Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
"Live Free or Die Hard" (original title)

John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.

Director:

Len Wiseman

Writers:

Mark Bomback (screenplay), Mark Bomback (story),

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long

3 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	John McClane
Timothy Olyphant	...	Thomas Gabriel
Justin Long	...	Matthew 'Matt' Farrell
Maggie Q	...	Mai Linh
Cliff Curtis	...	FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Jonathan Sadowski	...	Trey
Andrew Friedman	...	Casper
Kevin Smith	...	Frederick 'Warlock' Kaludis
Yorgo Constantine	...	Russo
Cyril Raffaelli	...	Rand
Chris Palermo	...	Del (as Christopher Palermo)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lucy Gennaro McClane
Sung Kang	...	Raj
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Agent Molina
Christina Chang	...	Taylor

Storyline

When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI's Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he's told that because it's the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he instructs them to get local PD'S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they're still being pursued. And it's just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues.

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Plot Keywords:

hacker | terrorist | fbi | police | hero | 

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Taglines:

Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [jp]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Italian French

Release Date:

27 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Hard 4

Filming Locations:

105 Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£5,004,916 (UK) (6 July 2007)

Gross:

$134,520,804 (USA) (26 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min 129 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While in early development with a script that was eventually discarded, the movie had been given the subtitle "Tears of the Sun". Bruce Willis told the studio he would commit to a Die Hard 4 if he could use the title for Tears of the Sun.

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Goofs

Before Thomas Gabriel deletes John's 401K, the file on the computer states that his 401K was inactive and withdrawn in 2004.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mai Lihn: Well?
Clay: I'm sending you the code.
Mai Lihn: Yes, I see that. Thank you.

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Crazy Credits

After the 20th Century Fox opening logo has been on for a while, it suddenly "short circuits", causing flickering as the the searchlights fade, climaxing in a total power outage.

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Connections

Referenced in Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #12.14 (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Fortunate Son"
Written by John Fogerty
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Courtesy of Fantasy Records
By Arrangement with Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

Best Action Film Of 2007

When a criminal plot is in place to take down the entire computer and technological structure that supports the economy of the United States (and the world), it's up to a decidedly "old school" hero, police detective John McClane, to take down the conspiracy, aided by a young hacker.

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this but the newest edition to the Die Hard series may rank with the first. It's superb direction, fantastic acting, groundbreaking special effects and clever quirps will leave you with (almost) nothing to complain about. Die Hard may very well be the best action flick of 2007. It can be beat, but I doubt by a sequel.

I am proud to say that Bruce Willis still has some John McClane left in him. Bruce gets to say one of most famous lines in action film history, "Yippy Ki-ya Motha ******!", without cuts, he even gets to talk to himself, a scene that is almost identical to the scene in the air vent of the first film. (C'mon, it'll be fun, come out to the coast, have a few laughs.)

About all the controversy for the MPAA rating...it was all useless. Die Hard acts just like a rated R film, just because it says PG-13 doesn't mean its not as violent as the others. No, he doesn't say the F word, but it's not as bad as you think. It's more of a character to character type of thing then anything else. John McClane learns to bond with a young hacker. (Justin Long) It's more...I don't know..."cute" then the other movies, it doesn't need the F word.

I don't think there is much else to say. Die Hard is one of my best movie experiences to date. The crowd laughed and screamed and then cheered at the end. The only slightest problem I had with this film was the fact that the realism was quite low. Then again, as I have said before, if everything were realistic we wouldn't have action movies.

Live Free or Die Hard is a must-see IN THE THEATRE.

9.0/10.0

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