Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

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

2 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

All the IP-addresses shown in the movie are legal ones. However, most start with either 10, 172.16 or 192.168. Those numbers are reserved for local traffic only. At 02:04, one of the hackers transfers data with scp to 202.218.154.52, which is owned by a Japanese company.

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Goofs

In the scene where the antagonists trace Lucy's cell phone to call her, the display depicts her SIM card number as "270A486FC78". In reality, none of the serial numbers used to uniquely identify a SIM card to a cell network are alphanumeric; they contain numerical digits only. This may have been done intentionally by the filmmakers to avoid inadvertently giving actual SIM card codes.

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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

Followed by A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

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Soundtracks

"I'm So Sick"
Written by Lacey Sturm, James Culpepper, Kirkpatrick Seals, Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya
Performed by Flyleaf
Courtesy of OctJay LLC
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Summer blockbuster with no overkill. Terrific action packed entertainment!

John McClane back on duty and back in action.

This time around he is assigned to bring Matt Ferrell, a known hacker, to the FBI after some top security government mainframes are hacked. McClane and Ferrell barely get away with their lives and the US begins to crumble as a nationwide cyberspace takeover is engineered by some clever terrorists.

It has been 12 years and several weeks of controversy here on IMDb about this much anticipated release, but here it is, finally. And it doesn't disappoint. From the first scene to the last there is lightning fast pacing and many jaw droppingly spectacular stunt pieces. Much like the previous Die Hard entries logic isn't exactly a part of the game, but sheer adrenaline packed excitement sure is. John McClane is faced with many outrageous challenges and like before he doesn't back down even after seriously getting his ass whooped. But that's McClane you. Also, McClane isn't just as tough and resourceful as ever, he is a wise ass at the top of his game. Much of the "controversy" on the forums here was about the PG-13 rating's limited profanity (I know, I participated in the discussion), but guess what? There is profanity! But it is not really that that matters, it is John McClane's wise ass no fear attitude that fans want and that is just what they get. The profanity is obviously less than in the previous films but it still has plenty of funny moments and the famous 'yippy kah yay' quote is here in full glory.

Also, the stunt work is in full glory with several amazing set pieces, especially a dual with a super fighter jet near the end. Grade-A Hollywood mayhem and destruction and very little apparent CGI. As far as summer entertainment goes - forget Pirates 3 or Spider Man 3 - this is an action movie that knows when it is getting over the top ridiculous and spares the viewer overkill, but still manages to be ridiculous and entertaining. There are also subtle references to previous Die Hard movies that fans will undoubtedly smile at. --- 8/10

Rated PG-13 for violence/intense action and profanity. Ages 13+.