Summary
The first Die Hard in 1988 was so good, and so influential, that a number of action movies since then have carried the tag line of "Die Hard ... on a bus" (Speed), "... on a train" (Under Siege 2), etc. Because of this, Live Free or Die Hard is ironically hindered by its predecessor because the expectations attached to the name are so high. Although the action scenes in the latest installment are clearly the best the franchise has offered, it still doesn't match the humor, charisma or sheer adrenaline rush of the original. In fairness, very few movies have.
Before they get to the nation's capital a former national security employee named Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) and his girlfriend (an alluring Maggie Q) hack into the government infrastructure and manipulate a stock market crash, mass power outages, cell phone malfunctions and a gridlock that makes rush hour look like a Nascar race. "You're a Timex watch in a digital age," Gabriel tells [John McClane], and couldn't be more correct. Most of the time McClane has no idea what going on (let alone how it's happening), except that the entire country is getting sent back to the Stone Age.See the full content of this document
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Live Free or Die Harder injects a popular action franchise with more rip-roaring special effects.By Dan HudakReluctant hero John McClane is back for a fou...See the full content of this document
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