Die Hard 4.0: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2007
	Director: Len Wiseman (Underworld 1-2, Total Recall)
	Actors: Bruce Willis (Looper, R.E.D.), Justin Long (Dodgeball, Jeepers Creepers), Timothy Olyphant (Hitman, Rango), Maggie Q (Naked Weapon, Mission Impossible III), Kevin Smith (Clerks 1-2, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Deathproof, The Thing)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 12.11.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Now detective in New York and separated from his wife, John McClane (Willis) is supposed to escort a young computer hacker (Long) to Washington, and doing so finds himself in the middle of a cyber-attack against the US government.
Review: With this episode I complete my review of the five Die Hard films. It is interesting to point out that even if it is the most recent I had seen (about two years ago), I remembered from it much less than from the original trilogy. As mitigation, it is true that I have seen it only once. I found it to be the weakest of the five, but not as bad as I remembered. Obviously the new generation of directors like Len Wiseman are not as talented as John McTiernan or Renny Harlin. Also the 90's are over so a Die Hard movie set after the 9/11 events is something different. Produced twelve years after the previous episode, Die Hard 4.0 looks more like an action movie not attached to the franchise; the character of John McClane just appears there because the cinema goers like him. The idea of throwing McClane in the middle of an electronic war is good, as we know he not friend of technology. As in many Action movie attempts of the years 2000, the action is exagerated in this one as well (McClane riding an F-15 jet plane!?!), but there are some quite good stunts, from people and from vehicles (McClane taking down a helicopter by throwing a car at it because he was out of bullets!). The sidekick Justin Long might be present only to attract a younger audience but that's OK, I like him. Mary Elisabeth Winstead is also alright as McClane's daughter. I had forgotten there were so many known faces in this movie. Most funny is Kevin Smith (director of Dogma, Clerks 1-2...) portraying the ultimate geek. Not cult as its predecessors, but quite OK to watch after all.
Rating: 6 /10