DIE
HARD
4.0
With
Bruce
Willis,
Timothy
Olyphant,
Justin
Long,
Cliff
Curtis,
Kevin
Smith,
Maggie
Q
Directed
by Len
Wiseman
The
classic
80s
action
heroes
are
dusting
themselves
off
for
one
more
whirl
around
the
track.
Arnold
made
his
third
Terminator
appearance
a few
years
back,
but
Stallone
not
only
resurrected
Rocky
for
a last
hurrah,
but
also
Rambo.
Even
Harrison
Ford
is giving
Indiana
Jones
one
more
ride.
So,
naturally
Bruce
Willis’
most
defining
screen
character
has
the
right
not
to
remain
silent.
With
about
a dozen
years
since
the
third
Die
Hard
chapter
where
Bruce
blew
Jeremy
Irons
away
for
being
a stuttering,
gold
thieving,
bomb
happy
brother
of Hans
(1st
Die
Hard
villain),
he’s
back,
when
(as
usual)
he is
accidentally
pulled
into
a huge
crisis.
This
time
affecting
more
than
a high
rise,
airport
or the
city
of New
York,
but
the
entire
United
States!
The
FBI
is rounding
up a
top
list
of hackers
after
their
security
system
is breached
- they
recruit
local
law
enforcement
to assist.
McClane
has
to pick
up one
of these
computer
wiz-kids,
but
hey
get
attacked
with
relentless
force.
On the
run
from
the
killers
and
heading
towards
the
FBI
agents,
they
become
aware
of a
plot
which
threatens
to collapse
the
entire
country
to its
foundation.
Would
McClane
stand
for
that?
With
the
help
of the
hacker
they
take
on what
at first
seems
like
terrorists,
but
obviously
reveal
much
more.
With
some
great
action
scenes
and
the
expected
wisecracks,
Willis
does
not
disappoint.
The
hip,
tech
bad
guys
(and
girl)
are
not
bad
enough,
nor
too
sympathetic,
so when
they
get
it,
you
neither
cheer
not
gasp.
Some
highly
physical
and
outlandish
stunts
are
quite
intense
though,
but
the
defined
characters
like
Hans
in the
original
Die
Hard
had
far
more
presence.
I was
expecting
John
McTiernan
(director
of parts
1 &
2) to
return
for
this
one,
but
Underworld
director
Len
Wiseman
did
a great
job
(even
if a
lot
of the
action
is digitally
boosted).
PS.
With
Willis
probably
a bit
less
toned
than
back
in the
day,
this
time
round
he doesn’t
end
up in
a dirty
vest!
PSS.
Clerks
fans
will
be glad
to see
director
Kevin
Smith
(aka
Silent
Bob)
in a
supporting
role.
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