John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
- Director
- Writers
- John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
- Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
- Mark Bomback(story by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
- Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
- Mark Bomback(story by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 3 wins & 16 nominations
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Chris Palermo
- Delas Del
- (as Christopher Palermo)
- Director
- Writers
- John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
- Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
- Mark Bomback(story by) (screenplay by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
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. —rcs0411@yahoo.com
- Taglines
- Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27
- Genres
- Certificate
- 14A
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIt took four months to assemble and combine archive footage of past American presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush to create the televised warning from Gabriel. The goal was to create a video representation of a ransom note.
- GoofsThe F-35 Lightning II shown in the film uses its VTOL engine to hover and shoot at its target. The VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) engine is purely for that; taking off and landing. Hovering takes an incredible amount of fuel, and can overheat the hover engine since its duty cycle is not 100%. Additionally, the difficulty in making the craft successfully hover would make it virtually impossible to also track and fire on a target. As such, pilots are never, ever trained in or participate in hovering attacks.
- Quotes
Matt Farrell: You just killed a helicopter with a car!
John McClane: I was out of bullets.
- Crazy creditsAfter 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.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated DVD (also known as the Ultimate Action Edition in some territories) contains frequent use of strong profanity and stronger violence (bullet hits are more graphically seen with blood spraying out). Also, McClane's signature line is now heard in full, as the gunshot does not obscure the latter part of it.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Sum of All Fears (2002)
- SoundtracksRock & Roll Queen
Written by Billy Lunn, Charlotte Cooper and Josh Morgan (as Joshua Morgan)
Performed by The Subways
Courtesy of Sire Records/Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Top review
Rock solid!
Just went to the world premiere of Die Hard 4.0, and I was positively surprised. It delivers action in abundance, and the movie has a great visceral feel to it thanks to great stunt work, and the fact that Willis really steps up in the fight scenes. The movie keeps up its pace throughout, and the script works quite well, though the tech-talk gets a little heavy at times. I was particularly worried about Wiseman directing, since both underworld movies were a complete mess in my opinion, but he really keeps it tight and disciplined this time around. Is Die Hard 4.0 the second or third best of the series? I don't know, but it is certainly a worthy successor, and all the other blockbusters should look this way to see how its done efficiently, crisp and above all entertaining.
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- nisdahm-1
- Jun 26, 2007
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Vis libre ou crève
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $110,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $134,529,403
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $33,369,559
- Jul 1, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $388,156,011
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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