destruction is the elegant Mai, played by Maggie Q from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III. McClane becomes involved when he gets caught in the crossfire while transporting prisoner Matt Farrell (Justin Long, most well known as the mac in a series of computer commercials), a hacker extraordinaire who is the perfect complement to the old-school McClane, who eschews cell phones, computers, and doing anything the easy way. But when Gabriel kidnaps McClane's daughter, Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, from the DEATH PROOF section of GRINDHOUSE), it gets personal. Full of the sarcastic humor, exciting action sequences including flying cars and fun characters that have defined the series, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARDER is an excellent addition, directed by Len Wiseman (UNDERWORLD and UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION). The plot was based on a magazine article, "A Farewell to Arms," written by John Carlin, that appeared in a 1997 issue of WIRED magazine. The movie also features Kevin Smith as a computer geek er, expert known as Warlock, who still lives in his mother's basement. Yippee-ki-yay indeed. -- DVD

An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country's computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest action franchises in screen history. It's been over a decade since audiences last saw New York cop John McClane (Willis), but now, as the world's greatest criminal mastermind (Timothy Olyphant) attempts to cripple the entire country with an innovative act of technological terrorism, only one cop can insure that the integrity of the system stays intact. In this, the fourth installment of the long-running action series, Underworld director Len Wiseman picks up the torch formerly carried by directors John McTiernan and Renny Harlin to helm a script penned by Mark Bomback. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide -- _entertainment_movies_action&adventure

An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country's computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest action franchises in screen history. It's been over a decade since audiences last saw New York cop John McClane (Willis), but now, as the world's greatest criminal mastermind (Timothy Olyphant) attempts to cripple the entire country with an innovative act of technological terrorism, only one cop can insure that the integrity of the system stays intact. In this, the fourth installment of the long-running action series, Underworld director Len Wiseman picks up the torch formerly carried by directors John McTiernan and Renny Harlin to helm a script penned by Mark Bomback. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi (Movies) -- Entertainment-Movies

2 out of 5 stars!   Yeah i just crashed my Mitsubishi Eclipse into a Helicopter the other day! 2010-09-19

I loved all the die hards and was pretty excited about this one. Well that disipated when i saw the overkill computer hacker plot, ludicrous action scenes and basically Bruce being indestructible as ever. Football players that are well trained and full of muscle get hurt all the time, with something as a sprained ankle, but 50+ year old John McClain can out run planes, duck flying cars, jump off buildings, has super healing wounds like wolverine, and lets not forget as he lunges that police car right into that S.W.A.T helicopter. As i said i just did that the other day and WOW it was a blast, i didnt even have to try! So i think you get the point, this was just another dead franchise that takes CGI yet again to a ridiculous level. Give us some films from old schoolers with REAL stunts, REAL explosions, and just an overall feel that they worked very hard on it. The Expendables was 1000 times better and more plausible than this, and it was actually cheesy, and had a better story! So forget this movie, watch Bruce in Tears of The Sun, 16 Blocks, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, or the old Die Hards. Anything but this stinker, oh yeah i heard the next one will feature John McClain farting and taking out a tank in downtown L.A!! It will be called DIEFART!!Go BRUCE!
          -- W. freeman fairmont, wv

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